I have seen the pictures. But the smoking gun to me is 3 owners in 3 years and the last owner takes her out shortly after buying and it falls apart. Go to McDonalds, dump hot coffee all over yourself, sue for 10 million. I know all he wants is what he paid for, that is all most of us want. My buddy and his Merc was before all these forums, he will never buy another Merc. His wasn't about the maker of the engine, nor that engine, it was about the previous owner. Didn't make him feel any better about it and I understand that. I truly hope it works out, I just haven't heard the information that leads me to blaming Nitro at this point. My guess is Nitro didn't either, and that is why the offer from them was what is was.

$100 bucks says they threaten him with a defamation suit.

They can threaten all they want, but as long as everything he has stated is the truth they dont have a leg to stand on.

Man I hate to hear about these situations! I had a problem with a used boat I bought a couple years ago, a few days after taking ownership we discovered a crack in the hull. I took it to the manufacturer (Pro Gator) and the owner of the company didn't hesitate to fix it free of charge and they also cleaned that boat up like it was new! The boat was a 1995 model!!!!! I'm sorry but if a small company like Pro Gator can fix a problem like I had on a 15 year old boat because they have a "lifetime warranty" then a HUGE company like Tracker shouldn't have hesitated to fix your problem.

The thing that makes me mad about companies and their "warranties" is the fact the item purchased should be warrantied for the entire time of the warranty, regardless of who the owner is at the time a warranty claim is issued!

I agree with others, I wouldn't sleep until I had exhausted every opportunity to share your story accross the internet and in public! Just think how differently this post would be for Tracker if they would have just fixed the boat like they should.

True, and I definately see your point. However it is put in place to also protect a company. The way they look at it is, if there are multiple owners within the time the actual warrenty is up, then maybe one of the first owners did something shady and needed to offload the boat. Therefore passing off a damaged product that would not have been covered if they tried to claim it.

sorry but that is not what a company is doing in regards to the owner policy, they place this into the warranty in order to hopefully not have to cover the boat under a warranty claim...it's called "read the fine print". This is exactly why I will only buy a boat from two boat manufacturers in the future.

think about it for a second, why make a rule that the 2nd owner pay $100 within 30 days? Do you really think that $100 means a whole lot to Tracker? The only reason is they are hoping the 2nd owner doesn't meet the requirements therefore they are off the hook and can stand behind a bunch of words on a piece of paper! The people making the decisions at Tracker should really look themselves in the mirror over this one, IMHO. There is a right way and a wrong way to do business in my book.

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.

True this might not hurt tracker, bps, but imagine the pr another boat company could get if they stepped in and took care of this problem when the on manufacture wouldn't. would be a great advertisement about there customer service, but of course everyone would try to jump on that bandwagon then but good pr none the less.