OUCH! Triple and punitive damages of $2.5mm over a boat deal!
MarineMax of Ohio, Inc., the world's largest marine retailer, must pay
a Columbus man $2.5 million for selling a yacht with a hull that had
been severely damaged while saying only minor repairs had been made to
it -- and then refusing to take it back for the purchase price.State Judge Paul C. Moon of Ottawa County, Ohio awarded triple and
punitive damages, attorneys fees, pre-judgment interest and costs to
Doug Borror, said Borror's attorney, Jim Arnold of Clark Perdue Arnold
& Scott in Columbus. Arnold filed the case under the Ohio Consumer
Sales Practices Act. Judge Moon called MarineMax's sale in 2002 of a 51-foot 2001 Sea Ray
yacht to Borror for $780,000, "conscious, deliberate, malicious,
deceitful and particularly gross and egregious." |
chuckgould.chu...
Mar 9
2006
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| Hold your horses Capt. I don't think you can use such a broad brush to make
such a claim. There are unethical salesmen in all sorts of fields,
including boats. However, their actions do not necessarily reflect on the
company they work for unless the company is aware of and condones those
actions. I would not torpedo MarineMax based on a couple of bad transactions,
especially considering they are one of the largest boat dealers in the
world. That said, I would be interested in knowing the frequency of similar claims
MarineMax is being hit with and balance those claims with the volume of
business they do. |
Mar 9
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| MarineMax of Ohio is located in Port Clinton, Ohio:
http://www.yachtworld.com/marinemaxohio/ Official site: http://www.marinemax.com/ The official Findings of Fact and Conclusion court document:
http://tinyurl.com/nq6wh I know Greg Group, surveyor, who discovered the damage. He surveyed 3 of my
boats. I wonder why the damage and subsequent repairs were not discovered during
the initial survey (prior to the purchase)? |
Mar 9
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