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LOCAL CUSSETA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEMBER, GERALD DOUGLAS SOLD ME A HOUSEBOAT ON A SATURDAY MORNING ,AN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON . A WHOLE DAY AN A HALF LATER IT WAS SINKING.. STILL TIED TO THE DOCK, JUST AS IT HAD BEEN WHEN I PURCHASED IT. IF NOT FOR THE KINDNESS OF SIX TOTAL STRANGERS THE BOAT WOULD HAVE SANK. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE BOAT . MY HUSBAND CONTACTED MR. GERALD DOUGLAS AN TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE RELIEVED ALL MY ANGUISH AN SAID , HE WOULD REINBURSE ME UP TO WHAT I HAD PAID FOR THE BOAT TO HELP WITH THE REPAIRS . HE SAID HE DIDN'T DO BUSINESS THAT WAY ,AN HE WAS A MAN OF HIS WORD. I WAS SHOCKED TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT VERY RELIEVED. WELL IT'S BEEN TWO MONTH'S SENSE THEN AN AFTER GETTING ALL THE ESTIMATES ON THE REPAIR . HE SAID HE WOULD PUT ME A CHECK IN THE MAIL.... I GOT IT , HALF OF WHAT HE HAD SAID. HE WILL NOT RETURN MY PHONE CALL'S . I PURCHASED THIS HOUSEBOAT FOR MY FAMILY AN I TO ENJOY. AN ONLY HAVING IT A DAY AN A HALF BEFORE IT BEGAN SINKING, WELL I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE WE WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. THE BOAT IS STILL OUT OF THE WATER AN UP ON BLOCK'S AWAITING REPAIR'S . HE REFUSE'S TO BUY THE BOAT BACK OR TO STAND BY HIS WORD OF COVERING THE REPAIR COST. MR. DOUGLAS YOU SOULD STAND BY YOUR WORD. I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN STARTED THESE REPAIR'S IF I HAD KNOWN YOU WEREN'T A "MAN OF YOUR WORD" TO USE YOUR WORD'S.