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Decided to sell my bass boat since I almost always use the bay boat and might use this one a couple times a year. It's never touched saltwater but might be good in brackish and bays. Posting just in case anyone is looking for a great freshwater boat.

https://dothan.craigslist.org/boa/d/200 ... 70985.html

asking price includes everything needed (life preservers, cast net, fire extinguisher, anchor, and more.. Plus about $1,000 worth of almost new bait casters, spinners and lures. $13,500 without the extras

I'm not suprised how well she is maintained. Really nice sled, not as much glitter as I'm used to seeing in a south Alabama bass boat. GLWS, it won't last long

There's not even any RedMan stains down the hull sides.

Seriously, nice boat Juan. GLWS. Someone is going to get a fine rig.

SOLD..in a strange way. A guy called from Alaska and bought it sight unseen. Sent a cashier's check and will pick it up in 4 or 5 weeks. I would never buy anything like that.. He's lucky I'm honest and not a scam artist.
Hate to see her leave and now I'll have to find another way to fish for the stripers.

Congrats Juan. Rather unusual but effective sale.

You better make sure his cashier's check is not a fake before you release the boat. Sometimes, that takes a few months for the bank to catch, and your boat is long gone.

- Steve Stinson

I had the same thought. I've read that this is a pretty common scam that good people have gotten burned on.

Me too, I had lots of scammers try doing something similar on craigslist when selling my older boats! None of them sounded the least bit legit though, hopefully you're smiling all the way to the bank!

Well the fact that the guy actually called might make it legit. Most of the scams are done through emails or text messages. When you ask them to call you, they suddenly disappear.

Thanks guys. Believe me, with all the scams on Craigslist I'm worried about it being legit. The wife feels secure about it and she's usually the skeptical one. I have the guy's name and number and he's called twice from the same number... even gave me the name of his relatives who live in Panama City so I could call and verify. I googled his name and number and he seems to be who he says he is. I wouldn't know a fake from a real cashier's check so I'm going to call the bank that issued the cashier's check to verify it's good and tell my bank to make sure it's valid when I deposit it. I'll still have the boat until he comes from Alaska to pick it up so hopefully I won't get scammed.
Keeping fingers crossed.

From Google

The fraudsters have become so good with their fake checks that it's possible to take as long as 20 days or more for a bogus cashier's check to bounce.

If the bank is local, you can go to that branch and present it for cash.

That's scary. I'm starting to think the guy is legit. He emailed me a picture of the cashier's check yesterday before he sent it. It came from a credit union in Alaska. I looked up the credit union and called them with the check number, and they verified that it was issued yesterday in my name and hadn't been cashed. If this is a scam, it's an elaborate one.

bbb: did the lures arrive?

Juan wrote:
bbb: did the lures arrive?

Yes sir. Thanks. My son was very excited to get them.

Half your transaction seems legit while the other half seems like a scam.

Did you have the boat listed on Craigslist or just a couple fishing forums.

Scam: Buys boat sight unseen. Sends cashiers check and says he will pick it up later.

Legit: Did not send more than the purchase price and ask you to refund the overage. Did not say to ship it to him. Told you of relatives living nearby.

Maybe the buyer is the naive one and doesn't realize all the scams going around today.

I had a guy from Tennessee buy my ski boat a couple years ago. He was in town for a few days on business, looked at the boat and when he got home, he sent me a cashiers check and told me to hold it for 4 weeks til he came back down. It was winter and he did not want to winterize the boat so he wanted it to stay in Fla til it warmed up.

Strange feeling looking outside and seeing a boat in your shed that you don't legally own.

That's what I'm thinking too. The thing that has me leaning toward the legit side is the fact that the check has the Credit Union's name on it and when I called them they verified the amount, check number and date purchased. The check would have to be a fake and he would have had to create a web site for the credit union and hire several people there to go along with the scam.

Here's the credit union: https://www.creditunionsonline.com/cred ... -1094.html

Looks legit to me.