Legit Company, and he also helps out the racers with sponsorship

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Love threads like this, found out about Young Performance from a thread like this and working with Eddie has been great. If I need any parts later I know were to start, Thanks

Ordered set of 380 tabs and 380 complete kit. Guys Legit

#1 HE CALLS YOU BACK
#2 Filled order and sent tracking numbers Like he promised
#3 I will buy again from Mike Wood

Thanks Coastal Marine for great service

Has anyone ever purchased - used any of their engines?
Saw a post on facebook and tried to look at the website, and directed me back to facebook?
Do they have an actual website?

Gordo

No idea on motors, but the 2 new 1 yr factory warrantied Bravo transom assemblies I bought this spring, I have a gut feeling, there is no warranty. Wouldnt prevent me from buying transom assemblies again from Mike though. Whats to go wrong with them? He was very pleasant and would return calls right away and price was right. Big ticket items like motors...I might have to think about that one. If you pay with CC, the fee cuts into the saving a good chunk.

I dont know for sure, thus just a 'gut' feeling. They may very well be covered and I'm overthinking the little oddities. Yes they are brand new legit Merc products.

Editted, this post was brought back up for a question on motors, not transom assemblies. So I'll not take it off track
Sorry

anything with Merc and Merc racing and Merc repower / reman for engines and drives and transom assemblies will have a serial number on it. If not it has NO WARRANTY PERIOD. And do you know that there is 3 year corrosion warranty that stays for 3 straight years from the retail purchase date. And you say what can go wrong with transom assemblies ? Corrosion issues within 3 years and guess what my customers got their warranty coverage with new assemblies. How --- Because they had serial numbers on their transom assembly and recorded. Also a few cracked gimbal rings was covered within the standard 1 year warranty against any defects. All of that was covered thru Merc. Plus there is more issues that was covered as well. Hinge pin issues and so forth - not alot but the owners sure were glad they had a warranty.

Call merc / Merc racing and ask if you can provide a legit serial number to them about any warranty coverage.

I would not buy a new engine without a warranty that is stated online and in writing thru the company selling it plus without a real legit business address nor a filed LIC with the state they are selling from. So check the address and state filed business LIC of whomever you are buying from. It might surprise you of the location and no real biz LIC ... .

We have been in business since 2012 and this can be verified on Sunbiz.org.
All of the products we sell come with a Mercury Marine or Mercury Racing a Factory Warranty.

Location??? I have been in his place. They have half of a warehouse for the parts sales and build boats in the other half, some big CC's, can't remember the brand.

Merc did not do that ^^^ nor hide any serial numbers PERIOD nor retaped your boxes. I would ask for a provided serial number period. I wonder why there is no serial numbers on new products being sold, that alone would be a huge red flag no matter whom was selling it.

If someone comes to me with a brand new outdrive and no serial number was on it - as they wanted to sell it to whomever - I do not buy it - thoughts would be its either stolen or sold out the back door or company / person(s) is not legit selling the stuff. Or they do not want the manu of those products knowing where it is being sold to. No serial number means no trace back where it came it from nor a trace back of whom is selling it and was never register for any warranty period. .

BUP, you have been a wealth of knowledge on here for years, but trying to discredit your competition for selling parts cheaper than you is just not cool.

good to know and I do help out were and when I can here. SO thanks

you do not know the address for the boat builder since you went there. thanks.

I am providing info about Merc warranty and corrosion warranty thru the manu -- inwhich everyday I provide OEM marine info for whoever up here whether they are asking for the info or not.. I never pointed out anything but warranty and serial numbers that are on marine products as they should be.

Never said anymore than that nor pointed at discrediting one person here nor companies - especially for new product buys from boat owners as I am pointing out what to look for and what Merc has..

Lastly --- Strictly pointed out warranty plus serial numbers thru Merc plus buying a marine engine what to look for ---with that said one reads into how they chose.

I never said that I don't know the address. I don't believe that it is my place to post it on here. If Mike would like to make his address public, that is up to him. But I can assure you that in Feb of 2017, during the Miami boat show, that myself and Mike True (253 on here) went to this so called warehouse and were allowed to look at everything that he had. Ended up buying some used drives, new drives and some Bravo parts for 253's drive rebuild business.

Not trying to pit business-against-business here, just trying to get a feel, for experience with Coastal Marine Export (CME) engines.
I was on facebook P B Swapshop continuing my search for an old Volvo / Innovation 600hp 540, or older Merc 525 efi when a CME Ad popped up.
Unfortunately, it seems no one has purchased or used any of their engines, so there is none of the OSO brotherhood with engine use feedback. The CME website didn't offer much history on their business concerning their engines. I like the idea they seem to come drop-in complete,
BUT considering I've had a blown fuse and ain't reel smart (tic), I can't afford to be the guinea pig.

Found this with one click of the mouse...........

Coastal Marine Export
1202 Villa Ln
Boynton Beach, Florida 33435

Thanks for the address but there is no boat building going on there. Thats lists a condo living address in Boynton Beach Florida ?

Oh..........

You can buy a 100% warranted drive by Merc without a serial number, I know because I bought one. Bought a 1.81 B3 XR in 2015 from another marine business which was out of state and shipped.. He had the upper but had to order the lower. Since this was pieced together there was no serial number.

After installing the drive the inner shaft seal started to leak. Took it to a nearby dealer and they contacted the seller, which provided sales receipt, and Merc covered the repair. Just took a little longer.

Only bad thing is after testing, found out 1.81 would not work and used my old 2.0 drive on the XR upper

Yes and No, I did not buy the XR B3 from Mike for that reason, but did buy it from another Dealer out of state. So when I posted that comment on my other thread it was before I bought the drive

Just like when I bought the 2 HP transom assemblies, one with and one without the trim sender. The first came in great and well packaged. I sold the first to another OSO member because I wanted the trim sender. The second came in that was not well packaged and the Anode was busted. I was sent a replacement by Mike that was cut off another drive, and I had to splice the wires back together.

All said and done, the digital trim I wanted still does not work (so far as the gauge) even with a analog to digital converter

I'd buy from you again Mike, and don't believe you deserve all the low comments. Didn't like my small issue and it would not stop me from checking with you next time.

Merc warranty plain and simple. and No third parties warranties will be covered. Only if its sold thru the OEM Merc dealer networks that applied warranties will be issued. And the country that it is sold in. Again OEM dealer - OEM merc does not sell retail to an open market period. Please read the many questions and about the part of the serial numbers for warranty covered. It is all listed in the OEM Merc info below.

https://www.mercurymarine.com/en/us/faq/

great news but MERC has never heard of CME period and a phone number can prove all that. So what is your answer now ?

A customer that bought stuff off you from your FB ads that I know needs a shipping address for warranty claims. Where can he send the stuff to ? Surely not the condo address ?

Listen dude you might be able to Bullchit all the guys here on oso and fb but you are not bullchiting me

How does someone become a Merc dealer?? Do you have to sell a line of boats?

Oh yeh I'm subscribing to this. Been a while for some heat. :) lol.

One of their websites Verado Parts Source | Always Lower Than Retail does say this:
*We are not an Authorized Mercury Marine Dealer we are a Mercury Marine Parts Supplier.

*We are a subsidiary of http://www.veradopartssource.com/wp-.../CME-200px.png

there is no serial numbers on the parts bought from you so no Merc dealers will take in nor can do anything with it cause its not even regs with merc, he called Merc and asked about this and like I said they have zero info of you being with any part of Merc and ZERO of being a dealer of any sort --- zero info about CME thru Merc period.

The parts have to come off the boat so what now - I told him to bring the whole boat to you at the address in Boynton Beach florida or someone has to pull the parts off and send them to you - If I pull them ( the parts ) where do I send this stuff to - can you provide the address here please. The dude is eating our lunch over this ?

Address please thank you .

Called Merc this mourning sorry no warranty period especially without serial numbers that should be on the products that Merc produces. And did you know missing serial numbers for OEM manu products that are missing can be against law. WOW I was informed by Merc on that one.

So now with parts installed in the boat - Merc is not covering a dime for any pf this nor paying labor rate of any sort. Again they have no idea who CME is. If no one believes this you can call Merc yourself and ask.. --- Merc does not warranty any CME sold products period per their words because one he is not an oem dealer of theirs nor never was.. And when calling Merc ask about if serial numbers missing on New drives - new transom assemblies and new engines how that will work out for you. again call Merc.

Here is the deal == One Merc has no idea with missing serial numbers if the parts are new and when the bought date was for warranty to start and end because they were not reg under the serial number and person info whom bought the stuff plus you need the serial numbers for warranty regardless. And now I found out that missing serial numbers can be against law.

CME how does your warranty pay the service tech his warranty labor bill - this boat needs interior removed - drive pulled - engine pulled and more - then all reinstalled, Can you supply written copies and or online written copies of your special CME warranty ? Again Merc is not covering any of it especially without serial numbers.

Do have an RGA to send all the parts back so the customer is not on his dime - since you have your special warranty and all parts need to be sent back to you only ?

Still need an address where to ship parts to. And the answer about the RGA . Address please thank you . How transparent is the address to ship parts back ?

These are questions that need to be answered and known by all including servicing techs across country since these parts all over the map and being sold on facebook. I hope this will help all boaters to get their boat back on the water asap with any warranty needed but really need an address and the cme warranty policies so all of this can move forward and help educate all boaters including myself here. Thank you when the provided answers are posted to the many questions .

Bup,

I get it about the no S/N numbers, and you are not the only Merc dealer that can not meet CME prices. I know of several, but I also know that CME sells and ships a lot of parts here and overseas.

How could Mercury not know about this? The parts are coming from somewhere and they do appear to be new. I just find it strange that mercury wouldn't know,,,,, how much of their stuff is sold that doesn't ever get registered?
I have no dog in this fight just trying to figure it out as well.

So how does CME get Mercury Marine parts to sell without serial numbers on them ? Or is CME removing those serial numbers prior to sale ? or is CME selling them with serial numbers but no warranty ?

Since you asked --- Some Florida large dealers know about this out the back door selling and have complained about it -- why do think the serial numbers are missing NOT traceable and not traceable whom is selling it --- call some of the large florida dealers as well - the ones that know about the practices of the company in hand.. They know whats going on and have complained about it nothing gets done. Maybe if all possible one or 2 whom are this board will say something as well large florida dealers..

Sorry man you ask you are going to get answers not transparent ones

OK you guys tell me why serial numbers should be missing and why they are HOW IS THAT so if you bought a boat and the hull HIN number was missing this is not odd to you ------ serial numbers are traceable by the manus - why do you think they are removed ?? Have nt you guys watched Miami Vice ? haha

wonder if this is part of the warehouse that a OSO member has talked about being there ?

https://www.yellowpages.com/miramar-...rine-481164793

Is it not odd that shipping warranty address has not been posted yet ? SO am i the only thats find this a an issue ??? How about warranty policies posted anywhere ? Again call Merc I will provide the phone number and ask away about the company in hand

The fact of the matter we have a boat owner that has huge warranty issues here and we can not get any info is that not odd to any of U . Please do not kill the messenger here. I help many boat owners out hourly - 7 days per week and trying to get to the bottom of this.