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	Name:	Kizma Anuice -
	Subject:	another complaint about Cat
	Date:	8/24/2010 8:18:23 PM

Last month during the Poker Run after picking my card up at River North, my Scarab quit running. Cathouse had witnerized it last year so I am certain it was their fault. Fortunately a friend was launching his boat there and brought me to my cabin. I finished the run in another boat and took my trailer to River North that afternoon to pickup my boat. The guys at River North were afraid to try to set it on the trailer so the mechanic looked at it. I told him I thought that the fuel pump went south due to improper winterization. I asked if he could fix it and he said yes but they were so far behind I did not really want to let it there as it could take six weeks. The service people were very helpful and towed me to a boat ramp and would not even take a $20 tip.

On Monday I disconnected the goesouta hose on the pump and nothing came out. I removed the pump and mashed the lever and it would work. I then discovered that the cam in the raw water pump that works the lever was rounded out.

At that point I called Cathouse. I got really pi$$ed because he was not there to take my call. DEDE gave me his cell number and I transposed the digits when I wrote it down so I did not get Cat and he made me even madder. When I figured out what I had done I dialed the correct number and got a message. While I was leaving a message Cat called me and interrupted my message leaving, thereby really pi$$ing me off.

Cat told me I had two choices, I could bring it to Cathouse and they would replace the raw water pump or I could install an electric fuel pump. I wanted to do the electric pump thing to save money so Cat told me to hook the red wire on the pump to the purple wire on the distributor and the black wire to ground..

I did everything that he told me to do. Then I turned the key and I could not hear the fuel pump running like Cat said it would. Now I am really pi$$ed. Finally I put the lanyard back on the kill switch and low and behold, the pump started working. I launched the boat and it ran great.

Now I spent three years in Georgia going to law school. I guess that qualifies me to be a Georgia Yankee. And being a Georgia Yankee I have the God given right to look down my nose at all of you Alabama rednecks, who never lived in Georgia.

AND BEING A GEORGIA YANKEE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WILL NEVER CALL CATHOUSE AGAIN TO GET FREE ADVICE ON FIXING MY BOAT. THAT MAN DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FIXING BOATS, HE DID NOT EVEN TELL ME YOU HAD TO HOOK THE LANYARD BACK IN TO MAKE THE PUMP WORK. I WILL FROM NOW ON ONLY CALL GEORGIA YANKEES OR BETTER YET TOW MY BOAT TO GEORGIA AND LET A YANKEE FIX IT FOR ME.

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another complaint about Cat - Kizma Anuice - 8/24/2010 8:18:23 PM

You are such a nut (NT) - Nancy Christine II - 8/24/2010 8:54:31 PM

I feel your pain - Ulysses E. McGill - 8/24/2010 10:11:25 PM

I feel your pain - Rooster - 8/25/2010 8:00:22 AM

Dear Kizma..... - CAT BOAT - 8/25/2010 9:06:00 AM

I feel your pain - CAT BOAT - 8/25/2010 10:04:29 AM

Kizma, McGill..... - BigFoot - 8/25/2010 9:17:15 AM

Kizma, McGill..... - rude evin - 8/25/2010 5:25:13 PM

Actually - Ulysses E. McGill - 8/25/2010 6:46:46 PM

Actually - CAT BOAT - 8/25/2010 7:33:32 PM

Actually - alabamaangler - 8/25/2010 9:46:45 PM

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