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  • Great boat site

    Good quality information and pictures
  • Awful app

    The app needs to be updated to accommodate viewing on a phone. That is the reason you made an app so make it work for phones. Auto rotate images, VW able to zoom in on images, scale images for best viewing and not cut them off in a 3x4 format. The app has never been updated for wide viewing. When you rotate the picture to be able to see, the app freaks out and doesn’t allow you to close out of the photos or it won’t load the next photo due to the orientation. Needs an update yesterday!!!
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  • Great when it works, Crashes all the time!

    The App is constantly crashing, especially when going through photos on the listing. Overall, I like the app, the ease of use and overall content. However, the performance issue adds a level of frustration when it crashes in the middle of a listing and the added steps to start all over with your search criteria.
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  • App is not user friendly

    The app is not very user friendly. You can not search for multiple models of the same brand as you can on the website. Also every time you click for an expanded picture you have to completely close the app because the “X” button doesn’t close the pictures. Very frustrating.
  • I've had enough

    I've simply had enough of this website/app
    They do it completely wrong. There are way too many scammers that exist on the site that could be prevented with proper verification and a report system. These people are creating false ads and literally taking money
    Private sellers should have phone numbers listed and properly verified. Boat trader literally does nothing to protect the buyers. There are better options and I've seen enough from this site to stop using it and I suggest you do as well. Especially with all the scams that exist and improper verification with private sellers and no report system and no live chat or live support to report such issues
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  • Bt

    Awesome app but impossible to get a hold of sellers
  • Excellent but

    The app is excellent but would be better if boats that are unavailable are removed. I have sent inquiries to sellers and was told the boat was sold and 6 months later it is still listed for sale.
  • Search boxes

    I need to be able to search for boats that have trailers included just like eBay does. And there is no reason for a saved boat or favored in vote to remain in my favorites category once it is sold. You should change the heart to orange after it’s sold for example and move those boats down to the bottom of the list. Those two issues kind of make this app prehistoric.
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  • Sign up? Really?

    Other online markets don’t require sign up. Get with the times.
  • Great app but lots it trivial issues

    There’s a wealth of information on this app. Lots of boats, and easily accessible. From a technical standpoint though there are some issues that are pervasive enough to be quite frustrating.

    For example when you choose a manufacturer and model, if you want to change the model in the filter menu, the app just won’t let you and you have to close it out and put the manufacturer in again. Also, expanding images isn’t very mobile friendly, either. If you click on one sometimes it is horribly scaled to the screen and won’t let you close out. Finally, the ad placements are a bit clunky and can easily lead to misclicks, taking you out of the app (and the ads sometimes pedal Pop Yachts whom many people here dislike including myself which just leaves a sour taste).

    Overall a decent app, if you’re looking for boats it’s certainly a great place for it, but for now the technical/UI issues are pretty elementary and not something you’d expect for something so many people use to buy expensive things.
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