does anyone else have bad luck?

bmack · Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 City: sarnia, ontario

i just bought a boat to learn how to wakeboard, i got it late in the season,but for a great deal from a friend of the family, baja 200 sport,i have taken it out about 10 times and not had any problems, this week i go out with some friends and hit a rock and the skeg bends , it then broke off when i got home, so i got that fixed. beautiful day so i call in sick for work to go out for a ride, i notice someting below my engine, i thought it was water and did't worry too much about it, it turned out to bee all my engine oil, some how the oil pan plug came out! i think that someone might have done this on purpose, but i do'nt know, i hope that theres not too much damage, i shut it down before it shut itself down, i will get it looked at tomorrow,i also blew up my seadoo at the start of the summer.but i learend how to get up on my wakeboard and i can now ride without falling Wink

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 12:50 am Post subject: bad luck

Could it have something to do with calling in sick for no reason other than personal gratification?

Does you boss think he has bad luck for hiring you?

Maybe it's natural justice.......

T&T · Outlaw Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 192 City: Denver

That sucks. Sorry to hear it.

Here's my year's bad luck:
1.) Nearly totaled my pulling vehicle (93 Bronco) on the highway (hit some moron who thought the highway was a parking lot at 10:00 at night, and I'm the idiot who didn't see him until it was too late). Approximate repair cost - $7500.
2.) Blew a tire on my brother's truck pulling my boat while my bronco was in the shop (yea, and he didn't have a tire iron or a jack, and no key for the wheel locks... lots of fun...). Oh and the blowout damaged the vehicle. This one only cost about $800 after everything was said and done.
3.) Those bearing buddies... they suck! I lost a hub on my single-axle boat trailer doing 90mph. The bearing fell apart and the tire passed us on the highway. Oh, and I was out in the middle of the desert 30 miles from civilization (if you call a population of 100 civilized). Damage to boat and trailer = $3100.

The boat is cursed. Thank goodness for insurance. They can't drop me until January.

Good news is that I'm still alive and that Snowboarding season is starting next week. I may have a bit more luck with that.

My point is, when you think your story is bad, smile, there is always someone who will have it worse than you.

Grouch · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 10:19 am Post subject:

Yes I have bad luck all the time.

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 10:35 am Post subject: bad luck

jbelson · Guest

I've had the worst summer in my 6 years of boat ownership.
Wheel locking on the trailer. Trim motor shorting out in the middle of lake havasu. Anchor stolen. Hit by another boat in copper cyn. Water pump went bad and had a small overheat ($1400 damage). Ripped Bimini. Problems with the boat mechanic (at the dealer no less) not doing work properly and leaving things unattached. And to top it off, 4 of my friends just bailed from Havasu this year without telling anybody. We even saw them at breakfast 10 mins before they left, they didn't say a word. My fat sack pump is the biggest pain in the ass ever. A weld broke on my tower.
I can keep going, but I'll stop here.

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject: Bad luck

T&T · Outlaw Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 192 City: Denver

Blean,
His tent just blew over, don't piss on it!

Hollywood · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject:

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 7:14 pm Post subject: Bad luck

Whenever **it like that has happened to me (and it has, several times), it has always been my fault. Either failing to undertake essential maintenance, ignoring repeated warning signs (like noisy bearings), using the wrong grade of fuel, forgetting to remove the drain plug. You name it, I've done it.

Sure I get pi**ed but rather than blame someone else, fate or bad luck, I recognise myself for being the dumb *ss that I am and vow not to repeat the mistake again in future.

Ralph · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 7:36 pm Post subject:

Bleans on to it, you mostly make your own luck, until you realise this you are destine to have bad luck over and over.

bmack · Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 City: sarnia, ontario

hey now no one likes to blame themselves, but ya know what , it seems like i'm not the only one who gets stuff on all the time, it really doesn't matter though i'm still smiling, ( even though i havn't been laid for 34 days!) Confused

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 10, 2003 12:55 am Post subject: bad luck

BrtnDan · Addict Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 609

Man, i'm telling you Mastercraft Quality is unbeatable. I've only had 1 small problem in the 2 years (200 hours) that i've used my boat, and when it happened the dealership fixed it in the parking lot, in about 10 minutes right away. Gotta love Action Watersports.

MrBlean · Posted: Oct 17, 2003 3:06 am Post subject: Quality

BrtnDan your experience has liitle to do with the product quality of MasterCraft and everything to do with the people involved in sorting your problem. A great product with poor support when there's a problem is no better than an average product that never needs support.

I'm sure there ara owners of other makes of boats that can tell a similar story as well as owners of all brands of boat who have nightmares to relate. It's largely about how you are dealt with by the folks concerned.