Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

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fishrdan

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Here's one for ya'.... :facepalm:

1978 Crestliner boat for Sale - $3200

selling my Crestliner Boat and dual axel trailer for $3200 obo. The boat needs work but has the parts in it.

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loose rivet

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Here's a good one, check out the transom conversion.
This thing has been listed for over a year, guess what, no takers.
Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if they didn't chop up the hull like that and used a transom bracket instead and some real reinforcement. The trailer has no papers either so it too has issues to deal with.

boat and trailer - $1400 (s. jersey)
boat and trailer
1966 Lonestar 18' aluminum semi v hull
Classified open on title

Sitting on 2003 EZ Loader trailer with rollers
Newer tires on galvanized rims
Strap winch on tower

Title in hand for boat
Bill of sale for trailer

Boat currently blocked up off of trailer and tarped

First $1400.00 cash takes it.
No motor or battery
Bihimi top, anchor, dock lines, life jackets, all included.

No shippers or handlers,
No checks. Just cash.

Selling as package. For sale as ic condition.
Location is 08037

I will only delete ad when title leaves my hand.
EMAILS ONLY.. no phone calls.

Location: s. jersey
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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loose rivet

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Can you say 'Project Boat'?

New 40x12 Hull

New 40x12 Hull - $6000 (Snow Hill Md)
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New construction 40x12 Hull Glass over ply..Bulkheads ,shaft ally installed .rudder port drilled finished to what pics show ,I can finish or will sell as is ...410-726-4331...

Location: Snow Hill Md
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Just saw one posted Saturday in the Chicago boat CL.

Poster, Get a Life, was going off about flaggers, got quite nasty yet they had the nerve to post it 6 times in a row. Guess they needed a little TLC.

I don't understand at all. I follow the CL boating ads throughout Illinios and Wisconson and the worst one Is Chicago's. I seen everything from furniture and home decor to sporting goods and autos posted there to the I'll trade my whatever for your boat. I;ve even seen Realestate posted for sale in the boats section just because it was on the water. Then there are the ones that post the same ad every day, day after day.

Chicago's boat list is always a big one, just today I believe there were 6 or 7 pages of listings. Even throughout this past winter there has always been 2 or 3 pages even during the week!

Also on Saturday in the Milwaukee boat list the was a guy going off on the price of a 40 year old Mercury. I had to think about it and say the sell can ask whatever price they want. Doesn't mean you have to buy it or mean that they will even sell it. Another reader that just needs some TLC!
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

bonz_d said:
Just saw one posted Saturday in the Chicago boat CL.
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Also on Saturday in the Milwaukee boat list the was a guy going off on the price of a 40 year old Mercury. I had to think about it and say the sell can ask whatever price they want. Doesn't mean you have to buy it or mean that they will even sell it. Another reader that just needs some TLC!
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I especially like when they email a legit ad and complain about the price, I had a guy write me a two page email response to a boat I had listed for $1200, he went on about what junk it was and that I'd be better off just scrapping it. In the end he asked if I'd let him scrap it, to save me the trouble of dealing with all the #$$&@(#$ on CL.
I had to reply and tell him I was actually thinking of raising the price to cover my time reading bs emails such as his. Three days later 'someone else' using the same email address emailed, came looked at the boat and bought it. Go figure.
 
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loose rivet said:
Three days later 'someone else' using the same email address emailed, came looked at the boat and bought it. Go figure.
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That's when you take the opportunity to backhandedly rough the guy up verbally when he comes to visit.

While talking with him about about the condition of the boat, you casually say something along the lines of;
"You know some @*****e sent me an e-mail telling me this boat is garbage, and should be scrapped. What a jack@**, totally wasting my time that I could have spent reading e-mails from legitimate buyers like you. I don't know how that guy sleeps at night, but as you can see by the condition of the boat in front of you, he was totally talking out of his @**"

Or something like that.... :D;)
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

ezmobee said:
I present to you, a "professionally reinforced" transom. Beautiful job! :eek::facepalm:
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It looks like they either ripped out the splash well or part of the transom, or both.
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

ezmobee said:
I present to you, a "professionally reinforced" transom. Beautiful job! :eek::facepalm:

ROBALO, 22', w/200hp Ocean Runner
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From the ad "Free delivery into the Port of Baltimore for Export ( we also will handle the Export Paperwork for free)."

Guess they're hoping to never hear from the buyer when the "running, 1996, 200 HP Johnson Ocean Runner" falls in the ocean along with the "Professionally Reinforced Transome ( a beautiful Job ! )". Get this as far away as we can with any added perks. What tools!
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

GA_Boater said:
From the ad "Free delivery into the Port of Baltimore for Export ( we also will handle the Export Paperwork for free)." Guess they're hoping to never hear from the buyer when the "running, 1996, 200 HP Johnson Ocean Runner" falls in the ocean along with the "Professionally Reinforced Transome ( a beautiful Job ! )". Get this as far away as we can with any added perks. What tools!
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If they didn't point out the "Professionally Reinforced Transome ( a beautiful Job ! )" most wouldn't really notice that the aluminum plate shouldn't be there. On the face of the ad, it looks like a whole lot of boat & motor for less then $3400..... It doesn't 'look' like just this side of derelict based on the pix. Many won't know what to look for warning signs. Unfortunate...

Hopefully the buyer isn't too far off shore when the transom lets go....
Bummer......... Totally not cool, and agreed PITA tool of a seller :grumpy: :blue:
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

MERCRUISER 470 ENGINE

When I read the price, I almost shat myself! I think it's a simple case of two too many zeros.

COMPLETE FORD MERCRUISER 470 ENGINE MODEL MSM-470, TURNS OVER, PARTIAL APART, DON'T KNOW HISTORY. $1000.00
 

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

I think you might be ignoring this important information:

TURNS OVER, PARTIAL APART, DON'T KNOW HISTORY

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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Just puts it right there in his ad:
'As mentioned, the trailer was part of a payment for a clean up project so the boat is filled with random debris from around the property that needs to be taken with the boat but at a price as low as this it is well worth it.'

Wow, I guess at least their honest :facepalm: Should read: please pay me to haul off the junk I've already been paid to dispose of........

Worth it? How since: 'I'm not sure of the name and model of the boat but will list it with pics later tonight after I go by where it is'

Don't guess he's driven by in the last 8 or 9days......
 
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Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

Apparently, when he cleaned the property he dumped the debris in the boat....lol
 
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