From a Boat Seller…read more First off let me say that I am not one to typically write a negative review, go ahead and check my other reviews. I received a call from Bonita Boat Center in October of 2018 telling me that they had seen my Ad on BoatTrader.com and that they were looking for boats like mine as it was an older affordable model (under $20k). I was told that typically they would sell a boat like mine in 7-10 days. Needless to say I was skeptical as I had been marketing my boat for 3 months online, but they have a retail location with lots of drive by traffic, they have customers that come in not realizing how much a new boat is and they offer financing. Since I was going to be moving from the area in the 60 days I decided to give them a try. First I needed to pay $150 to have the boat transported to their location as I did not have a trailer and I needed to pay their fee of $500 to have the boat inspected by one of their mechanics so they know what they are selling. Ok that is on the high-end but acceptable. The fee to list my boat was 10% or a flat fee of $2,500 whichever is more. The boat was picked up on 11/9/18 and delivered to them by a third party as they did not have anyone ot come and get it due to the Boat Show that weekend. A week later I was told that the boat had been inspected and that everything looked fine and we agreed to list it for $18,400. I specifically asked if this was a reasonable price to ask as I had not gotten any action at this price range and was told Sure let's start there and expect to sell it in the $16,500 range OK. Pictures were taken and the boat was listed for sale on their site and other sites as promised. However the pictures of my boat that was detailed just before being delivered to them showed the dirt and black scuff marks all over from when they "inspected" the boat. I asked for them to be retaken and they never were. After 60 days of no action we dropped the boat down to $17,900, then $16,900 and finally to $15,900 on 3/1 almost 3.5 months after they had picked up the boat. Finally on 3/18/19 we get an offer and settle on $13,350 as is I am not going any lower. I then come to find out on 3/21/19 that the buyer is out of town and they needed to get a trailer ordered for him which will take a week or less. I am told at this point that the deal should be completed in a week or less. 3/29/19 the buyer shows up to sea-trial the boat which has now been sitting for 4.5 months. During the sea-trial the GPS fish finder, radio and baitwell pump don't work, remember everything was working when I delivered the boat to them and it was inspected. SO now we have to drop the sales price another $1,000 to close the deal. Jeff the salesman did agree to drop their commission to $2,000 to save the deal. I am so frustrated by this point that I say whatever just get the deal closed. 4/1/2019 they have misplaced the power of attorney for the title work and payoff. 4/9/19 I am told the bank took 10 days to get them the payoff, how about someone follow-up after not getting it after a day or two, I ended up having to call the bank. I am told Check is being sent FedEx today to the bank and as soon as they have clear title they will send me my check for the balance. 4/22/19 where is my check? They will check on it with accounting. I get a call from the CFO and am told they have employee issues and he will get this taken care of for me, he is unaware of the $2,000 vs $2,500 commission as promised by Jeff my salesman. 4/26/19 get a call from the CFO "the check is in the mail" for the correct amount. 5/2/19 Still no check where is it? Am I ever going to get paid? 5/10/2019 I finally get my check. So, 6 months to the day I finally got paid net 75% of what I was told I could expect to get for the boat. I give Bonita Boat Center or Boat Junkie 2 of 5 stars based on expectations that were set by them, time frames, total disorganization and an overall blah experience. I know there are many happy customers I am just not one of them.

Seller beware! I was called by BBC to discuss my boat for sale on Craigslist. The nice woman…read moreassured me I could sell the boat thru them in 10 days for close to my Craigslist price so I went for the offer. They charged me to pick up and also to inspect the boat. $700. Then the mechanic calls with very bad news on the condition of my boat. It is going to need several thousand dollars of work to make it sellable. Big expense I did not plan on. But now they have my boat and a signed agreement so I'm stuck with using them. Then they call me on the weekend and I'm in luck. A wholesaler is coming in Monday and is looking for boats like mine. Of course his low ball offer is horrible but by now I am so frustrated I just want it all to stop. I agree to sell it to him at 1/3 of what I should have gotten for it. I learned my lesson. There are land sharks at BBC.