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I've met Phil in Passing before but really never got a chance to really meet him.

I flew to Miami last weekend to look at a boat he has for sale. I went with my fiance, her 10 yr old daughter and a friend of ours.

Flew in Friday early morning, ate and headed to Lip-Ship. Boat was in the water and Phil was handling business as usual. Said our hello's and decided to go for a sea-trial.

Now, to me, a sea trial is you take the boat out get it up on plane, run it wide open a bit, turn it a few times and take it back. Is that what we did? No. Phil proceedes to take us for this un-explainably awesome run out of the cut with 6' rollers over to the stilt houses then to lunch at monty's where I had to fight him for the bill. He then proceeded to give us the grand tour of the bays and all the houses. we were out on this boat for like 4-5 hours!!!

Now that is cool, but theres more. Saturday rolls around and we have time to kill before our flight so we head back to Phils. He has a Gladiator in the water that he was supposed to sea trial with the potential buyer. the guy doesn't show. so what do we do? Everyone in the gladiator 'cause we're going to lunch at Montys! And Phil buys!!! Then it's back in the Gladiator for a completely surreal ride back to his shop with the sunset setting over the buildings and glass water! It was AWESOME!!! After all of that he offers his home for us to change in before our flight.

All of this for a boat that doesn't cost a 1/4 of the boats he normally sells! and he's not making a cent on the sale!

I've heard people say they've had bad dealing with Lipship but I've never had a better experience with a salesman in my life!! I'm here to tell you that Phil is a class act through and through and cant wait to do more business with him in the future. He absolutely made our weekend and I thank him for it.

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Hey, I left with less cash in my account! the rest the bank can deal with :D :D

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So who paid for lunch? :evilb: :evilb:

Bobby

PS-Where are the pics?!?!?!?

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So what did you buy?

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So you getcha a new boat?

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I paid the first lunch, he paid for the second. :drink:

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'95 top gun w/ 525sc's and 3A's. It's not mine until I see the receipt. all the b.s. of insurance, survey, financing, etc etc etc is exhausting!! :rolleyes:

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Non better than Phil.

Plus you get a kick azz ride!

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Congratulations and best of luck with it !

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Killer Tank... glad you went for the Gun.
See Hustle This re; insurance...he has a killer deal somewhere on boats over 470 prop HP.
ZR should happen this weekend@ Havasu...

Dave

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So you gonna post pics or what stop toying with us!

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There's a reason a person like that is as successful as he is...and you found out. I'm sure you just scratched the tip of the iceberg with him too. Good luck and good story...there's too many scumbags in this industry, this is a pleasure to read.

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Congrats Tank.. Now how about some pics!!

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we need more guys like phil in this business......

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lip ship is a rip off I tried to buy his 41 apache but he told me i don't have enough money to buy his boat. So i left his place an went to tnt and talked to mike he said Phil does not own that boat jack harrecket does . He gave me the number an i bought it from jack. Phil wanted $175,000 no motors jack wanted $110,000 i will never go back their

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Is that the same boat you are selling for $300k??

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I snapped a picture of Phil at Monty's.............. notice he is still in his safety gear from the run!

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YES AFTER THE MAKE OVER

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That's good, as long as you are buying a boat from him. When I was selling my Lip-ship topgun I had two people, after seeing it, call him to ask about it and they could not believe how he bad mouthed my boat, then tried to sell them one. Several times I sent him the email I received from my potential buyers stating what he said, to see what he based his opinion on. I have received no reply.

Oh well, I guess it depends if you are buying or selling.

Just my word or warning. :rolleyes:

pm me for copy of email.

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I snapped a picture of Phil at Monty's.............. notice he is still in his safety gear from the run!

dhlaw.....loved your photo of Phil.....good one! :D :D

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His wife told me I could have it for $200 :p

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Thats not Phil,isnt that Tres?

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lot of haters around here...

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I dont know phil ..But ive seen some high end boat dealers act like this .. Chase someone away from a boat for one reason or another ..maybe they have someone else they want to sell it to etc ..
" Oh that things a piece of junk you dont want to buy that" ya because some other guy is drooling over it for 40K more .. Its all a game
And obviously phil knows how to play .. just my 2 cents :D

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(All of this for a boat that doesn't cost a 1/4 of the boats he normally sells! and he's not making a cent on the sale)



Great original sales pitch.....................

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Ive always said if you want to be succesful in business than dont try and make any money at it .. :D

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Phil is not like that.He will always try to sell you the boat you want,not the one he wants to sell.Also,he never will mislead you just to make a sale.If he doesnt like a boat for what ever reason,he wont sell it.Furthermore,he tells it like it is,whether you like it or not.

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Like I said I dont know him and would never knock someone I dont know.. Just generalizing what ive seen done at other marinas.. And honstly I would do the same ..Its business.
As long as you dont mislead someone ..theres no harm :drink:

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I always thought that is why people go into business.
I had a hard time spending the big pay checks, so I went into business so I would not worry about that anymore. :eek:

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Pantera1,
You are right,there are several dealers that I know of that do just that.Its a shame,but thats the way it is I guess.

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I have been trying to get Philly to tell me like it is, but he won't respond. All I asked him to do was backup his words with proof..

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I have never purchased a boat from Phil. Actually, I have never purchased a boat period, but that's besides the point. I was unceremoniously dumped into Phil's office a few weeks ago while my "host" took care of some bidness at TNT next door. Knowing there was zero chance I was buying anything, Phil, nonetheless, was an incredibly gracious host and storyteller. He could have very easily given me the short shift as a phknlwyr merely taking up space. Instead, he was a great guy to hang out with and gave me his full attention. If and when my girls are schooled, married, and out of my hair, oh maybe 25 years from now, Phil, I'm coming back to you with cash in hand for something long, loud, and fast!

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Cigarette,
What Lip-Ship boat are we talking about?was it ever on his website?

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that would tell me you will be buying a cigarette, you told me you were not impressed by them.... make your mind up boy... mini van or top gun...

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Don't you want Kevin to put your kids through college first?

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25 years ..youll be limited to a sailboat or a hydrogen powered pontoon :(

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good point buddy, the ivy leagues are big bucks these days.. thanks for looking out old fella... stecz

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If your in business long enough some conflict might arise. There is two sides to every story.

If you haven't dealt with him Pantera I'd refrain from passing judgement...

I've said this before and stand by this;

Phil is unequivocally the best gentlemen to deal with regarding Cigarette's and I would dare say boats in general.

My experience is that he is black and white and does not suffer fools a whole lot. If you approach him I would make a point to do so when you are ready to buy and write the check if he quotes you a price you are comfortable with.

He has never misled me, always treated me as well as I expect and has an enormous amount of knowledge in performance boating. His whole team is just as serviceable also namely Mauricio and his crew and the lovely Venessa.

And I'm just a pipskweek that bought a used boat from him... If someone wants their butt kissed I would steer very clear from Phil however.

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Maybe you should read what ive said again .. As I stated
Dont know him , never dealt with him , and have heard nothing but good about him ... :drink:

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When I personally saw the dash in a friend's Gladiator peeling apart soon after it was delivered, I had to question the quality of the product. The people at Cigarette, however, were terrific. Now juxtapose that with PP, where you get a rock solid product and a complete schmuck in charge. Go figure.

Stecz, Packin actually questioned whether OMD were yours and if Jill was your ex. Either he has sh!t for brains (most likely) or your rhetoric as Mr. W has people confused. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he asked me the question.