Time for Marine Power to Step Up!

[shake-n-bake]

Right now we have a total of three families committed, and possibles on two others. We are trying to figure out how many is to many! How many do you have in your group? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[da.bell]

Right now we have a total of three families committed, and possibles on two others. We are trying to figure out how many is to many! How many do you have in your group? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

You can rent my 2006 24Ve.

[LovinPowell]

You can rent my 2006 24Ve.

We will be in Sacramento area the end of July/first of August. We are looking for some lake time on Thursday (31st) or possibly Friday (1st).

How much?

[da.bell]

We will be in Sacramento area the end of July/first of August. We are looking for some lake time on Thursday (31st) or possibly Friday (1st).

How much?

Will PM you later today.

[Coach]

Got the news yesterday from my dealer that two of the cylinders in my 07 24ve are in bad shape and only running at about 20%. So he contacted marine power about getting the motor replaced. I think that my dealer is one of the best around and he is doing everything he can for me. He is telling me that marine power wants him to pull the motor out and send it to them. Then after they tear it down they will either rebuild it and send it back or send a new one. Which puts me with out a boat for a month. This is the part that has me pissed off, I have family coming in from 500 miles away for the 4th of july weekend and now we cant go to the lake. And if I dont have my boat back by the 22nd for my lake powell trip then all **** will break loose. Matt my dealer is trying to get marine power to step up and send a motor now so that i am only down for a week or two.

I really love my boat, but I am ready for all the problems to be fixed, so that I can get back on the lake and enjoy it. I have had computer issues with the boat for about a year now. Matt has done everything he can to fix these issues, but now it is time for marine power or tige to step up and get this thing fixed.

My buddy had a MP engine good bad on him a few years back. Summer time just before a trip. He got MP to pay for Boat rentals for 2 trips while they evaluated the engine and eventually replaced it. It was not his boat and the other issues that go with it but he still has a boat and was able to salvage his weekends. If they can't get the engine done before the Powell trip I would be asking for them to cover rental fees and tell them you can't get your money back on the trip.

[da.bell]

^^^^ Great suggestion ^^^^

[dogbert]

My buddy had a MP engine good bad on him a few years back. Summer time just before a trip. He got MP to pay for Boat rentals for 2 trips while they evaluated the engine and eventually replaced it. It was not his boat and the other issues that go with it but he still has a boat and was able to salvage his weekends. If they can't get the engine done before the Powell trip I would be asking for them to cover rental fees and tell them you can't get your money back on the trip.

There's the man with the plan.

[G-MONEY]

We will be in Sacramento area the end of July/first of August. We are looking for some lake time on Thursday (31st) or possibly Friday (1st).

How much?

1,000,000 dollars

[G-MONEY]

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[da.bell]

1,000,000 dollars

I could only wish. But not very likely that I would get that from Lovin.

[shake-n-bake]

So the latest is the dealer has left a bunch of messages with the head honchos at Marine power the last few days and they wont even return his calls.
Sounds like I am the sacrificial pig in the fallout of Tige dropping MP!

[Jeff T]

Jeff T,

I understand Shake wanting things expedited, but your suggestion is just plain ludicrous.

I'm really quite surprised you feel that way. Like I said, it depends on how new the boat is (which I don't know) and what the issue is with the motor (which I don't know). I can say this for sure, if my boat was less than 1 year old, was properly maintained, and the engine failed with a big family event planned, I would most certainly expect my dealership to loan me a boat (or pay for a rental) even if it wasn't the same caliber boat. I don't see how this is ludicrous at all, but that is just my opinion and you have the right to disagree.

If my boat is new and something fails causing me significant time loss (all the while i'm still making lean/insurance payments) on a fairly limited season (roughly 3 months), I'm just shi* out of luck?

If the boat is not new and/or not properly maintained, I would never expect anyone to do anything other than following protocol for repairs. It would be a situation of tough luck and unfortunate timing.

Let me give you an example. My boat took on water yet again this weekend and i had 10 people that had traveled to spend the day on the lake with me that had to stand around for 2 hours while I attempted to resolve the issue. During the time I was trying to isolate the problem (second problem in 2 weeks), I was trying to get a hold of my dealer for advice. Because it was Sunday, i couldn't get a hold of him (not his fault). So I called a contact of mine who used to sell Tige boats (sold me my current boat) and now works at another dealership. He OFFERED to bring me a boat to use for the day and i'm not even their customer! Now it wasn't needed because the problem was isolated and repaired, but that isn't the point.

[dogbert]

So the latest is the dealer has left a bunch of messages with the head honchos at Marine power the last few days and they wont even return his calls.
Sounds like I am the sacrificial pig in the fallout of Tige dropping MP!

I'd call them yourself. Get the dealer to give you the number.

[gman]

Pull the motor and send it to them. I would say NO. Tell them to get into an airplane and come to the engine. They trust the dealer to work on engine but not to evaluate them???

[brody66]

I kept having problems with my baja (the one i got tired of fixing and traded it for my tige) and twice, once on the 4th of july and then again later in the month mau marine from okoboji let me use another baja because they felt bad. One time they even stayed an extra hour to meet me to make sure i got everthing hooked up and could find the boat to use, thats customer service, i let customers borrow a car if one they bought from me broke, now a boat should be even more important because the majority of our boats are worth more than the vehicle we pull it with and dont get a 10th of the use, anytime down during my short season in mn sucks.