I got this in the mail today, and this is my response.

Note that the free raft offer still stands. I'm just getting it
moving; the
raft will be recertified whether someone takes it or I do.

For those of you who arrived late to this evolving party, rather than
clutter this up with other stuff, look either to the archives of the
list or
the boats section of Craigslist/TampaBay for full discussion.

AND!!

DO NOT CALL THEM UNLESS YOU ARE READY TO PROCEED!!! IT'S THEIR BUSY
SEASON
AND THEY'RE OVER THEIR HEADS AS IT IS!!

/Rant Sorry to shout - but they've gotten dozens of calls on this
free
raft, and can't deal with it. I would not commit to recertification if
it
wasn't worth having, but they don't get paid to talk to you about it...

Thanks.

L8R, y'all

----- Original Message -----
From: BRAD WILSON
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:08 AM


$984.34 to certify this raft assuming the inflation valve and bottle
pass
hydro testing. add $214 if it needs replacing. please remove xxxx@msn
and
from your cc
thank you


Hi, Brad,

So that we can get this show on the road, I will commit to the
recertification of my raft. That is, you have my credit card, and
whether
it takes a new bottle or not, the costs are covered. Please proceed.

As much as even a coastal 4 valise replacement costs, if nobody steps
up to
the plate to take it by Thursday, I'll retrieve it and use it for
however
long it lasts.

However, I do expect that there will be a taker. My apologies for all
the
(unexpected) time you've had to spend on this. If there's a taker as
expected, they'll pay you in full and fetch it, and I'll consult with
you
for my replacement.

I'll pass this decision along to all interested parties with, again,
the
admonition not to call unless they're prepared to both make the payment
and
take it out of your shop to free your space.

Thanks again.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely
nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing
about in
boats-or *with* boats.
In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter,
that's
the charm of it.
Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never
get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to
do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."