BoatsFSBO has a rating of 2.5 stars from 87 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. BoatsFSBO ranks 10th among Boats sites.
Listed boats with them 3 times never had anybody but scammers text immediately after listing. This time Kathy or Howard promised they would sell my boat in 4 months or my money back. Now 4 1/2 months after listing not a single real buyer has contacted me and after reaching out to Kathy she refuses to answer or call back. Yet they are so unorganized they don't even care to check if they already have your boat listed so they continue to call u every few weeks and pitch you their services until u finally get a word in that it's already listed and they just hang up. Do urself a favor keep the $300 or give it to the homeless because the people are scammers
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.
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.
Great communication, easy to get updates done, website made it easy to find, would use this method to sell a boat again!
I tried Boattrader.com and got no results.
Listed it on bfsbo and got several calls. Sold the boat in 2 days.
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.
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.
The boat was sold in one day. The buyer drove from out of state, waited until Monday at 8 am and bought it.
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.
Sold our boat in about 2 weeks. Our ad was posted on numerous sites, and was inexpensive, fast and easy. Highly recommend!
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.
I listed my boat with Howard on a Monday he posted is Tuesday morning, and I had a full price offer that evening. Definitely recommend Howard!
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.
Don't be fooled by the made up glowing reviews. Paying $300 to list your boat with them is equal to throwing your money overboard. They will sweet talk you into how many are looking for a boat just like yours… don't believe them!
Great job on helping with the sale of our boat.
Not to mention we saved thousands in broker fees.
Will use again
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!
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!)
I listed my 1993 Starcraft inboard-outboard with BoatsFSBO, with the advice of Andrew Yunger, and sold it within 2 weeks. I would recommend this site to anyone trying to sell a used 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
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.
Answer: I called the 800 number and they removed it the next day