I have bought boats from Craigs list one from Mobile AL and another from Bosier City, Louisiana. Both boats were what the owner said they were and offered to take them for a test run, which worked out. The one I bought in Bouser City the guy said he just wanted something else and had not used this one much, I had the Yamaha Dealer in my town check it out and to find out it had a total of 25 hours on it, wasn't even broken in yet, I think Craigs List is the way to go