Frequently Asked Questions:

What are the terms of service?

Please view our terms of service & access agreement (link) — these are the terms you must agree to in order to access our site or to post your boat for sale on our site. It is important to note that all transactions are direct between buyer and seller; powerboatlistings.com does not function as a broker or screen or qualify buyers or sellers in any way. powerboatlistings.com does not request or recieve any commission based on the sale of any boat posted here. All transactions are direct between buyer and seller.

I forgot my username & password

Passwords are one-way encrypted and we cannot lookup lost passwords.

Please write down the username and password you use to create your listing so you can modify it later if necessary. If you forget your password, you will not be able to modify your listing later. At your request, we are always willing however to delete your listing (with a request from the email in the listing)

How do I modify a listing or delete my listing once my boat has sold?

You must login with the Username and Password you used when you created the Ad.

If you are an existing user and have already created a username and password, Click Here to Login

Once you login, the Modify and Delete functions will appear in the top menu bar, and will list all ads you have associated with your username. (You can only delete or modify ads which belong to you.) If you forget your username or password, you will need to use the support form below to request changes or deletions to existing ads. Please include your Listing ID (Found in gray on your listing page or in the URL bar)

Can you give some tips for staying safe when looking at boats online?

1. Discuss details of the boat by phone in addition to email or online so you speak with the person selling the boat.
2. Get a landline number for the seller and verify that the phone number given matches the physical location of the boat listed.
3. Ask for the boat's exact location and HIN number (Hull Identification Number) and do a quick web search on the boat's name, part of the boat's description, and/or HIN number. If the location is not what is stated in the ad, this is a sure sign of fraud.
4. Be cautious of sellers using free email accounts as these can be used by overseas scam-artists and then discarded as they are reportedl; Notice poor grammar, lack of knowledge of local geography, incorrect location names, made-up or incorrectly formatted names, and numerically- or otherwise-generated throw-away email addresses as easy but usually correct indications of a scam attempt.
5. Use extreme caution when buying a boat located a long distance from your location. Since this website is available to people around the world, we allow boats to be listed from around the world. However, buying a boat that is located a great distance from you increases the risk to you exponentially. Is it never a good idea to buy a boat without viewing it in person before any money changes hands. Only consider ads for boats that you can view in person. Avoid internet scams involving overseas boats or overseas sellers by only considering boats that you can survey and view in person.
6. After discussing the details, have the boat surveyed before any money changes hands. View the boat in person, or at the very least, have a trusted friend view the boat on your behalf.
7. powerboatlistings.com does not function as a broker or seller nor are we involved in any communication or transaction between buyer and seller. See Terms of Use / Access Agreement
8. Please always use good judgment and due diligence when considering the purchase of a boat; it is the buyer's duty to inspect a boat prior to purchase or to have it surveyed or to have a broker act on their behalf.
9. Never wire funds via western union, moneygram or any other wire service.
10. Avoid scams where a seller wants you to pay or overpay any third party where part of the payment will then be rebated to the seller - this would almost always represent a scam.
11. Never give out personal financial information (bank account number, social security number, ebay/paypal info, etc.)
12. Never give a deposit on a boat sight-unseen.
13. Always physically inspect the boat before any money ever changes hands.

More tips for avoiding fraud are located here

 

Contact Us for Assistance or to Give Feedback:

Important - if you are asking us to delete an existing listing, you MUST provide your Listing ID or the URL (copy and paste from location bar of your browser - the URL includes your listing id number)