- Messages
- 3,223
- Reaction score
- 2,517
- Points
- 372
- Location
- Acworth, G.A.
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2014
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
This is a review of a local dealer I have some experience with named Blue Marlin Boats in Seaford, N.Y. (BMB). Most BUYERS that complete a purchase appear to have decent thing to say according to the reviews I have seen.
However, I am here to warn off any people even thinking about using them to SELL their boat.
I used Angelo to broker the sale of my 2001 SeaRay 225 Weekender a few years back and found out later that I was ripped off for $2k+
It was TURN KEY and needed absolutely NOTHING. I had actually given it to him after having it freshly bottom painted and washed/waxed/detailed/etc. After sitting with BMB through the winter, spring came and there were a few potential buyers.
Angelo claimed that he had the first serious buyer on the hook but that we needed to make several concessions in order to complete the sale. He claimed the buyer REQUIRED the hull be stripped and then freshly bottom painted, new plugs/oil/tune, and that the boat needed to be completely detailed in and out. The price tag for all of the above was just over $2K and was to be taken out of the sale price of the boat.
Instead of dropping the price of the boat to accommodate (thereby reducing his commission) the sale price remained and the $2K for these "Demands" came out of my side.
In the larger scheme of things $2K was not a lot to "sell the boat" if it actually had been a true condition of sale which was WHY I agreed to it. . . . But something didn't feel right. So after agreeing to the conditions of the sale I went to look at the boat. I found NONE of the services that I was to be charged for had been conducted as of yet. However, the transaction was NOT yet completed so giving him the benefit of the doubt we proceeded.
It was at this point I left a note for the new owner in the boat with my contact information and asked him to reach out to me when he found it.
(Generally when a boat is brokered the seller and the buyer never meet which is why he has been able to pull this scam off for all these years).
So, FFWD 2 months later. . . . The new owner finally decided to use the sink and finds my note in there under the cutting board. We had a friendly conversation about the boat and how he was enjoying it. Then I asked him how satisfied he was with all the work that he "required" as a condition of sale.
He had NO IDEA what I was talking about. . . . He told me that he made no such demands. He claimed that Angelo told him it was freshly bottom painted before being put up the prior season and offered to have it detailed before delivery. He further advised that he actually wound up taking the boat without it being detailed because Angelo strung him along for so long after the closing he just couldn't wait anymore.
In short, the services that Angelo claimed the new owner demanded were a fabrication in order to line his pockets at my expense.
If you are in Long Island N.Y. and are considering a broker to sell your boat I would urge you strongly against using Blue Marlin Boats in Seaford.
However, I am here to warn off any people even thinking about using them to SELL their boat.
I used Angelo to broker the sale of my 2001 SeaRay 225 Weekender a few years back and found out later that I was ripped off for $2k+
It was TURN KEY and needed absolutely NOTHING. I had actually given it to him after having it freshly bottom painted and washed/waxed/detailed/etc. After sitting with BMB through the winter, spring came and there were a few potential buyers.
Angelo claimed that he had the first serious buyer on the hook but that we needed to make several concessions in order to complete the sale. He claimed the buyer REQUIRED the hull be stripped and then freshly bottom painted, new plugs/oil/tune, and that the boat needed to be completely detailed in and out. The price tag for all of the above was just over $2K and was to be taken out of the sale price of the boat.
Instead of dropping the price of the boat to accommodate (thereby reducing his commission) the sale price remained and the $2K for these "Demands" came out of my side.
In the larger scheme of things $2K was not a lot to "sell the boat" if it actually had been a true condition of sale which was WHY I agreed to it. . . . But something didn't feel right. So after agreeing to the conditions of the sale I went to look at the boat. I found NONE of the services that I was to be charged for had been conducted as of yet. However, the transaction was NOT yet completed so giving him the benefit of the doubt we proceeded.
It was at this point I left a note for the new owner in the boat with my contact information and asked him to reach out to me when he found it.
(Generally when a boat is brokered the seller and the buyer never meet which is why he has been able to pull this scam off for all these years).
So, FFWD 2 months later. . . . The new owner finally decided to use the sink and finds my note in there under the cutting board. We had a friendly conversation about the boat and how he was enjoying it. Then I asked him how satisfied he was with all the work that he "required" as a condition of sale.
He had NO IDEA what I was talking about. . . . He told me that he made no such demands. He claimed that Angelo told him it was freshly bottom painted before being put up the prior season and offered to have it detailed before delivery. He further advised that he actually wound up taking the boat without it being detailed because Angelo strung him along for so long after the closing he just couldn't wait anymore.
In short, the services that Angelo claimed the new owner demanded were a fabrication in order to line his pockets at my expense.
If you are in Long Island N.Y. and are considering a broker to sell your boat I would urge you strongly against using Blue Marlin Boats in Seaford.
