Buying something used always comes with some risk, especially when you already know it needs work.

One boat owner thought he had been pretty clear about that when he sold an older boat at a heavily discounted price.

Before the sale, he had the boat inspected and told the buyer what he learned. He also told them to have Sea Tow available just in case.

Well, sure enough, an alarm went off as they were driving the boat home. The seller tried to help, but instead of calling for a tow, they kept going until the engine overheated.

Needless to say, by the time they got it home, the engine was ruined.

Read on to see what they’re demanding from him now.

AITA for not offering compensation to the person who bought my boat after engine died?

I sold my boat this past weekend at a heavily discounted price due to work that it needed done to it.

I had the boat hauled for inspection and answered every question honestly.

I was confident that he would make it home and told the buyer this, who agreed to have his friend drive the boat.

Halfway home, they called him.

I also told them that it’s an older boat and to have Sea Tow available just in case.

Halfway home, they experienced an alarm, which is the boat informing them that something is wrong.

They called me. I tried to help them troubleshoot but encouraged them to hurry home.

Unfortunately, they didn’t listen to a word he said.

They were 8–10 miles from their dock. Maybe 20–30 minutes.

Instead, they didn’t hurry home, shut down the engine causing the alarm, or call Sea Tow. They proceeded slowly and ultimately arrived in their harbor 1.5 hours later, where the boat overheated and ruined the engine with the alarm.

He wants me to take the boat back, but the boat was sold as is.

AITA?

Oh no! It sounds like they should’ve listened to what he told them to do.

Let’s see what thoughts the folks over at Reddit have.

This person doesn’t think it’s on the seller.

Exactly!

Here’s someone who had something similar happen.

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This is great advice.

You really can’t blame the seller here.

The buyer knew he was purchasing an older boat that needed work, and the price reflected that.

Then, when the alarm went off, he chose to keep going instead of calling Sea Tow.

Unfortunately, once that decision ruined the engine, the seller shouldn’t have to take the boat back.