The Tin Can Too

"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
I got a call on Firday that the boat shop that was
supposed to be fixing my fiberglass boat is going out of business, and my
boat still isn't fixed. Wouldn't be a big deal, but I gave them a pretty
sizable deposit.

Bob, that's awful! Was the deposit by credit card? Maybe you could reverse
charges. Or maybe you could go pick up your boat first thing in the
morning and see if they have something you need you could dicker them out
of. You know what I mean, maybe they could at least pitch in the parts
needed, even if they aren't going to do the labor.
I would think that if they haven't done ANY work, that keeping your money
would be chargeable as theft, but I'm no lawyer.

Some good news today. Another shop stepped up and after looking over the
boat agreed to finish the repairs for the balance due with no extra cash
other than the balance on the original estimate. Actually, they might save
me a couple dollars over the original estimate.

Very Nice!!!


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
I got a call on Firday that the boat shop that was
supposed to be fixing my fiberglass boat is going out of business, and
my boat still isn't fixed. Wouldn't be a big deal, but I gave them a
pretty sizable deposit.

Bob, that's awful! Was the deposit by credit card? Maybe you could
reverse charges. Or maybe you could go pick up your boat first thing in
the morning and see if they have something you need you could dicker them
out of. You know what I mean, maybe they could at least pitch in the
parts needed, even if they aren't going to do the labor.
I would think that if they haven't done ANY work, that keeping your money
would be chargeable as theft, but I'm no lawyer.

Some good news today. Another shop stepped up and after looking over the
boat agreed to finish the repairs for the balance due with no extra cash
other than the balance on the original estimate. Actually, they might
save me a couple dollars over the original estimate.