Sam-O-Set Four Seasons and Dockside Sports Center

This proprietor, Steve Swain, is a grumpy, tired, rude old crank-​bag. Spend your money elsewhere. Bad service from the owner, substandard equipment, the place/​pit is littered with old jet-​skis, snow-​mobiles, random parts, etc… if you deal with this guy, make sure to use a credit card and check your statements.
Any business owner/​manager that openly makes derogatory comments about their staff in front of customers is a poor excuse… Swain called one of his young (very bright and personable) workers «stupid» in front of us.
None in my group are new to Rangeley, which is great place, with many great things to offer… Sam-​O-​Set is not acceptable, nor is it the norm. If this place is your only option… get another option: rent a kayak, go swimming, go skiing, go hike Saddleback (it’s awesome!), catch a movie… you’ll be better off.
The short-​story:
We (3 adults/​3 kids) rented a boat for Saturday 7÷23÷11, which we were going to use for ½-​day of tubing on Rangeley Lake. The boat (200 horse) sputtered and would not start reliably at the dock, so we tried to actually spend more $$ and rent a nicer boat. Seemed like a better option than getting stuck on the lake, having to be towed in… Anyway, Swain refused, and indicated it was our fault for the boat not starting. We wasted ~2 hours on a beautiful Saturday dealing with this a-hole…the boat wouldn’t start for Swain either, we canceled the deal — which he botched too, ended up double-​charging us… thankfully, it’s all on a credit card, which is handling the correction.