I recently bought a boat for a negociated sum of money that was agreed upon from an individual owner. During this process i asked the current boat owner on three occasions if there was anything wrong with the boat. All three times he said that the boat had nothing broken and that he took good care of it. After the purchase was finalized we took the to the marina and i had a mechanic briefly look at it before we put it in the water for the first time. After a quick review he noticed that there was a problem with one of the boats lower unit gimble rings and said that it would cost me about $2,400.00 to fix this problem.
After returning from the weekend i called the former owner and told him of this problem and he denied the fact that he had any knowledge of this problem and then proceeded to tell me that it wouldnt cost that much to fix and then he started quoting prices for such parts etc... the entire time he was on speaker phone and my wife was listening to the conversation. The last thing he said was that he would not pay and Buyer Beware!!!
Do you think this is a good case for small claims court?
After returning from the weekend i called the former owner and told him of this problem and he denied the fact that he had any knowledge of this problem and then proceeded to tell me that it wouldnt cost that much to fix and then he started quoting prices for such parts etc... the entire time he was on speaker phone and my wife was listening to the conversation. The last thing he said was that he would not pay and Buyer Beware!!!
Do you think this is a good case for small claims court?
