Scratch in Aluminium of a brand new boat

[firstlight]

Enjoy your boat mate, after all thats what you have worked so hard for.

Don't be disapointed - be proud she's all yours and parked in the driveway.

look forward to some pics with fish in the eski he he

Cheers
firstlight

[Matt76]

Mate get out and get your line wet, it might make you feel a whole lot better, I am sorry for you that it didn't end all well.

[lee8sec]

Sorry to hear it wasnt a enjoyable experiance for you. Like the others have said, go out and catch some fish & enjoy the boat. Leigh

[tin can marlin]

At the end of the day you have to enjoy yourself having said that i'am sure you a got a sour taste in your mouth like about a whole lemon in your mouth. I would think that the dealer would know this is on here and want to bend over backwards for you as this post will cost him business as Ausfish members are very powerful out the the boating world. I hope the boat meets all of your needs and you have no futher issues. Good luck and happy boating. Cheers Mark

[Hell Boy]

Im sure after you have caught a few fish in your new boat, hopefully you will have forgotten about their poor service.

But still i don't understand why so many dealers provide bad customer service these days, when with the GFC has slowed down their income. Im all for naming and shaming when it comes to bad service, they might read it and decide they need to up their game and remember that THEY need """US""" the customer, and we can always go elsewhere to get the same product

can i ask you who the dealer was?

i for one decided to order a boat from melbourne instead of brisbane, because i wasn't happy with there service up here.

cheers

[boogsboat]

Hey Dave,

Chin up Mate!

Go and Enjoy it once the Wind stops and we can see where we are going.

Nath

[Jarrah Jack]

Hey Dave

Hope it all works out well.

One thing that concerns me is the depth of the scratch. If say its 1mm and the plate is say 4mm then the area of the being repaired is 25% weaker.

Don't really know if its anything for you to be concerned about but generally speaking there is not a lot of leeway when sanding out scratches in thin alloy.

[Zooter]

Thats Just $%^*, really sorry to hear about your drama's with your new purchase mate,

Hard to forget things when %$^* like the happens, But im sure your going to get many hrs of enjoyment out of her, and hopefully plenty of fish

Happy boating man!
Zutta

[Midnight]

Gday Gorms,

If at all possible make sure that scratch is blended out nice and smooth, as my experience with sheet aluminium (in aeroplanes) which is scratched, is that it will work harden and crack where the scratch is. That is the reason we never use scribers for sheet aluminium work, pencil or marker pen only.

I hope all is well with your new boat mate and that you get plenty of enjoyment out of it.

Cheers,
Myles

[sleepygreg]

Having had dealings with that same dealer, though in past years, this doesnt surprise me at all. I always finished up dealing with his immediate competition at Blakehurst, and never had any problems (three boats and four motors).

Greg