First Class Outboards.com

[rtormey]

Has anyone had experience buying an outboard from firstclassoutboards.com? According to their website they are the largest seller of outboard motors in the United States, but I find no information about them on the internet except their website. The website was just created in 2021, so it seems sketchy to me. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ThomW]

If it sounds too good to be true...it probably is. Any company who is claiming to sell you a brand new Mercury Verado 300hp outboard for $11,000.00 would have me seriously doubting their legitimacy.

 

[Alpineman1]

Sent them an email on there website a few days ago and no reply, also no phone number on the website just says they have a New York warehouse. On the bottom of there site when you click on Twitter, Facebook or instagram does not work did a search on FB & Instagram and did not find them. I think I'll stay away.

 

[matt167]

Shopify makes it easy to create a scam site. Most of these scam sites are powered by them

 

[mike_i]

Several years ago while searching for a new outboard for my boat I came across one of these "good deal" websites.I contacted Yamaha and was told that the "good deal" company was not a Yamaha dealer. Even IF it were true Yamaha would not honor any warranty plus the motors would not be EPA approved. This subject has come up in the past, do a search here and you should find more samples of other scam "cheap" outboard sites.

 

[rtormey]

Based on Mike's comment on an earlier thread I contacted Suzuki about this "company" and they likewise said they are not an authorized dealer. I've since found a 2022 Suzuki 20hp on Facebook with 8 hours on it. I grabbed it for $2300 so I'm a happy boater at this point. Thanks to all for your input.

 

[TyeeMan]

And, I would think that if they were truly the largest seller of outboard motors in the US, they and their website would be around a lot longer than a year.

 

[wdegroar]

Several years ago while searching for a new outboard for my boat I came across one of these "good deal" websites.I contacted Yamaha and was told that the "good deal" company was not a Yamaha dealer. Even IF it were true Yamaha would not honor any warranty plus the motors would not be EPA approved. This subject has come up in the past, do a search here and you should find more samples of other scam "cheap" outboard sites.

I thought that site might be legit, like the motors are 2019, 2020 2021, so thought they may have just been motors that didn't sell. Then i added a motor to my cart, went to check out and there was no sales tax being charged. I live in Maryland and any company that sells in md has to charge sales tax.- there was no sales tax charged.