Tige lawsuit

[dihutchins]

Does anyone know if Tige is, or has been involved in any legal action with an owner?

Specifically, I am looking at legal representation for gelcoat that appears to be unusually blistered.

Any recommendations on Marine type lawyers?

[chpthril]

Legal action would probably cost you more then fixing it. Good luck with it.

[ajholt7]

I don't think you would get anywhere with that one.

[Thomas Hohl]

Yeah, go ahead and sue them. Good luck with that...

[Fuh Sho]

can i come to the hearing? ill bring popcorn

[dihutchins]

Wow, such great support!!!!

[ajholt7]

You come to tigeowners.com wanting support to sue Tige.

[Carter13]

Di,
Why don't you explain what you have going on?
What is the year and style of boat, location and such?
I no longer own a Tige so I could give a $hit as far as loyalty is concerned.

[chpthril]

Di,
Why don't you explain what you have going on?
What is the year and style of boat, location and such?
I no longer own a Tige so I could give a $hit as far as loyalty is concerned.

No owners goggles here, just being realistic. I blew $4500 on legal fees last year and the outcome was the same as if I had not hired an attorney to take my case. Oh, and it never made it to court, this was just Phase 1 paperwork BS. The plaintiff incurred $25,000 in attorney fees, and no one came out a winner.

Win or lose, it's gonna cost more then what it would cost to fix.

[Jason B]

Maybe you guys should hear more before you give him a hard time. To play devil's advocate--maybe he has a legit problem he's not getting anywhere with. He didn't bash Tige here (yet at least, hopefully it's not to come), he asked a legitimate question.

[SPBFAN]

No owners goggles here, just being realistic. I blew $4500 on legal fees last year and the outcome was the same as if I had not hired an attorney to take my case. Oh, and it never made it to court, this was just Phase 1 paperwork BS. The plaintiff incurred $25,000 in attorney fees, and no one came out a winner.

Win or lose, it's gonna cost more then what it would cost to fix.

It could cost more than it would cost to buy a new boat. It is not that we don't want to support you it is more so we want to find out the WHOLE story and nothing but the truth. Believe me TIGE is a stand up company and you will get a lot further by approaching this in a calm political manner. But you have now fired off a shot at TIGE that may be against you. They may put up a wall. You should have come to the forum in a little calmer manner. Not trying to be hard as I had a lot of issue when I first bought my boat and I made the same mistake. But in the end TIGE and the dealer took care of me and in return I requested that the thread be removed. Now TIGE has proved me wrong in every thing I ever said in my first post ever. As you can see I am 100% behind them and love the company. It is a stand up company and I will take that to the bank.

I hope this helps and I hope you get things worked out. Harvey Smith can be your best friend for the life time ownership of your boat if you are nice and calm with TIGE.

We are more than willing to help you learn and grow with your boat and are thankful you are on the forum. This is a little diffrent than any other forum in the way that most of us are freinds and we all talk on the phone and other things to help each other out. We hope you can find this as a great resource of information for you.

[chpthril]

Maybe you guys should hear more before you give him a hard time. To play devil's advocate--maybe he has a legit problem he's not getting anywhere with. He didn't bash Tige here (yet at least, hopefully it's not to come), he asked a legitimate question.

In a previous thread, he stated that no one from Tige would return a call or email, but then latter stated that he had in fact been told by Tige that the blistering was not covered.

In this post below, he clearly states that he left the boat in the water based on what the selling dealer told him. Based on this, he's suing the wrong party

Harvey had previously informed me that the gel coat fault is not the responsibility of Tige and not covered under warranty and that I should not leave my boat in the water. My mistake for believing the dealer, Gainesville Marina, that it would be fine to do so.

I've owned another boat and jetski's which were fine left in water but I guess those manufacturers use higher quality materials and manufacturing process'.

When I was not satisfied with Harvey's response, I decided to contact the owner but, alas, he has proved me right that they really are not a world class company and he couldn't even be bothered to defend his company or at least try and offer me some guidance on a solution!!!!

[talltigeguy]

I am pretty sure that gel coat issues are specifically stated to be out of warranty after 1 year. If you got issues one year after you bought the boat, then you have nothing to stand on...not even a toe, much less a leg.

For some reason, some boats get blisters and some boats don't. Even boats of the same color and year will have different outcomes.

If you left the boat in the water for an extended period of time, then it is not surprising that you got blisters. How long was the boat in the water?

GIven that most of us have some loyalty to Tige, coming on here asking about a lawsuit just comes across wrong.

[ajholt7]

Maybe you guys should hear more before you give him a hard time. To play devil's advocate--maybe he has a legit problem he's not getting anywhere with. He didn't bash Tige here (yet at least, hopefully it's not to come), he asked a legitimate question.

I searched his posts before I commented. He left his boat in the water for three months. When he pulled it out it was blistered. I didn't just give him a hard time without checking this out. Leave any of the wakeboard boats out there floating for three months and I bet you have similar results. I has a pwc that blistered in the footwells from water standing in them for a few months. This is why I made my first comment. Then when he wrote "wow, great support" that just really pi$$ed me off. Anyone who knows anything about boats knows that boats that are left in the water for extended times without some sort of barrier coat will blister. That is a fact and try to prove that it is Tige's fault. Good luck with that.

[goose69]

Hull blistering is alway a product to environment on boats that have been neglected. I have repaired many blister hulls and 90% are on neglected boats. If you leave a boat in the water for a prolonged time if must have proper anti-fouling paint, if not blister time!