For outboard, sterndrive & inboard boat owners

I watched boat shops pull these 28 repair-bill lines on owners for years.

(I Exposed Boat Repair Scams)

Now they’re written down: every upsell and scare line, what it often means, and the exact words that stop each one.

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I Exposed Boat Repair Scams by Dale Morgan

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The book opens

On the very next screen, a few seconds later. Phone, tablet or computer.

It stays in your email

The same download link goes to your inbox, so you can open it again at the service desk or on the dock.

Nothing ships, there is no account to make, and no password to remember.

The honest math

Nobody adds up what "I'll just trust the service desk" really costs. So here is how a bad visit goes, line by line.

The way most owners pay

The "Plus" winter package, with extras your manual never asks forpaid
The impeller on the fall bill, and again on the spring billpaid twice
New anodes on the invoice that never went on the boatpaid, and never checked
"I wouldn't take it out like that," with nothing to showpaid, in a hurry
A "sure" on the phone, from a hallway at workpaid for work you never saw

TOTAL:Overpaid

With Dale's questions

"Please winterize per my owner's manual."extras listed, and your call
"Here's my fall invoice. Let's take off anything already done."taken off
"Can I have the old parts back?"in a bag on the seat
"Can you send me a photo or a short video?"seen with your own eyes
"Send me a written list. I'll call you back."decided later, in writing

TOTAL:The fair price

THE BOTTOM LINE

One upsell you turn down can pay for this book.

By the end of the Quick Start, you’ll know how to do it on your very next visit.

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Look inside

Real pages from the real book. This is exactly what opens on your phone, set in big, clear type, with a photo or a chart every few pages.

Page 12 of the book: the Quick Start, five questions before you sign any boat estimate — Page 12: the Quick Start, five questions to ask before you sign any boat estimate, starting with the one that makes a pushy shop squirm.

Page 130 of the book: the price of each add-on product and the question Is this optional — Page 130: the three most useful words in the dealership’s paperwork room, and how to get the real price of every add-on.

Page 70 of the book: initials written in paint marker on an outboard anode before drop-off — Page 70: a paint marker, a photo in the driveway, and how one owner caught new anodes on his bill that never went on his boat.

Page 223 of the book: the service desk phrase translator, what they say, what it often means and what you say back — Page 223: the phrase translator. What the service desk says, what it often means, and the exact words to say back.

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What's Inside

Twenty-one chapters, from how the service desk really works to how to get your money back. Every one ends with a Dock Card: what they say, what's really going on, what you say back, and whether it can wait.

Who really pays the friendly person at the service desk, and why it matters to your bill · p. 18
The work order you signed without reading, and the few lines to add before you sign · p. 30
The "Plus" winter package, and the shorter list your owner's manual really asks for · p. 35
The double-dip: work done in the fall and billed again in the spring · p. 43
"While it's out of the water..." Which items are a look, and which are a job · p. 51
The parts that never went on your boat, and how to mark yours before drop-off · p. 70
The "complimentary" inspection with a total at the bottom · p. 78
"Your lower unit is shot." The test to ask for before anyone sells you a gearcase · p. 102
"You need a new engine." The second test that tells you why a cylinder is weak · p. 110
"You'll void your warranty." What U.S. law generally says, and what really can cost you coverage · p. 138
The "we found something else" call, and the questions that end it · p. 177

And that is a fraction of it. Every chapter ends with a Dock Card.

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(2026–2027 Edition)

I Exposed Boat Repair Scams

For outboard, sterndrive & inboard boat owners

253 pages, 21 chapters, a Dock Card for every one, a Quick Start, plus 4 appendices: fair-price check, service desk phrase translator, boat service log and sources
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A note from the author

“I wrote this so you never pay for a trick, an upsell or a padded boat bill again.”

My name is Dale Morgan. Thirty years at a boat dealership. I started on the sales floor and ended up running the service department. I've seen every line that goes on a boat bill, from both sides of the counter.

Most of the people doing this work are decent. I worked with technicians who stayed late to get a family's boat in the water before a holiday weekend, and service writers who told customers to save their money when the boat was fine. But I watched the other kind, too: packages built around the shop's calendar instead of the engine's needs, parts that showed up on a bill and never showed up on the boat, and scary phone calls to people who couldn't look at anything.

Most of this isn’t written down anywhere an owner would think to look. It lives behind the service desk, in the habits of the trade, in what a service writer is trained to say and what a shop counts on you never asking. I wrote it down, one trick at a time, with the exact words that stop each one.

This book won't turn you into a mechanic, and it isn't against honest technicians. It's about paying for what your boat needs, and not one dollar more.

Dale Morgan

Questions, Answered Honestly

Is this a printed book you mail me?

No, and I want you to know that before you spend a dollar. It is a digital book: a PDF and an EPUB you open on your phone, your tablet or your computer the moment you pay, plus a printable pack on US Letter paper. Nothing arrives in the mail. Print any page you like and keep it in the boat with your owner's manual.

I'm not a mechanic. Is this too much for me?

It's written for exactly you. No tools, no jargon you can't follow, no repairs you have to do yourself. You learn what the shop knows, what the words on the bill mean, and the questions to ask. Every chapter ends with a Dock Card you can read in a minute at the counter.

I don't run an outboard. Does it still help?

Yes. It's written for outboard, sterndrive and inboard boats, and where the three are different, like winterizing, the book says so. The tricks are the same at every shop, whatever you run.

I'm not in the US. Does it still work?

The tricks are the same everywhere. Where the law matters, the book says so, gives examples for the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, and tells you to check the rules where you live.

Is this legal advice?

No. It's for general educational purposes, and it isn't a repair manual. It shows you how the business works and what to ask. For your own situation, your consumer protection office or a lawyer where you live is the place to go.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge my card again?

No. One payment, one time. No membership, no monthly anything, no free trial that turns into a bill. And every new edition comes to your email free, for life.

What if I lose the file?

Your download link lives in your email, so that's the thing to keep. If you can't find it, write to me here with the email you bought with (or your receipt), and I'll send it again.

What if I don't like it?

Write to me within seven days at support@thedalemorgan.com, or through the form below, and I’ll give you your money back. You keep the book. I'd rather lose the sale than have you feel taken. That's the whole point of the book.