BoatsFSBO has a rating of 4.01 stars from 86 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. BoatsFSBO ranks 4th among Boats sites.
Howard you can remove my C&C 33-2 "Escape" from your listing; she sold as of June 5,2021. It has been less then a year in the works. Thank you for revisions that i sent along to you, and your prompt response at making my listing stand out. I believe the key to our success is your geographical listing on Facebook in the great lakes region. My boat sold to someone in the Chicago area. Thanks, well worth the fee and support at selling without a broker.
In the year since my boat has been advertised on BoatsFSBO, I have not had one inquiry thru them. Craigslist has been much more effective and is free.
Howard you can remove my C&C 33-2 "Escape" from your listing; she sold as of June 5,2021. It has been less then a year in the works. Thank you for revisions that i sent along to you, and your prompt response at making my listing stand out. I believe the key to our success is your geographical listing on Facebook in the great lakes region. My boat sold to someone in the Chicago area. Thanks, well worth the fee and support at selling without a broker.
The boat was sold in one day. The buyer drove from out of state, waited until Monday at 8 am and bought it.
Smoothest process I've ever had trying to sell a boat. My boat sold 48 hours after Boats For Sale By Owner posted my listing and for the price I needed. I recommend these guys if you are looking to sell, or buy a boat.
Hi Andy, best decision I ever made in using your service. Tried the brokers but no luck. Sold the 32 Carver Convertible within 2 weeks after you put up the adds. Thank you so much for your great service. I will be telling all my marina friends about your great service, the only way to go. Thanks again, Bill Logan
I worked with Andy to list my boat, who was familiar with my brand. Andy assisted me with the listing and establishing fair pricing. I sold my boat after one week of the listing and had several other people wanting it. I highly recommend BoatsFSBO.
I was referred to BoatsFSBO by a friend of mine that had no luck selling his boat for months locally and through social media. He sold his boat in a matter of weeks after listing it with BoatsFSBO.
Howard got my listing up quick. Pictures and description were spot on. I was getting leads from all sites, and eventually sold through The Hull Truth a couple weeks after listing. Fast and inexpensive way to get your boat sold! I highly recommend.
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I had listed my 1960 Mariner Deluxe Utility (woodie) on Craigslist and a stranger sent me a message suggesting I reach out to BoatsFSBO because they'd been very happy with the service themselves. I filled out a profile on the site and within minutes got a call from Andy Young who in turn got me set up in a flash. That was two weeks ago and the boat is already sold (new owners picked it up today). BoatsFSBO's ultra-modern approach did the trick. I'm so pleased that I will likely pass along the good advice I received from a stranger ("pay it forward," as they say).
We highly recommend BoatsFSBO! After months sitting on yacht world with no lookers, another sailor recommended this site. It was so easy to do and Howard was so fun to work with. Within 2 days we had phone calls and email inquiries about our 49' Jeanneau. The world wide reach of this site was incredible! Couldn't have done it without this website! I'm a fan!
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This site helped us sell our boat. Our boat was located in Puerto Rico during Covod! This helped people from around the world see our boat and increased interest.
In the year since my boat has been advertised on BoatsFSBO, I have not had one inquiry thru them. Craigslist has been much more effective and is free.
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Easy to use.
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The absolute best place to sell a boat. Howard is very responsive and helpful. One has to bits to list with a broker. I've used this site for years even before the boom. Always get a buyer.
BoatsFSBO helped me find a buyer in less than 24 hours from being posted.
Buyer was happy to find an excellent boat and everything worked great.
Excellent and prompt service from Howard and BoatsFSBO. I can't say enough good things about them. We received three inquiries within a week or two from highly interested and financially qualified buyers. No tire kickers here. Two were private parties located in the US mainland and one was a charter boat operator who already had three boats operating out of the same marina in Puerto Rico where our boat was based. Unfortunately we didn't have three boats to sell. We went with the existing charter operator who had employees on site who we were able to immediately do inspections and a sea trial. Very smooth transaction.
Not really sure what Jodie's role is at boatsFSBO.com. We hired her to list our boat 3-4 months ago. Since then she has cold called me twice to see if our boat is still available... the same sales technique she used the first time we spoke. When I tell her she already has our listing she just hangs up. I'll call her back to discuss and she ignores my calls. Is this good customer service? This site seems more of a scam than it is helpful.
Jodie's number is *******780 if you need to file a complaint yourself.
Howard Solow was my advisor, very helpful and courteous and the process was painless sold my boat in no time. I would do it again.
I used the site after we decided to sell our cabin and boat last fall. Their broad reach of boat listings far exceeded anything I could have done on my own. They managed the ad by keeping at fresh and we were able to sell our boat the first day it came out of storage this Spring. Painless and rewarding, thank you.
Great communication, easy to get updates done, website made it easy to find, would use this method to sell a boat again!
They helped me find a boat- so nice to speak with a real person- Bob Kirrane- very nice man- gave me the owners phone number I called him- went to see the boat and I bought it.
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call their 800 number and get a person to help you- it is free
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Great job on helping with the sale of our boat.
Not to mention we saved thousands in broker fees.
Will use again
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I tried Boattrader.com and got no results.
Listed it on bfsbo and got several calls. Sold the boat in 2 days.
Our boat sold 3 wks after listing. It was essentially sold a week earlier, but holidays, travel, etc. held it up. I don't think a day passed that I haven't gotten at least one inquiry about it. Showed it abt a dozen times. BoatsFSBO did the job for me and next time I need to sell a boat, be sure I'll be back. I probably could have asked a higher price, boats are selling well, the Covid-10's help.
After signing up with Howard to the boatsfsbo program my phone started ringing and after a few showings had my 46'sportfisher in a sales/purchase contract and without paying a brokers commissions! Granted that nothing is free in this world his small fee was well worth the results!, Jeffb
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I listed a boat for sale with this site over 5 years ago, but was not able to sell the boat through the site. The problem is that ever since I receive weekly ads promoting the site. The unsubscribe button does not stop these emails, and only labelling them as Spam has stopped them showing up in my inbox (my spam box is full of them!)
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Boat ad went up as requested. I didn't get any inquiries from the ad. The company then started to send me weekly emails for the next 5+ years.
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I had been on about 5 other sites since May with no luck. The manager of my marina told me to post my ad on BOATSFSBO.com and the boat- 1988 Sea Ray - sold to a man in in Cincinnati- I am in Erie, PA. Wow!
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it works
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Sold our boat in about 2 weeks. Our ad was posted on numerous sites, and was inexpensive, fast and easy. Highly recommend!