I've been buying and selling vehicles using auction sites for a long time now. Some auction membership databases are without a doubt extremely profitable.

But from experience, please don't waste your time and money with the following site.

The site below is simply an auction scam with pretty much no value and then no recourse for a refund. The intent is simply to take your membership fee.

I was a victim of this site and would hope you don't make the same mistake as me. Please don't conclude that all online auction sites are ripoff auction sites. Even though I have a personal vendetta I have to be fair and say that there are other sites that are completely above board and very useful member based auction sites that I currently subscribe to. I'll share those in a minute.

Most importantly, for all you folks like myself who've been taken advantage of by this site (and I know you're out there cause I've just read a few of your stories) please help me now to stand and blow the whistle loud and clear by taking your hard earned money elsewhere.

Auction Scam Website

Once you pay your $24.95 to my surprise you're given a simple id/password like "cars" "auction". But even more I found it to actually be a car-auction site as in car-auction.com? It listed maybe 2 or 3 actual boat auction websites that are already on top of Google's top 10 organic results...but that's it?!

Outside of that you're left with basically CAR auction sites! Where's all the "thousands of seized and repo boats?" I later came to realize that I was actually shown a 'boat auction' entry page designed by one of the site owners' renegade affiliates. It's facade is similar to that of car-auction.com. The site doesn't have any support so I notified car-auction.com but didn't get a response. No surprise there.

The bottom line is The Auction Spot is not a boat auction site or a car auction site. In my opinion...it's a scam site. And if you get sucked in there's no contact or support page whereby you can even begin to request a refund! So, keep an eye out as you click PPC ads atop Google.

This is my latest find but I'll be adding more scam sites as my BS detection senses sniff out other scams that warrant deeper investigation.

Ok, I feel better now that I got that off my chest...So, here's a few sites I trust:

Again, I say this without any affilate links or sales offers attached.

Below is an auction site that unlike the above have proven very profitable. Especially if you're looking to buy a cheap boat via. auction within a reasonable proximity.

Having said that even though I am NOT a commissioned affiliate to the sites below I didn't want to 'throw the baby out with the bath water' if you will. There are auction sites that have over the years created a valuable resource. Even though my main objective here as the whistle blower against those auction ripoff sites above, you can nonetheless find relief in the resourceful sites below:

Recommended Auction Site--Boats

BoatAuctionsDirect.com

I found this site thorough and organized. Instead of a broad array of assets they focus on marine related auctions and resources to help members buy cheap. My only gripe is that it can take an hour or sift through all the listings. But I hear they're automating the whole process to a 'quick search'.

Finally, as promised when deciding upon any type of auction or retail website look for the following before committing any of your time and money:

Tip #1

Tip #2

If you would like to add a site to the above feel free to contact me at: scamsiteteam@gmail.com along a concise explanation.