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If after buying an used marine item you find that you have been mislead and the quality of the article is not what it was advertised, there are a number of things you can try to get your money back, but none of them is guaranteed to succeed, unless you have taken the necessary precautions beforehand. It mostly depends on whether you as a buyer can establish that the seller took substantial steps to conceal the problem for the sole purpose of selling the item to an unsuspecting customer, and whether the broker (if there was any involved) knew of the concealment. Laws are also different depending on the state in which the transaction has taken place. For example, although California requires various disclosures to be made in real estate transactions, that requirement does not extend to boat-related sales. As such, it will be extremely difficult to hold a seller liable if he or she remains silent regarding any known faults with the items being sold. A broker may be held u…