$500.00 for USCG documentation sound right ?
 

Hi Guys -

I'm thinking of financing a new-to-me :D Donzi and I went through BoatUS for pre-qualifying ( the still looking stage :D ) and they sent me back the approval email, but said the charge for USCG Documention is $500.00, which they will take care of for me.

I dont remember the cost being that high when I documented my 35 Cig in 1995 . . am I getting old and have just forgotten this, or are they padding the cost a little ? If it matters, the Donzi IS already documented as well.

Thanks in advance for you response :) .

That's pretty high. I paid $95. I have search the net before and found all the paperwork and instructions to do it your self. The fees and listed too. try www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm

Gig

Thanks Gig.

I thought it sounded a little out of whack. When you paid the $95.00 for yours, did you have another agency do it for that cost, or was that the do-it-yourself cost ?

Thanks again :) .

I did it myself, and it was easy. The coasties were even helpful on the phone. It was so easy, I'm not sure why people hire this done.

As it is already documented, you don't re-document it. You just "transfer" the information into your own name. May cost the same small fee, though.

Thanks Guys.

I went to the website that Gig provided, and as you guys have pointed out, it looks like the average Joe can document one himself, which I didnt realize.

hmm . . . and here I thought that I would be safe at BoatUS from any type of overcharging / gouging . . . I wouldnt mind if it had been marked up SOME, just for the sake of convienence, but 300 + dollars is too much.

Thanks so much :) :cool:

The local bank that financed my new 36 insisted that they be the one to document it.

They used Boat US and the charge was $395.00.

I had already talked to Hampton Roads Documentation before the bank told be they had to do it, and the charge was going to be $375.00.

If is worth it, $500.00 is a little high.

Good luck.

Thanks BB.

hmm . . . I wonder now if BoatUS will insist that they be the one to document it too . . I guess I will bring to their attention that

A) Documentation can be done by an individual

B) Outside agencies dont charge $500.00 for this same service

C) That other people that have gone through BoatUS have not paid $500.00 for documentation, and to break down the exact charges for the $500.00 so that we can compare them to what I have pulled off of the USCG website.

Wonder if they will suddenly "reconsider" the amount they want to charge me :mad: :)

My finance company charged $350-ish for the Fountain. Don't remember the exact number, but no way it was $500.

Jamie B

The $95 I paid was the fee my finance place charged after I showed them the real rates and refussed to pay the BS fees they wanted. Good luck

Gig

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm

Go to this site and get the straight skinny. Get the number and call them. They (USCG) charge a flat $133 for first time documentations. That's what I and others nearby paid to document ours recently...

CRAP, I ripped off, I payed $600 for mine :mad:

Lake of the Ozarks title and Documentation wanted 450 to do mine

But the friggin manufacturer would not sign the papers since he 'heard' cats cannot be done???
All variables are met per the papers just he did not feel like it??
:(

I thought I paid like $65.00 for it 2 years ago. Did it all myself. called the coats guard. They talked me through the whole thing. It's just like everything else on boats. If someone thinks they can make a buck doing something, they'll try to make ten!:mad:

Boy the throbbing is so bad I have to type standing up!! I paid $575. Next time you can bet I'll do it myself!! Thanks for the info!!

Mine was only $108 and I did it myself. It was easy and there is a 1-800 number to the CG document center for any questions.

Can or Cant Cats be documented?:confused:

OK, an update on this thread -

I questioned the $ 500.00 fee and they broke it down to a $300.00 closing cost and $200.00 for USCG documentation . .

still, $300.00 closing costs :confused: :confused: ?

I still dont remember there being any closing costs when I financed my last boat, though that was back in 1995 . . . is this $300.00 now a common thing for banks / lenders to charge ?

Go to the website I gave above and call the National Vessel Documentation Center NVDC (aka Coast Guard) and they will send you the paperwork in the mail. Fill them according to instructions; enclose a check as per instructions; and it'll be back to you within 30 days. They have no problem with you calling them to discuss properly filling out the paperwork. Otherwise, pay the paper pushers up to 350+ dollars to do it for you.....

Less than $100 to have a pre-documented boat transferred into your name. Just go to the site, sign some forms and send them in. Very easy to do it yourself. No fee for renewal.

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Here it is, everything you ever wanted to know:

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/nvdc.htm