[Rhodes22-list] What Stan Does ...

[David Bradley]

Dave L,

When I asked Stan about warranty he said they either took care of any
problems in NC or had a local company provide the service.  My sense was
it's all handled on a case by case basis.  Per GBI MO.

Dave B.


On 4/4/06, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ed,
>
> Re getting something written down regarding refurbishment.  You may be
> right, but it seems to me that there are certain guidelines that would
> clarify
> what refurbishment means at GBI, and also baseline what the
> purchase  represents.
> For example:
> - Is there actually a written warranty?   I suppose I'll find out this
> Sat,
> but as I sit here, I don't know.  If  there's not, it might behoove Stan
> to
> think of a suitably weasel worded document  - for his refurbs.  Just
> having a
> copy of that document on GBI letterhead  might help underwriters
> understand what
> they're dealing with when they are  dealing with a refurb.
> - Are there specific checks that every refurb goes  through?  I really
> don't
> know.  If there are, it might give  underwriters a sense that this old
> hull is
> almost new again.
> - There are some  things you can say about the refurb process, I think.
> For
> example, the basic  price of each boat to be refurbed will vary depending
> on
> the configuration of  the specific boat, it's condition, and it's age.  To
> the
> extent that an  existing system or part on a refurbished boat is in good
> operational order it  will not be fixed or improved, however, where
> deficiencies
> are noted they will  be fixed, those costs are part of the basic price of
> any
> refurbished  vessel.  The basic refurbished vessel will conform in all
> respects
> to  the terms of the refrub vessel warranty.   If the purchaser desires
> improvements to working systems on the vessel,  they may, at an
> additional  cost,
> have GBI effect those improvements as part of the refurbishment
> process  and it
> will be done to factory specs and an explicit part of the
> factory  warranty.
> Examples:
> - You want captain seats and they don't exist on  the refurbished boat,
> GBI
> modify the boatplan as needed and buy and install  seats GBI
> specifications
> (i.e. now part of the warranty).
> - You want an  IMF and it doesn't exist on the boat to be refurbished, GBI
> will buy and install  an IMF system to factory specifications (i.e. now
> part of
> the warranty).
> -  You want a UPP and it doesn't exist on the boat to be refurbished, GBI
> will  build and install a UPP system to factory specifications (i.e. now
> part of
> the  warranty).
>
> There could be an options list for upgrades, just as there is an options
> list for new boats, realizing that some options just don't make sense
> because
> they are already part of the basic boat to be refurb'd.  For example,
> our  basic
> boat to be refurb'd came with 2 batteries on board - no reason to pay for
> the installation of a second battery, it's there and in some real sense
> the  2nd
> battery was part of the "basic" package.
>
> These possible upgrades may, or may not, be cost effective, but they
> do  tell
> the prospective buyer what the process is.  You start with the
> basic  price
> and whatever is on the boat to be refurbed and you add or subtract as
> appropriate.  You give the prospective purchaser or underwriter a
> price  list that
> lays it all out.
>
> Just having a written warranty and something like the material above
> expanded on and written down on GBI letterhead with a supporting options
> list  and
> prices would help justify the price of a refurb to insurers.  Also,
> it  would
> make any explanation of the difference between an 89 refurbed in
> 06  (89R06) and
> an 89 never refurbed a whole lot easier and meaningful.
>
> I don't recall this being on the GBI site.  As I recall what's
> there's  just
> a teaser to call Stan and find out more.  He might save himself a  lot of
> useless phone calls, and prospective purchasers and
> certainly  insurers  might
> get a quicker appreciation of the GBI refurbishment  process, if he had
> something like the above on his website and available as  hardcopy for
> insurers.
>
> JMO, and it really doesn't matter because I'm sure Stan is going to do
> what
> he want's to do.
>
> Dave
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