I just wanted a little boat to go fishing in....

I guess it was asking too much to buy one and want to make it legal by transferring it into our names and getting it properly registered. Long story short, cops got involved at the sellers residence and I got our money back.

Thank goodness I had text messages between the seller and myself that showed the police officers the boat was misrepresented. Still I feel real lucky to have come out of that deal with my money back rather than an unusable boat. Well it was usable, just not legal.

I guess I've been lucky not to have had a problem before. Buyer beware for sure.

Ginny

What in the world did u get yourself into. See your took far away from Your main support group of CC. Always come to the group for advise when in doubt. Soon as most sober up they'll probably give u good advice

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What in the world did u get yourself into. See your took far away from Your main support group of CC. Always come to the group for advise when in doubt. Soon as most sober up they'll probably give u good advice

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We would have brought our boat if we thought we would have any time to fish. But normally Terry has to work 7 days a week to meet the schedule on these little buildings they are pumping out. But the city of Warrenton where we are has strict rules about no construction work on weekends. So we found we have some time to fish and were looking at buying something small and inexpensive to fish in on the weekends.... maybe a used gheenoe or john boat. Found several john boats in a low price range but they sold really quickly and we missed out on them. So, one was posted last night and it looked perfect for what we wanted. Texted with the guy, everything was good and I drove this morning to look at it and end up buying it... only after I took it to DMV (right after I paid for it I went to DMV so we could use it legally) I found out it wasn't legal or legal-able (new word... lol). But other than being out some gas money and time, I got lucky and with the help of the local police was able to get my money back without having to file a lawsuit which would have been such a hassle and probably not worth the cost of the boat but would have been worth it based on principle.

Ginny

Man oh Man ......what a hassel l. I got a legal-able jon boat you could use if I was closer.

MAYBE TAKE UP WEEKEND BOWLING TILL U GET BACK? If u need instruction i was a PRO in my past life

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Man oh Man ......what a hassel l. I got a legal-able jon boat you could use if I was closer.

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That's the thing... all you crappie dot com gewbers, gubers, goobers, geezers, all you ol codgers by any name are the best and have helped us out so much already. Many of our fun fishing trips have been from info people on here shared with us. Anyways since we didn't get the john boat and my nerves couldn't handle another dose of that type of drama anytime again soon... lol, we decided to go rent a canoe again tomorrow on the Shenandoah and try for some more river monsters! Probably going to take the helmet cam to document the action when I land those 4" bream and tiny baby smallmouths... :-) Ginny

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MAYBE TAKE UP WEEKEND BOWLING TILL U GET BACK? If u need instruction i was a PRO in my past life

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You are a Pool Pro too my friend... :-) Miss you soooooooo much! Better get that boat ready so Terry and Princess and I can go fishing with you and check out the water levels for ourselves when we get back.

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You are a Pool Pro too my friend... :-) Miss you soooooooo much! Better get that boat ready so Terry and Princess and I can go fishing with you and check out the water levels for ourselves when we get back.

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Come ahead

Sounds like a craig's list or ebay transaction, aggravating you have to weed through so much garbage anymore to find what your looking for, glad to hear all end's well, minus the headaches.

just go get SLABS he is up north

Try some med small cranks or just some 3" twister tails for the larger sm caught 1000's on just the twister tails in the sq river

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Try some med small cranks or just some 3" twister tails for the larger sm caught 1000's on just the twister tails in the sq river

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Cool! We will try that. What is the sq river? We absolutely loved the Shenandoah. So crystal clear you can see the fish from a long ways away. Different from our wonderful Florida rivers.

Ginny

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Sounds like a craig's list or ebay transaction, aggravating you have to weed through so much garbage anymore to find what your looking for, glad to hear all end's well, minus the headaches.

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Yes, Craigslist, but we have bought quite a few things from Craigslist and never had a problem. Been lucky I guess. But it sure makes you be more careful about believing the next guy. It's a shame.

Ginny

Susquehanna River PA.
Just takes to long for me to spell out.

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Susquehanna River PA.
Just takes to long for me to spell out.

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Gotcha. Terry thought you meant the Shenandoah. I thought maybe you meant SJ (St Johns)... lol. We were both wrong!

Ginny

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yea, yea that sounds legal-able:Rofl

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yea, yea that sounds legal-able:Rofl

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Lol. I think you're right!

Ginny

Best story I've heard in a while that gives credit to the police. Glad y'all got out of that one. Why not just buy a canoe or kayaks to take wherever you guys are? Oh and congrats on breaking 1000 posts to become a 1K Star General.

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Best story I've heard in a while that gives credit to the police. Glad y'all got out of that one. Why not just buy a canoe or kayaks to take wherever you guys are? Oh and congrats on breaking 1000 posts to become a 1K Star General.

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Yes and the funny thing is they called the police because they were convinced the police would tell me it was a civil matter. Dont get me wrong, they didnt actually want the police to come out to their house. They just wanted me to leave based on them talking to the police on the phone. Terry wasnt with me but he told me to stay put until the police came out and when they did arrive the sellers talked themselves into a hole. What they told the police they had disclosed about the boat did not match the text messages i had from them.

As far as a canoe or kayak.... too small and not enough room for us and our big dog. Next time we will take our boat even if we arent sure if we will have time to use it.

Ginny

congratulations General :angel:!!

A salute to the General

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So I'm a General... that must mean I'm pretty good a catching specks by now... :biggrin. Oh wait, never mind. Danny was some kind of General too wasn't he???? :Rofl:Rofl Scratch that theory. But I wish he would come back. Ginny

Glad you saved those messages!!!! Glad it worked out OK!!!!!

Pontiac, u soooo funny