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[aggienaut]

   When Boss Dave originally bought his current 16 ft boat, the salesperson gave him attitude saying he wouldn't be able to afford it. Dave pulled a cashier's check for $27,000 (the cost of the boat) in front of the salesperson and said "see this, you just lost yourself a sale" and bought it from someone else. He's not the kind of guy who looks as wealthy as he is.
   When the boat needed servicing though, he went back to the first place since it was the closest, but they refused to do anything for him on account of, well, thinking he was an ass.
   So Dave called the boat manufacturer (Boston Whaler) to report that one of their liscensed dealers was refusing him service. Later that day the owner of the boat store himself called Dave asking him to bring his boat in.

   The other day Office Dave, Ryan the Elder, & Office Amy were in the boat fishing off the backside of Catalina when they were boarded by the Department of Fish & Game.
   Now Dave had thought he had lost his fishing permit a few weeks ago so he got a new one, and then he found his old one. Amy doesn't have a fishing permit, but they figured three liscenses, three people. It should be okay.. I mean the purpose of liscenses isn't to regulate who specifically is out there, and they don't say "nontransferable" on them.
   Anyway, the DFG troopers found this entirely unacceptable, tossing the extra permit on the deck and stepping on it. Then gave Dave a misdemeanor conspiracy to commit fraud ticket or some such sauce.
   The next day Dave manages to get the head of the California Department of Fish & Game on the phone. While he maintains that the permits aren't transferrable, he vows to have the agents involved givin a firm shellacking for acting like stormtroopers.
   Dave's lawyer is optimistic that if it doesn't say nontransferable on the permit one can't be blamed for transferring it, and if the ticket is worse than $1000 Dave's gonna lawyerize them.

Comments

[pavel-lishin.livejournal.com]

Wow. Misdemeanor conspiracy. That's a new one.

In other news, I wish I was rich. :(

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

You got to realise that Dave is an undercover good-looking, sharp guy. Mainly he never gets haircuts and looks pretty sketchy, but he cleans up real well. And then he totally looks like a lawyer. Not that how you look should have anything to do with it, but, just because one does a dirty job doesn't mean you ain't smart. And Dave's real smart. I mean, who else does well enough in business to PAY his employees to take a day fishing with him...FREQUENTLY????

[nessabfly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, what special treatment money can buy.

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

I don't believe it has anything to do with money. I do belieev it has to do with being persistant, and assertive, and right. This is the same man who, when a bee trap he had installed fell and bees stung a woman, said, "I take full responsibility." That's not 'buying' special treatment.

[nessabfly.livejournal.com]

I think the stories had a LOT to do with money. He was able to get special treatment at the boat place, only after they realized how much money he was able to spend on a boat. Even after they decided to refuse him service, his persistance in contacting the supplier was probably only listened to because they realized they had a customer who had spent $27,000 on one of their boats.

Secondly, about the guys boarding his boat, that obviously has to do with money because I sure as hell couldn't afford an attorney to fight for me - and most people can't.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Well yes and no.. the DFG guys didn't know he had money when they boarded his boat, and it sounds like he got the head of DFG on the line either by lucky calling (maybe it is that no one ever tries to call the guy) or perhaps connections (as he does have major connections in the world of apiculture at least). And as to the boats, well yes its money but its also policy for Boston Whalers (I'd guess) that they want their liscensed dealers to service any customers.. since by definition any customers just dropped a lot on one of their boats.. so its kind of undivisible there.

.. but also I think his tenaciousness in actually going over people's heads to the head of DFG or the boat supplier is part of his secret to success.

[nessabfly.livejournal.com]

Well put.