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You have finally decided to depart with your fishing boat and you have your eye on a new one from EdgeWater Power Boats. The easiest thing to do is to take it to a dealer and trade it in. The dealer should give you a good trade-in price that will knock a lot off the price of your new fishing boat. You won’t have to go through the hassle of trying to sell it yourself and boat dealers are pretty motivated in the slow economy of 2011 to make some great deals. But if you are like a lot of people, you probably think you can get a better deal selling it on your own. After all, how good a deal is a dealer going to give you when they have to resell it themselves. Although that’s not as much a part of the equation as dealers try to aggressively move new boats, there may be a little truth to it. The way many people try to sell a fishing boat is to just park it in the yard and put a for sale sign with telephone number on it. If it’s a really good looking boat, you may actually be able to sell it that way. However, it may just sit in your yard until you start getting nasty letters from the homeowners association. If that fails, you might hear from your buddy, Larry, who sold his boat on the Internet and got a great price for it. The Internet has become the marketplace of millions and a leading disposal area for stuff you are trying to get rid of. But be forewarned. People shop on the Internet because they are looking for the absolute lowest price they can find. But if you are still hell bent for fiberglass, there are plenty of sites on the World Wide Web you can go to. If you think you live in a big enough market, you can sell your fishing boat on a local site of Craig’s List or Angie’s List. If you are feeling really adventurous you can try selling it on eBay or some other national site. There also are the big boat selling sites, such as Boats.com, Boattrader or iBoats. No matter where you try to sell it, though, there are scammers out there just looking to take advantage of you. The biggest scheme there is, often used by “supposed overseas boat buyers,” is the overpayment scam. The buyer will make an offer on the fishing boat sight unseen and then send you a check, sometimes what even looks like a cashier’s check, for more than the purchase price. They’ll contact you and say they made a mistake and ask you to send back the difference. Don’t do it. When you get the check, the first thing to do is go to your bank and make sure it is legitimate. If not, have your bank contact law enforcement officials. If you don’t know police officials personally, the bank’s report will carry more weight. You can have success selling your fishing boat online, but you have to be careful. Florida-based EdgeWater Power Boats makes some of the best center-console, v-hull fishing boats in the country. The company also has a worldwide dealer network.
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