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Complaint Review: Boatsdepot.org - Nationwide
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I am writing to try to keep everyone from wasting their time in dealing with this company and their website. The website is www.boatsdepot.org and they post would be used boats for sale, however it is a scam and there really are no boats for sale. I responded to 2 different ads for boats that were for sale one was in Albany, NY and the other was Bevery Hills, CA however what I got back was the following email from both would be sellers, just the names were changed but the body of the emails were identical:
Hello,
The boat is in United Kingdom. It's registered in USA and that's why I placed the ad as being from there. It's in perfect condition, it has no kind of problems. Also the trailer is included
The shipping will be about 1300 dollars. It will only take 7 days.
I will send you the boat and I will give you 3 days to test it.
We will use a third party for protection. I am a verified seller by Boatsdepot and a Square Trade member.
You will pay the money to Boatsdepot and they will keep the money until you receive the boat.
I will not have access to the payment info until you decide if you will keep the boat or not.
You will receive an email from Boatsdepot with all the details and you will have to follow their instructions.
If you agree please give me your full name and address and I will start the delivery.
Please reply,
Regards,
Mark
The other thing is while I was waiting on a response I found one of the boats for sale on www.boattrader.com (which is a real site) for $11,000 more than it was posted on boatsdepot.org, same pics and everything. Well I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully save people some time and more importantly money.
Joeyt
antioch, Tennessee
U.S.A.
Hello,
The boat is in United Kingdom. It's registered in USA and that's why I placed the ad as being from there. It's in perfect condition, it has no kind of problems. Also the trailer is included
The shipping will be about 1300 dollars. It will only take 7 days.
I will send you the boat and I will give you 3 days to test it.
We will use a third party for protection. I am a verified seller by Boatsdepot and a Square Trade member.
You will pay the money to Boatsdepot and they will keep the money until you receive the boat.
I will not have access to the payment info until you decide if you will keep the boat or not.
You will receive an email from Boatsdepot with all the details and you will have to follow their instructions.
If you agree please give me your full name and address and I will start the delivery.
Please reply,
Regards,
Mark
The other thing is while I was waiting on a response I found one of the boats for sale on www.boattrader.com (which is a real site) for $11,000 more than it was posted on boatsdepot.org, same pics and everything. Well I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully save people some time and more importantly money.
Joeyt
antioch, Tennessee
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Ronny g
North hollywood,California,
USA
Yes, should mention...
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, May 27, 2010
It may not be boatsdepot that is the scam, but fraudulent sellers using the name or the site. Just like you can't blame Ebay if someone sends an invoice with their logo, but has used it fraudulently without their knowledge.
Just like if you get robbed on craigslist, it is not craigslists fault. It is ALWAYS the buyers responsibility to check out the seller and to not deal with ANY seller that asks you to wire money.
It was good of this poster to report this here however, so others can be aware. As the poster stated in the end of the report, that the same boat was seen for sale on another site with the same pictures...well guess where the fraudulent sellers probably got the pictures from? Simple, copy and paste the photos onto another website, ask a ridiculously low price, and have the sucker wire money for a deposit or delivery charge promising they have time to check it out before sending the rest of the money.
Then the fraudulent "seller" takes the money you wired, which is untraceable and non refundable...throws out the 10 dollar cell phone, never uses the same email account again, and is gone without a trace, no boat ever sent because no boat was ever in the possession of the "seller". Thebuyer is a victim, Ebay is a victim, and the website that had the ad posted is a victim. But the buyer got hurt the worst by far.
Ronny g
North hollywood,California,
USA
yes, a scam...
#3Consumer Comment
Thu, May 27, 2010
I assume they want you to western Union money?
This by the way, has nothing to do with Ebay...as Ebay does not approve of wiring money via Western Union etc.
Most likely, the scammers may use an Ebay logo they simply copied and pasted into an email, a 6 year old could do this.
They will claim things like the money is going to an Ebay "agent" or "broker"..no such thing exists.
Ebay approves of paypal of course since they own it, or using an approved escrow service..such as escrow dot com. This way the funds are held until the buyer is satisfied, if not, the funds are refunded back to the seller no questions asked upon shipping back. No scammer will use this proper procedure since they would not stand to make a dime.
Pete
Painesville,Ohio,
U.S.A.
not all boats listed on boatsdepot.org are scams
#4Consumer Comment
Sun, September 14, 2008
I have 2 boats listed on boatsdepot.org that I really am trying to sell. So please do not say they all are scams. Here are my 2 boats... http://www.boatsdepot.org/boat.asp?id=2672 Bayliner: Bayliner Country: United States State: OH Boat category: Power Class: Cuddy Cabin Hull: Fiberglass Used boat Price: $3,900 USD Boat year: 1974 Boat Length: 8 m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boatsdepot.org/boat.asp?id=2671 Skeeter: ZX202 Country: United States State: OH Boat category: Fishing Class: Bass Boats Hull: Fiberglass Used boat Price: $16,000 USD Boat year: 2000 Boat Length: 6 m.
