Used Pontoon Boats - Pontoon Boat Lemon

Hi gang, Rick Ostler here from North American Waterway bringing you Used Pontoon Boats along with news and views from the boating industry. We have all heard about some cars being a lemon. Here is a pontoon boat lemon.

It's a beautiful day for a boat ride on lake Skiatook. An experience Scott Bennett and his wife always dreamed about.

"We wanted a boat big enough to where we could have gatherings," says Scott.

He bought his pontoon boat in June of last year from Tulsa Boat Sales

"We thought that if we bought a new boat we may not have the issues that a used boat might have," says Scott. Turns out he was wrong.

The first problem came on the very first outing.

"We opened up our engine compartment and it was full of water," says Scott.

And that was just the beginning.

"Not only was water coming in our engine compartment, it was also coming up inside the pontoon up on the deck," says Scott.

Then the stereo also stopped working properly and sheets of metal tearing loose from the bottom of the boat. Scott took it back to tulsa boat sales for repairs.

Says Scott, "I've had the boat about 10 and a half months and five of those months it was in the shop."

Still the boat isn't fixed and Scott's frustration eventually led him to the Problem Solvers. Our calls to Tulsa Boat Sales weren't returned so we called the boat's maker, Tracker Marine.

Tracker agreed to bring the boat back in to the shop.

"They deemed the boat unrepairable and refunded our money 100 percent," says Scott.

Tracker sent Scott a check for more than twenty thousand dollars. He used the money to buy a new pontoon boat.

"Have had it now for three weeks and are just extremely satisfied with the product. We really feel that we bought quality this time."

The best advice for consumers, do a lot of research on any product, especially a big ticket item, before you buy. Thanks to; Pontoon boat takes on water - KJRH.com