Bought one yesterday and after charging the batteries I decided to mess around with it for a few minutes before dark.

Ran great for a minute but then it had a rudder problem and it went into a constant clockwise turn. I shut it down and decided to wait for it to drift back rather than it ending up father away in the dark . Long story short. After about 20 minutes I returned to see the boat had gone vertical and the back end sank. At this point I decided to go get it. Yep, the water was cold

So now I had a submerged boat that was brand new. Did the dry out procedure and I got motor run but the rudder servo was dead. I drove a total of 140 miles to buy the boat. The color I did not want was 1/2 mile away.

I was less than pleased with the sellers employees attitude about a resolution to the problem. He immediately took a attitude that I was at fault for letting it drift back. I told him I did everything by the book. Then he told me to bring it back at which point I told him that was out of the question and I had already taken the better part of the weekend up traveling and when I got back home I would have near 300 miles devoted on this boat.

I then asked him to UPS the boat back after a repair that I hoped made it somewhat better resistant to the water. He said that would be a hassle to UPS it back at which point I decided to put him in his place in front of other customers about who had the largest hassle at this point. One of the things I noticed in the prop area was a brass looking bushing like ring that was lose and would make a lateral movement up and down the shaft if contact was made with it. I pointed this out to the guy with the negative attitude about having that checked out. I have little confidence this would be conveyed to anyone that looks at it.

So I guesss my question is .

What is the normal waiting time for a Supervee 27 to go **** up while drifting?

Should there have been a change out with a new boat when this kind of a problem submerges a new out of the box boat?

Are most people that work at Hobby Stores this big of a pain in the ass?