Payment Policy

We accept the following methods of payment:

• Major credit cards: Visa, Master Card, Discover.
• We DO NOT accept American Express due to their support for customer's fraud.
• Personal checks from US banks only (up to 7 days clearance).
• Certified bank checks from US banks only (3-4 days clearance).
• Bank wire transfers (no delay once received).
• USPS Money Orders (no delay once received).
• Western Union (no delay once received). WU App for iPhone and Android phones now accept credit cards.
• Electronic check payment. All banks these days offer Internet on-line Pay Bill options, where you can issue check by adding BoatsToGo as a payee, and then sending electronic check payment directly from your computer. No need to write checks and mail envelopes. Your bank will mail payment for you!
• QuickPay by ZELLE. You can send payment directly from your on-line banking instantly! No delay. No need to mail check or bank wire. Visit Zelle to find out if your bank offers that option. Simply login into your on-line banking app on your phone, tablet or desktop, and look for QuickPay or Zelle payment option. For example, if you have Chase bank, login at chase.com, and select QuickPay by Zelle, under Pay & Transfer. If your bank or credit union doesn't offer QuickPay or Zelle, then download the Zelle app from app store of your cell phone. It is possible that daily limit can be set at $500 for new users. In that case, payment can be split in a half, one a day. First part of payment one day and balance next day. Either way, still much faster than mailing a check. To send payment use this email: sales@boatstogo.com
• To pay via Zelle, place order on-line, select Check Payment method at checkout, and then instead of mailing check, do Zelle payment instead. We will receive email from our bank with your name, and will match that to name on order, to mark order as paid and ready for shipping.

For ALL credit card payments:

• Due to the high value of some products, we ship only to the address where the customer receives their credit card billing statements. In other words - we ship ONLY to the credit card BILLING address. NO EXCEPTIONS! We are required by credit cards to ship to the billing address in order to be protected against credit card frauds and chargebacks.
• If the customer needs to ship to the address that does not match the credit card billing address, or if your billing address is a PO BOX, and you need to ship the merchandise to your alternative home address, these are the options: Payment by Personal or Bank check, Money Order, Western Union, Bill Pay, Zelle or Bank Wire transfer.
• Customers may also contact a Credit Card issuing Bank and temporarily set an alternative shipping address as the PRIMARY Billing Address. These changes has to be done 12 hours BEFORE order is placed, because it takes time to update new address into card system. After item has been shipped out, the customer may contact his/her Credit Card issuing the Bank once again and switch the Billing Address back to the original.
• We DO NOT accept credit card payments for orders outside of the Continental US or Canada. Payments outside of Continental US or Canada are accepted in a form of Bank Wire transfer or Western Union. Please visit our Shipping policy for more information about shipping abroad.
• All local pickup orders paid by credit cards are ONLY released to original credit card holders with proper identification present, with credit card used to place order in hands and ready for verification. Items will NOT be released to 2nd or 3rd parties, only to original credit card holder who must sign on invoice at the time of pickup.
• ORDER CANCELATIONS/REFUNDS. PLEASE READ!!! All refunds on credit card paid orders, canceled/refunded after credit card was already processed, are subject of transaction fees. Every time credit card is processed or refunded, we get charged 3.5% processing fees on that by merchant bank. If order canceled or refunded not due to our fault, refunds on order over $500 will be issued via check with 3.5% deducted from total of refund, or via credit card, with 7% refunded from total due. Please make 100% sure you are entering correct billing address, you know what you are ordering, your needs and deadlines BEFORE placing orders with credit card. Credit cards are not getting processed for free. It is customer's responsibility to know correct billing address of credit card. Please look at your credit card billing statement to make sure.

All payments from Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean or Puerto Rico and abroad have to be in the form of either:

• USPS Money Order
• Certified Bank Check
• Bank Wire Transfer
• QuickPay by Zelle (scan QR code at the bottom to pay)
• Western Union.

It is easy to pay via Western Union directly from your cell phone using new WU Money Transfer App for iPhone and Android phones. Western Union now accepts credit card to send payments directly from your cell phone. Also, Zelle Quick Pay is instant payment option directly from bank account.

No COD or Financing. All orders must be paid in full before delivery. All local pickup orders are subject to a 7% FL state tax.

We ship ALL products over $500 in value via FedEx Ground with Signature confirmation. FedEx Ground does not deliver to PO Boxes.

Please email with your name/address and model number to request an Invoice if needed.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Question: What if I am not at home and want boat to be shipped to different address?

Answer: Payments by check, USPS money order, bank wire transfer, on-line bill payment or Western Union can be shipped to any address in lower 48 states, except PO Box. If you want to pay with credit card and ship to different address, then the only option is to call your bank, and set your shipping address as a primary billing address for your credit card before placing order with us. After you received our boat, you can call bank and switch billing address back to what it was before.

Question: Why are clearance on personal checks so long, 7 days?

Answer: Thanks to a recent customer who changed his mind and decided to cancel his order by placing stop payment on his personal check without notifying us first. If the order can't wait, and has to be shipped to an address that is different than the credit card billing address, then please provide payment via bank wire transfer. It is easy, quick, and all banks allow you to make wire transfers on-line, over the phone or in person. Blank Pro Forma Invoice available here.

Question: What if I need to ship to address different than billing?

Answer: Alternative solutions to ship to address different than a billing. Please choose 1 of these options:

[A] Payment by Personal or Bank check, Money Order, Western Union or Bank Wire transfer. Please email for more info.

[B] Customers may also contact a Credit Card issuing bank and temporarily set an alternative shipping address as a Primary Billing Address. These changes have to be done before order is placed, because it takes 24 hours for cards to update new address in a system. After order has been shipped, customer may contact his/her Credit Card issuing the Bank once again and switch the Billing Address back to the original.

[C] With ZELLE you can send payment directly from your on-line banking. See https://www.zellepay.com/get-started to find out if your bank offers that option. Simply login into your on-line banking app on your phone, and look for QuickPay or Zelle payment option. For example, if you have Chase bank, login at chase.com, and select QuickPay by Zelle, under Pay & Transfer. If your bank or credit union doesn't offer QuickPay or Zelle, then download the Zelle app from App store of your cell phone. Scan Zelle QR code at the bottom of this page.

[D] To confirm credit card ownership, and have item shipped to alternative address, we will need following additional documentation, after order has been placed: Picture of your Driver License.Picture of back of your credit card. No need for front of card. Signed invoice, with signature matching both driver license and back of credit card. Simply print and sign invoice, place driver license and back of credit card at the bottom of invoice, make clear picture with cell phone while holding it horizontally, so that invoice is fully visible, and then email to sales@BoatsToGo.com

Question: Why are you saying address does not match, when I know it is correct billing address?

Answer: There are several reasons why AVS might report customer provided address as no match to a billing. 1) Cardholder have more than one address on file with credit card - billing address and mailing address and/or secondary address. Mailing address where cardholder receives card statement is what we need as billing. Not billing, not secondary. 2) Sometimes customers have apartment or suite as first line of address, with house and street on 2nd line of address. AVS matches by 1st line of address, not 2nd. It is advisable to change billing address with card, so that apartment or suite is on 2nd line, where it should be. 3) Customer receive statement on PO Box, not actual home address.

Question: Why do you make it difficult to buy, I never had this problem before with other sellers?

Answer: It is not our intention to make purchase difficult. However, as per credit card requirements, in order for us, seller, to be protected against chargeback or fraud claims, we must either; 1) ship to credit card billing address, and receive positive confirmation from AVS system. Or, 2) have on file customer's signature on invoice, picture of driver license. We also need to match signature on back of credit card to signature on invoice. Due to some number of stolen credit cards, and claims of fraud, we must follow above requirements to avoid financial loses due to high cost of our products.

Question: What is a pre-authorization charge for an online order?

Answer: When you place an order, BoatsToGo.com credit card processor contacts the issuing bank to confirm the validity of the payment method. Your bank reserves the funds until the entire transaction processes or the authorization expires, but this isn't an actual charge. It will show as PENDING on your card statement until fully processes. If transaction is voided, pre-authorization will be removed from your account according to the policies of your bank. To remove an authorization, contact your bank to clarify how long they hold authorizations for online orders.

Click Here for more information about our Shipping Policy.

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