Best Place to Sell a boat....

[Alsobig]

Looking to sell a boat... Where is the best place to sell one... Consignment shop...? News papers? Want Ads...? Marina? Who has had any luck in the past...? FYI Selling a 2000 24' Playbouy Pontoon w/2001-75 hp Mercury 4 stroke....and trailer..

[Rattlesnake Gal]

The classifieds in the Lake Links might be a good place to start.
Good luck.

[Paugus Bay Resident]

Most of the marinas will take 8 - 10%, but it frees you up from calls, test rides, etc. Plus, they'll ususally handle the financing as well.

[jaymorgan]

had very good luck w/channel marine and they now sell pontoons in tilton.
they sold my boat in 2 weeks. give them a phone call.

[fatlazyless]

www.faysboatyard.com in Gilford and www.irwinmarine.com in Laconia have very good websites with lots of boats. I like Fay's the best because they have multiple photos of the same boat, shot in, under, & around each boat while Irwin has one photo/boat. Most of Irwin's are SeaRays and Fay's has a really wide array of motor, sail, antique wood, and bargain deals. Plus, Fay's seems to come up a lot on the national level with links to iboats and google. I don't kow how those Fay sales guys do it but their web site seems to have a lot pull from all-over.

Lakeport Landing, Silver Sands, Channel Marine, Trexler's, & Shep Brown's all have good web sites for lots of performance boats but I like Fay's because it is not a marina, it is a boat yard.

[b8tcaster]

Anybody thinking of doing business with them should remember that they are the ones that asked Rep. piliot to introduce the speed limit bill. I for one will never do business there again and ask everyone I know to do the same. Sounds harsh but when people try to infringe upon my activities for their own benefit I refuse to support them. There are plenty of other businesses in that area to give my money to.

[b8tcaster]

Great people to deal with. I would certainly give them a chance with your boat

[Island-Ho]

Fays has a great web site with a large cross section of vessels, drawing lots of web traffic. I'd support Fays because of his long history in the area, and list the boat there. It's great that someone in the area has the balls to continue to run a real boat yard, and takes a lead in environmental issues concerning the lake.

[b8tcaster]

How can you possibly know how much web traffic that website draws? Are you possibly connected to them in some way?. There are plenty of other businesses on the lake that have a very long history also and Irwins is one of those(since 1919 I believe). To me "having balls" does not mean asking for a bill that will benefit your own business to the detriment of others and not having a big enough set to actually show up at the hearing and defend your beliefs. To me "having balls" does not mean trashing a donation to the town by a group of bass fishermen saying thank you for the use of your facility.To me "having balls" does not mean whining to the newspaper about the lack of porta potties for the ice fishermen to use. To me "having balls" means approaching those groups he takes issue with and discussing ways to make the situation better for all without unduly infringing on any particular user groups activities. If he really was taking the lead in environmental issues on the lake then maybe he could fund a couple of porta potties for the ice fishermen since he stated they are not expensive. Fays cares about one thing only and that is making money

[Alsobig]

How can you possibly know how much web traffic that website draws? Are you possibly connected to them in some way?. There are plenty of other businesses on the lake that have a very long history also and Irwins is one of those(since 1919 I believe). To me "having balls" does not mean asking for a bill that will benefit your own business to the detriment of others and not having a big enough set to actually show up at the hearing and defend your beliefs. To me "having balls" does not mean trashing a donation to the town by a group of bass fishermen saying thank you for the use of your facility.To me "having balls" does not mean whining to the newspaper about the lack of porta potties for the ice fishermen to use. To me "having balls" means approaching those groups he takes issue with and discussing ways to make the situation better for all without unduly infringing on any particular user groups activities. If he really was taking the lead in environmental issues on the lake then maybe he could fund a couple of porta potties for the ice fishermen since he stated they are not expensive. Fays cares about one thing only and that is making money

Sorry, I didn't mean to start a fight... I just wanted to know the best place to sell my boat, where it might get a lot of exposure... But thanks for all of the posts... I might check a few of them out...

[KTO]

If you have a boat up there in the years, you may want to consider contacting Meredith Marina. I know they have a salvage guy that buys boats for their engines (even if the engine is missing a part!) and offers one of the best price for an older boat.

If you have a trailer, SELL IT SEPERATELY! You will definitely get a much better price and much better luck if you sell seperate!

[b8tcaster]

I just am really upset about Fays attempt to get legislation to have a speed limit on Winni. Didnt mean to hijack your post.I do believe that anybody that feels a speed limit is wrong should choose to do business elsewhere. Good luck with your boat