national liquidators
 

can anyone help me with the bidding process for national liquidators??? never bid before do i have to do it through the mail??? thank you also how do you tell when auctions end???

I would call and have a inside person it will take you further for something you want to own. I hear alot of shady stuff goes down time and time again. The best way is to call and have someone there working for you.

thank you
 

thank you i am going to give them a call

fill out a bid sheet and fax it to them.

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Originally Posted by sunsation96 (Post 2984482)

I would call and have a inside person it will take you further for something you want to own. I hear alot of shady stuff goes down time and time again. The best way is to call and have someone there working for you.

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I'd go this route myself.

Friend of mine won the bid on a 2004 34 Bayliner that looked like new in the pictures. He made the trip to San Diego to do a sea trial . Upon arrival he was disgusted of the condition of the boat. He said it looked like the boat has sunk ,retrieved but they couldn't get the waterstains off inside the cabin .Boat fired up but he declined on the purchase.

call and get a salesperson to discuss the boat with you.....if your interested, fax in a bid form. They "turn in" all the bids to the banks on Mondays and usually respond to the highest bidder by Wed. Good deals can be had........but like anything used (repo'd) you could get "had" if not careful.

SURVEY, SURVEY, SURVEY!!!

I have to agree that some shady business goes on there, I have bid on a few boats, only to be told I was out bid, OK, then the boat sits on there for like 6 more months?? WTF??? Call them up and they claim all kinds of excuses, and want me to bid again only this time to up my bid to "ensure" I would win. I got tired of phucking with them. Last time I got out bid I asked for the winning bidders info, they got pissed I got pissed and haven't called them again.

BTW, go inspect it or have a sea trial before you hand them any money, I usually drove down to inspect the boats, some are in great shape some are pieces of chit, pics don't show much trust me.

Maybe you will have better luck, I kind of get the feeling unless your an "insider" with them your just getting the left over crap.

Even if your the high bidder the first week they will come up with an excuse of why they can't get an answer from the bank. This will allow the auction to continue until they get the price they want. Trust me I found out the hard way.

Have bid many times and have never won. I called once when I wanted to buy 3 boats at 1 time...they just told me they were sold....I guess you need an inside person to pay off.....:coolcowboy:

I Bought A Boat From Them All Went Smooth Till I Got It Home And Found Out Both Computers On The Motors Were Fried ,,,4K Later Ran Like A Top,,,They Wouldnt Do Anything For Me,,,If I By Another I Would Either Go There Or Have A Survey Done ,,,,,

Very Hard To Work With!!! Good Luck!!!

I bought a boat from them last year, no problems, I bought it site unseen, my only complant was the bid was suposed to stop on a Monday as published on their site and they ran the bid till Wednesday evening and cost me another 2 Grand, Im sure their are laws against that. I used uship.com to ship it from California to Virginia and had the truck driver check it out for me

Damn fastedy your as nuts as I am, I bought my boat outta Arizona sight unseen & used uship to get it back to Ohio I was happy when it got here

The longer they store the boat
the more money they make, why
would they be in a hurry to do any-
thing ?

if these guys suck so bad why isnt there another player for these bank assets?

because they said that the auction would end Monday.....not let it keep going and cost someone more money.....

Good Point!!!

Because being bad ends up getting more money for the banks, I am sure that is why the banks probably love them. At the end of the day its their sand box their rules and they change the rules to suit them. BTW one of the boats was a US Marshall Auction boat, I was told I was second highest but the highest bidder backed out, so they had to reauction it all over, Oh and to resubmit my bid for 4K higher, I told them if I was the second highest and the highest backed out I was holding and I should win, NOPE, when I asked what it sold for they wouldn't tell me!!!!!!!!!!! Very typical South FL business going on down there, your either "IN" with them or just lucky.

Make a bid on a boat, put yourself in a state of mind that you don't care either way and you will not be disappointed.:bsflag:

I bought a 38 Cig (The Pink Flamingo) from them years ago.
I dealt with Bobby McGee & the deal went very smoothly.
He is still there, give him a call. I think he is the manager.

There are several other players. Yacht Auctions just has the location for the big stuff.

American Yacht Sales is a player in the Texas area.

I bought a brand new (never titled) repo'd Scarab through American Yacht sales about 7 yrs ago. They were pretty good to deal with.

The auction that ends up with the collatteral is chosen by their lending institution. So the best auction sales force seems to get the most listings. And if the auction is good at taking care of their customer (the lending institution) they will cont to get business. The actual purchaser is not where there real money comes from. There will basically always be buyers, but they need to have the listings first to sell them.

That being said, the bank does not care really how they handle the sale, just that THEY get the most bang for the buck back out of the collatteral. Or at the very least, the least amount of work to get the money for their collatteral.

I have not dealt directy with the above listed auctions on a purchase, just that our Repo's have been picked up from us, and transported to them for the bank.

No complaints here about dealing with them. Just be thorough on your inspection and know how much the boat is really worth in todays market

anyone have the site thanks

so your offer can be based on a survey?

you can put any stipulation you want....survey, sea trial, inspection, bank financing,etc.

Sent an Email about a boat on Tuesday and didnt get a reply. I then called and the receiptionist transfered me to an answering machine. I left a detailed message and guess what.....no reply, The boat is still listed. What gives with this place ?