New fire extinguishers please! Steve bought old Chinese extinguishers for our boat, they failed! read more

Everett Yacht Sales - Boat Dealers Near Me - Everett, Washington

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We appreciated Steve's love for old boats and his willingness to be available almost anytime. He handled, what I would call a stressful situation, very well, having to navigate between the buyer and the seller. I do wish we would have had a fuller understanding of the boat buying process before committing, but overall very happy with our experience. We love our boat and Steve gave us a lesson on docking and steering before we took off into the sunset. read more

Everett Yacht Sales - Boat Dealers Near Me - Everett, Washington

Broker not familiar with Export Rules Canada -US Poor Communication Broker was charging 12% of Listing Price,Not Selling Price After 2 weeks wanted to reduce Listing Price 30% Unprofessional Broker requested a contract signed by Buyer responsible for Delivery to the Border from Canada with funds in Escrow. This results in Much Higher Brokerage Fees,Transportation Costs and Liability to the Seller and Buyer. This Cost is usually reflected in the Listing Price The owner from Canada can't bring the boat to the US to sell. He can bring it to the border but you as the buyer must bring it into the US. If the boat, motor and trailer were built in the US, there are no duties or taxes to bring it back to the US if YOU are the one bringing it in. If you hire a transporter, the entire deal changes with Customs into a commercial import. If you are personally not with the boat and hire someone to bring it in, US Customs then wants you to hire an import broker to handle the importing of the boat and the entire deal turns into a commercial import. You'll then be required to pay import fees as well as brokerage fees on top of the transport.There are no brokers available to help you on the weekends due to their accounting process so Customs pretty much have to wait until Monday to get the boat into the US. You can get a temporary Durable Power of Attorney for your transporter which is the equivalent to you being there. Most Canadian Insurance Companies will not Underwrite a Insurance Policy for 2nd Party Transportation. read more

Terrible seller experience full of threats and stress. I sold my 27' SeaRay with Everett Yacht Sales and it was horrible. Pros: They stored my boat for free. Low 10% commission. They were initially very friendly and accommodating. Upon request, they would reevaluate stats on Yachtworld and try to tune it for more sales traffic. Cons: They left my boat overnight at the public dock (unacceptable). Poor listing quality -- full of typos and inaccuracies. Confusion on the sales staff around whether there was a pending sale and actual price of boat. Upon closing, they offered me a friendly choice of in-house title or using a title company. I chose the title company. A hour later, they changed their mind and strongly insisted on using their in-house title. I disagreed and the buyer and I agreed on the title co. EYS then grudgingly accepted this. However, EYS messed up the docs sent to title co, causing more confusion and stress. So the buyer and I agreed to simply meet at a bank and close the deal as EYS was already paid their commission. EYS became irate, and told the buyer and I that EYS were "impounding" (taking custody) my boat until I brought them signed title and used them to transfer it. The buyer was so angry and ready to walk. The Everett police advised me that this was not legal and that I should remove my boat ASAP. I arrived early the next morning to pick up my boat and found EYS had attached a tongue lock to prevent me from removing my property. Fortunately, it was the wrong size and was easily defeated. I drove away with the boat and the buyer and I transferred title. It is still unclear what EYS motivation was. Their tag line says "people first" but that is clearly not the case. read more

Took boat into EYS in September 2022. Had considerable growth on bottom and paid to have it cleaned. At time of contract no storage fee applied. They began charging me storage fees in November at $203.32 per month while they tried to sell boat. After charging winterization fee of $494.56 and a cleaning fee of $274.75, all looked good. Pics looked ok. After no luck and numerous price lowerings by june, I received a facetime from Steve that indicated what cleaning I thought had been done was not. It looked awful. This boat had no chance of selling with their cleaning at that price.. I ended up actually paying them over $500 to sell my boat in September 2023. I could have given it away for cheaper and taken a tax break in 9/22. Terrible service, poor communication, and a reneged deal to remover summer storage I was never billed for. Let me reiterate, a potentially $30,000 boat that I could have sold for at least $25,000, I ended up selling through them for a net loss of almost $900. Go somewhere else read more

My personal experience with Everett Yacht Sales was horrible. Very unprofessional from day one. As a buyer I can personally tell you they did nothing to fullfil our purchase. We had our boat survey done and they asked us, the customer to lock the gate when we were done? We took the keys to the boat home. What kind of business allows a potential customer to take home the keys of another customer's boat??? Boat owners were removing their boats from their lot due to unreliable and untrustworthy sales tactics. I didn't understand at first but as I was seeing more and more of boat owners taking their boats back, I started to understand. Their slogan is "Always People First" is far from the truth. read more

One star is one more star than I would give Everett Yacht Sales, horrific experience! First, I attempted to sell my boat in order to purchase another from this dealer, bad choice on my part. After finding that the boat Steve had for sale on his lot would not accomidate me, I chose not to purchase it at the begining of August, expecting my deposit back quickly, it took weeks and when I called Steve about it, he didnt say so much as that he would look in to it. Footnote: The day Steve introduced me to the seller of the boat I originally wanted buy, Steve proceeded to yell across the lot in front of the seller and stated "Stop being a cheapskate Andy and buy the boat", not a good first impression to the seller. 24 days after leaving my "for sale" boat with Steve, both him and his son informed me that they received a deposit on my boat and a sea trial was set for four days later, I was relieved. I was then contacted by Everett Yacht Sales requesting that I perform the sea trial for the clients as Steve left no one available for sea trials in the middle of the summer [3to4 weeks], so I requested a deduction of the sales commission and Steve said absolutley NOT, but did finally offer a $100 credit to me to perform their job, I accepted. The day before the sea trial, out of the blue I received a text from Steve asking me when I was coming to pick up my boat, no explanation given. The following morning as I was hitching up my boat with an off duty sheriff, Steve approached us and angrily asked what I was doing and that I was breaking my contract, again no explantion as to why he wanted me to pick up my boat either. Steve continued to demean me for taking my boat per his request, and went as far as to refer to me as a mental case in front of both myself and my fiance. Footnote: Sold my boat for full price 28 hours after removing it and the sludge Steve had left inside my boat. There were to many other negative actions to mention as well, but they fall in line with the other negative reviews here. Unprofessional to say the least, and no apologies for their numerous mistakes. Avoid! Do not waste your time with this company. read more

Purchased a fishing boat from Steve Dittoe. Great service all around a good bunch of guy's. Friendly and no BS. Steve went out of his way to answer all my questions. He even video chatted to show me the boat. Disregard the other reviews. Call Steve and see for yourself instead of just reading reviews! read more

Everett Yacht Sales - Boat Dealers Near Me - Everett, Washington

I was looking at a 26' boat and was helped by Steve. The boat ran fine but Steve wanted to do a oil sample just in case luckily we did because the sample came back with issues. Most sales men just care about the sale but Steve made sure I was protected and got what I paid for. He puts people first and that is rare. I would recommend Everett Yacht Sales to anyone in the market for a boat. read more