Stuckonstupid

You are an idiot! You list something for sale in Florida and it's in another country yet you still think you are right? Get a clue you shady curb monkey vehicle flipper.

Local99

Ummmmm also..... I have the same account on Ebay....good standing.... Do you just say anything to try to validate yourself?

low_psi

Having now heard both sides of this story, I think it went down pretty much like Local99 originally posted.. Instead of posting "his" side of the story with facts, the seller has just resorted to calling the OP names. This is a common behavior of someone who has been called out on his BS. The fact that the boat is listed in FL and is actually in Canada is a huge deal. If I had bought this boat, sight unseen (as I have done two previous times) then expected to pay $2500-$3000 (or what ever it cost to transport it from FL to my state) and then found out the boat was actually sitting in Canada, I would want out of the transaction immediately (fortunately the OP never wired or gave this guy a dime). Add to that, it sounds like the person selling the boat isn't even on the title....... Taking the financing/certified check/wire transfer out of the equation and this deal still smells fishy

Local99

It should... yes. Here is the form. Pretty straightforward and simple.

http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3311.pdf

VoodooRob

I was talking to a new (to him) boat owner recently and he purchased a 2007 Formula from Ontario and brought it back to U.S.A.. He said boat was re-entering the country of manufacture so he filled out a form and was not charged a certain tax. I do not know if this covered all the taxes associated with importing.

HyFive578

iTrader: (3)

Oh yes... I have to agree.. everything about this sale smells bad..

1) Boat not in the location where it is claimed to be
2) Title in someone else's name besides seller
3) Request for immediate wire transfer..

it may not be a scam per se, but there's definitely some sketchy stuff here for sure.

As an aside, while I know probably many people have done it successfully, I think buying a boat from eBay is a really bad idea unless a) you have a ton of money and don't care, b) the cost of the boat is so marginal that it doesn't matter... By their nature, eBay sales usually require money from the buyer as soon as the auction is closed; a fertile breeding ground for scams. Being required to turn over a decent amount of money to a person you've never met for a boat you've never seen just seems foolish... to me at least...

Indy

Weak...if you expect to be taken seriously on this forum you need to present facts and not garbage.

low_psi

While my last two boats were bought without me physically inspecting, neither were from ebay...

HyFive578

iTrader: (3)

Not making a judgement here..,that's just not something I could ever see myself doing. I wouldn't drop over 100 grand on anything and not look at it, boat or otherwise..

J-Bonz

iTrader: (3)

Buying off E-Bay sight unseen is not that bad..... What's the worst, it has termites and you spend 4 years of your life working on a boat and spending more money on it than you paid for it........ Woops