T&T: Bay Marina

[Billpyszk at aol.com]

Here are the details of my bad experience with Cockrell's Marina on the  
Chesapeake Bay. I had a bad battery that need to be replace on a New American  
Tug. They spoke with the factory and discussed what had to be done. I was told  
on a Monday that it would take 6 hours to replace the battery and replace some  
cables. American Tug was not happy but said they would pay. On Friday I 
received  a call from Cockrell's that they wanted 22.5 hours of labor. That was 
after  telling me 6 hours. Remember this was to put in a battery and make two 
cables.  They only received the 6 hours labor and we fought over it for two 
years. They  said they would take me to court and I was more then willing to go. 
Over the  past year or so I have talked to many boaters that have had the same  
experience. From talking to many boaters it looks to me that this practice is  
more the norm then not. 



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