Brand New, about to be, Boat Owner need advice about purchase

[Ex-Pat]

Hi there, first post, I am seriously considering buying a boat from these people.

Vehicle-Traders - Consignment, Escrow, Purchase of Goods and Real Estate

vehicle-traders.com

However I am a little concerned of wire-ing a sizeable amount of money to anyone.
Has anybody on here done any business with them ?
Are they Legit ?
Thanks in advance

Justin

 

[southkogs]

Interesting. Their US address is One World Trade Center in NY. Seems odd.

Are you able to see the boat, check it out and see a copy of the paperwork before you transfer any funds?

Welcome aboard.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Hi there, first post, I am seriously considering buying a boat from these people.

Vehicle-Traders - Consignment, Escrow, Purchase of Goods and Real Estate

vehicle-traders.com

However I am a little concerned of wire-ing a sizeable amount of money to anyone.
Has anybody on here done any business with them ?
Are they Legit ?
Thanks in advance

Justin

good luck....

if it smells like a scam, looks like a scam, and you cant actually put your hands on the boat to inspect it first hand, it is a scam.

 

[racerone]

Agreed------I would be very careful sending any beer tokens.------Key and boat in your driveway,maybe would be different.----Website is very polished and convincing as these usually are.----Not a chance for me to send any coins to something like this.

 

[Ex-Pat]

Agreed------I would be very careful sending any beer tokens.------Key and boat in your driveway,maybe would be different.----Website is very polished and convincing as these usually are.----Not a chance for me to send any coins to something like this.

Thank you all for your swift replies, It does seem too good to be true which is a red flag.
Was advertised on local Craigslist in NC, it is over $10K below NADA guide. Only been on Craigslist for 2 days and was already in Chicago, The shipping is included and the owner is out of the country. 10 day inspection period and if I don't like it they pick it up and I get my money back. I had to type that out to realize how scammy it sounds.

AAAND they push for a crypto transaction. Bitcoin etc.

Thanks to All for your input and making my mind up

SCAM !!!

 

[JASinIL2006]

 

[hugh g]

Hi there, first post, I am seriously considering buying a boat from these people.

Vehicle-Traders - Consignment, Escrow, Purchase of Goods and Real Estate

vehicle-traders.com

However I am a little concerned of wire-ing a sizeable amount of money to anyone.
Has anybody on here done any business with them ?
Are they Legit ?
Thanks in advance

Justin

Your concerned & should be. No way in hell would I wire money to this outfit. I recall reading a news story about scam outfits like this asking buyers to wire money for boats & once they get the money they're gone. The story may have been posted here on iboats. I don't recall.

 

[Ex-Pat]

Your concerned & should be. No way in hell would I wire money to this outfit. I recall reading a news story about scam outfits like this asking buyers to wire money for boats & once they get the money they're gone. The story may have been posted here on iboats. I don't recall.

I really cannot thank the people enough that replied before I made a very expensive mistake. Beyond the funds for the imaginary boat I think the boat would have been "Sold" just before my funds hit their account and they would have asked for my bank details to return the money and cleaned that out. Once again Thank you all

 

[racerone]

Note-----The vessel identification / registration numbers appear to be missing / blocked out on them.