If you do a little googling, it is amazing how this story has been passed around and posted on a number of other boards. I would not at all be surprised if someone received a call from a Tracker representitive soon. Not all publicity is good publicity.

If you take some better photos of it and email me all of the letters back and forth from Tracker...I will happily build you a website to help make this more public.

Thinking more about this I can't help but think SOMEONE in this company must understand the seriousness of this issue. Not just from a PR standpoint, but from a liability view. Let's imagine if God forbid this happens on another hull and this time someone is making a high speed turn. The lamination drops, catches water and throws the passengers. Everyone dies. Now how would you like to be corporate Tracker standing in front of a jury and explaining how you knew this had happened to other boats but you decided not to do anything about it?

Yes this is a huge PR issue and will cost unit sales but maybe they are so arrogant and stubborn they don't care. But if nothing else they would have to be concerned about the potential safety issue they have with their product.

Delamination is not just one of those things that happen to every bass boat company -- it's a potentially catastrophic issue.

I would be willing to bet that once this gets to the right level of the company you're going to get some positive response -- don't give up! I'm routing (and praying) for you.

I was just looking at a Z-9 to seriously buy in the next two weeks.... NOT ANYMORE !!

I am also a Nitro owner, and I hate to hear this has happened. I have owned 2 Nitros; the first a 1996 896 and now a 2010 Z8, and they have both been fantastic. Even after reading this, I will not hesitate to buy another. Like previously stated, ALL boat brands sometime have screw ups with manufacturing, and this is an isolated incident. I am suprised that Tracker isn't doing more to make things right, especially because of all of the negative press that this can cause if went public.

And to everyone that is saying that Nitro is "cheap" and "junk"
1) The reason that Nitro has a cheaper price tag than Skeeter or other brands is because when you pay $30k for a Nitro you get a hull, basic engine, basic TM, and basic electronics(usually at the console only)-as opposed to the other brands you pay $50k for a hull, upgraded engine, upgraded trolling motor, upgraded electronics, and the name. (not every angler needs a rig that comes standard with two $1000 graphs)
2) If Nitro was such an inferior boat, would big name pro's like KVD, Rick Clunn, Edwin Evers, Stacey King, and Woo Daves choose to run the Nitro Brand.

I think that Nitro has a good quality boat at a price that allows more anglers to get into the boating market. I'm sorry that you had a bad experience with the brand, but there are tons of people out there that own Nitro's and haven't had ANY trouble with their boats, and would not hesitate to own another one in the future.

Whats even more unfortunate about this whole story is the fact that there are plenty of good Nitros out there and plenty of good people selling those boats. It hurts them also when people talk buyers out of a decent boat cause of a bad situation they may have heard about.

If I turned down everything that I heard a horror story about, I might as well just stay home and not do anything, or buy anything.

What Tracker is doing is awful, I agree but maybe when the right people are contacted and get involved it will get solved, hopefully. I understand it shouldn't come to that.

He guys,

I called and left a message for Larry at Bass Pro. He is a good guy. He runs our tuesday working mans tournaments on Ray Hubbard. He is the manager over Marine sales at Bass Pro. He is out today but will be back tomorrow. I told him he may want to check the forum and see what he can do to help you out. Not sure if anything will come of it but we all hope so.

BPS is KVDs cash cow is why he runs their products.

Exactly.

I dont mean to poke fun at you, or derail this thread... but when has celebrity endoresment ever indicated quality? Yes, some people are fortunate to actually represent a brand with high measures of quality and standards, but most are in it for the paycheck. It means nothing to me that these guys represent this company when they are recieving a paycheck from them or at least a hugely discounted boat.

You also mention the quality of nitro vs other brands by a cost comparison. Nitro dropped the price of their z-9 by 10k between 2009 and 2011. How were they able to drop their boats such a substantial amount and keep the same quality?

Yes, Im derailing this thread by posting this.

This is the quote that makes the most sense to me. It seems odd that this boat was on it's 3rd owner in a 3 year time span. The problem with an insurance claim is that it was probably a previous owner that caused the damage. If that is the case would that be a pre-existing condition and not coverred under the latest owners insurance claim? Obviously this sucks and hopefully Tracker comes back with a different offer, but I can sure see their side of this. If they fixed every boat that crashed into a tree, they would go broke in a hurry, as would other boat manufacturers.

Retailers are really cracking down on returns, I don't they have any choice. People break rods in the car doors 3 years after they purchase it and take it back and expect to get a new rod. I bought a vanity last week from Lowes on sale for 40% off. Wasn't a clearance deal, was on their website and the Denton store had one in stock. As we put the box on the cart I could hear something rattling around. I asked the sales guy about it and he said not to worry, if it was damaged in any way, just bring it back, maybe they would have another in stock by then. Sure enough the bottom was chipped and cracked. It was obvious that someone else had purchased it, taken it home, put it together, then boxed it back up and returned it. The Lewisville store had another in stock, took it back their. By then the price was back to normal. The manager looked at me like I was stealing the store or something. Took about 30 minutes and he finally let me go with the other vanity. I had a receipt that was less than a week old, but he wanted me to pay the full price. He finally listed to reason, all I wanted was a vanity that wasn't broken. I didn't break that one, but guessing those that bought it the first time around did and Lowes just didn't bother to check it.

Did you look at the pictures?

They were able to drop the price cause the overall company themselves did extreamly well and no longer needed such a mark-up. Now I too don't want to derail this thread but if you knew the mark-up on some of these other brands, you wouldn't walk away you would run.

Man this story sucks,at least nobody got hurt or even worse.Hope you get it all worked out I would think the BIG BPS would step up for you good luck

Please don't kill me for saying this, their warranty states that it does not extend to the 3rd owner, are they suppose to make a special exception, the policy hurts their resale value past the second owner but it's their policy, probably written in the warranty paperwork pretty clear. To me the lessons if you are going to buy one be the first or second owner.