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Long Pine · 09-04-2007, 06:12 PM

I'm sorry you had such a poor experience, Maxum. I can see why you were frustrated. I just thought I would mention a positive experience I had when I bought my used boat last November. I worked with Bill Liakas at Channel Marine and things couldn't have gone better from my perspective. The boat (a four-year old 24' bowrider) was in very good condition as described on their website and over the phone. It was being sold on a brokerage basis and was priced fairly based on NADA guidelines. I was not able to test it out in the water in November (my issue not Channel Marine's) so I was a bit apprehensive, but decided to take Bill at his word that he had personally inspected it and driven it and found it to be in good shape. Since I was not able to test it in the water, I had some of the purchase price witheld until I could test it in the spring. The boat had been maintained by the dealer on the lake who had originally sold the boat (not Channel) and I was able to see all the maintenance records (all in good order). Bill honored every commitment made during the sales process and the boat checked out fine in the spring. After using it for a season and putting on over 60 hours, there were no problems whatsoever. Just wanted to add my perspective to show that not all used-boat buying experiences on the Lake are negative.

09-04-2007, 06:12 PM	#3
Long Pine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 93 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 12 Posts	A positive experience I'm sorry you had such a poor experience, Maxum. I can see why you were frustrated. I just thought I would mention a positive experience I had when I bought my used boat last November. I worked with Bill Liakas at Channel Marine and things couldn't have gone better from my perspective. The boat (a four-year old 24' bowrider) was in very good condition as described on their website and over the phone. It was being sold on a brokerage basis and was priced fairly based on NADA guidelines. I was not able to test it out in the water in November (my issue not Channel Marine's) so I was a bit apprehensive, but decided to take Bill at his word that he had personally inspected it and driven it and found it to be in good shape. Since I was not able to test it in the water, I had some of the purchase price witheld until I could test it in the spring. The boat had been maintained by the dealer on the lake who had originally sold the boat (not Channel) and I was able to see all the maintenance records (all in good order). Bill honored every commitment made during the sales process and the boat checked out fine in the spring. After using it for a season and putting on over 60 hours, there were no problems whatsoever. Just wanted to add my perspective to show that not all used-boat buying experiences on the Lake are negative.