Man thats messed up.
Question: Does the shop have insurance?
This is why I ask. I took my boat to have it winterized a couple of years ago. Long story short, they forgot about it.And this is late october now.How you forget about a 28' Chris Craft sitting in front of your place is beyond me.Like you I lived a ways away. They said they would get on it in 2 weeks when they get back from deer hunting(Mid November)I immediatly said mid November might be to late.Well you can guess the rest, they called almost 3rd week of November saying my motors(2) 5.0s) were froze and busted along with manifolds. After some discusion, I ask for his insurance company. He began to back paddle,saying he was,nt sure they were'nt froze when I bought it to them. He insisted I turn it on on my insurance.I wasnt about to do that. But played along to get the name of his insurance. I immediatly called his insurance and pleaded my case. The insusrance co called him and he told the Ins guy the same thing,he wasnt sure that they were'nt already froze and busted. After about ten phone calls to his Insurance, and a threat to sue,they finnally agreed to pay $11,000 for motors/manifolds and installation without the shops approval. Come to find out they had a couple of claims against them for neglagence.Then the icing on the cake they had to pay over $3000 additional clean up restoration fee, because other than cruising it on the water the boat had never been left out side. It was pristene when I took it to them and a mess when I got it back.
Sorry for the long story, but if they do have insurance, yo might get something done that way to.