Marine Masters

I live in Long Beach, CA and wanted to buy a used jet boat for sale in Reno, NV. It is an 8 hour drive each way and I am not mechanically inclined so I hired Craig at Marine Masters to check out the boat before I made the drive to Reno. Craig is very nice to deal with over the phone and was very responsive. He also assured me he knew about jet boats with Berkeley jet drives. He quoted me a range to check out the boat and took my credit card info over the phone.
He called me the day of the inspection and told me what he found wrong with the boat. I spoke to the seller about the issues Craig found and the seller agreed to reduce the price of the boat so I hit the road for the 8 hour drive to Reno.
I got to the sellers house and the front cushions had been chewed up by a rat. I had specifically asked Craig to judge the vinyl interior on the boat. He later apologized and said he forgot to lift the boat cover off the bow. There ended up being numerous things wrong with the boat that I only discovered after bringing the boat home to my mechanic. The following are really obvious problems that Craig missed that I feel he should have seen in his inspection as a marine mechanic. He charged $ 218.40 to inspect the boat.
–1 Front cushions damaged by rat.
–2 The steering wheel did not turn. I was not concerned about this when I bought the boat because Craig had just inspected the boat and did not mention this in his inspection report. Also, I have never owned a jet boat before and coming from a Bayliner with power steering I had no idea that the steering wheel on a jet boat should turn when the engine is not running. As it turns out it needed a new steering cable which was really expensive because part of the interior of the boat needed to be removed and the engine jacked up to run the new steering cable under the engine. Being a marine mechanic Craig should have known that the steering wheel on a jet boat with a Berkeley jet drive should turn when the engine is not running. This is actually really basic common knowledge that any jet boat owner knows. $ 680 repair
–3 The cables for both batteries were installed too close to the engine and the insulation on the cables were badly melted. New battery cables had to be purchased and installed by my mechanic. $ 250 repair
If i had known about the above issues I would have asked the seller to reduce the price accordingly before driving all the way to Reno to buy the boat. I never would have paid what I paid for the boat had I know about the above problems. The whole reason I paid Craig to inspect the boat was to catch problems so I could negotiate the price before making the long drive to Reno. He charged $ 218.40 for the two hour inspection and I believe he should have caught the above problems. I have sent Craig a text to discuss these issues and requested a refund. I have also left him a voicemail. He has not returned my text or call.
Before the inspection he quoted me $ 180-​$ 210. He sent me an invoice for $ 210 but charged my credit card $ 218.40.