Our Story
Our History
Max Marine Electronics is a South Florida based business that specializes in putting used, refurbished, and new-old-stock parts in the hands of boaters who need them. Max Stein, owner and founder, turned a lifelong passion boating and a knack for understanding marine electronics and boat systems into a successful business.
Max Marine Electronics was initially established as an eBay business November 2011, operating out of a spare bedroom. Max Marine has since branched out to incorporate two e-commerce sites, over 25 employees, and a 15,000 sq ft facility that serves as home base for operations. Max Marine Electronics has quickly become the worldwide go-to company for boat owners, installers, and captains in search of hard-to-find, obsolete parts and high-quality used marine electronics.
The Max Marine Difference
We believe in treating our customers fairly and honestly. Our goal is to build trusting relationships with you, our customer.
We will only sell you what you need and will do our best to help you extend the life of your marine electronics. We want you to be our customer and we want you to rave about Max Marine Electronics.
To earn that privilege, we understand the importance of consistently providing our customers with quality customer service, speedy delivery, and dependable, pre-owned marine electronics they can count on and afford!
This is all made possible by employing a solution-minded staff, with integrity, that is well versed in product functionality, compatibility, and repair.
The Facility
Our facility is the heart of our operation – we built our warehouse from the ground up. From design to completion, we focused on creating a space built specifically for the needs of Max Marine Electronics.
Our facility is fully air conditioned – this ensures our equipment stays in tip top shape and our employees can perform their jobs in comfort. Much like a bowrider will never make a good offshore fishing machine, it is difficult to take a cookie cutter warehouse and turn it into a cutting-edge facility for a unique business.
The Operation
The used electronics we sell are acquired through partnerships with installers, boatyards, marinas, and boat owners. The new electronics we sell are acquired through liquidations of manufacturers, distributors, boatbuilders, and other marine businesses. When any equipment arrives at our facility, each individual item goes through a comprehensive evaluation process.
Used electronics are fully bench tested on a live test setup that emulates a normal installation on a vessel. This is done to be sure that the unit not only powers on, but that all input/output ports function properly. During this testing process, software updates are performed and any issues we find are addressed and resolved by our NMEA-certified technicians. Once testing is complete, the items go through a thorough detailing process. The photos of our used units are of the actual unit you are buying in operation. After all these steps, the unit is finally ready to be listed for sale. If we are unable to test an item, we make this clear in our listing as to not mislead our buyers, please be aware of this and read the descriptions we provide to avoid any confusion. All the inventory that is listed and in-stock on our website is physically here in our facility – we do not drop ship – if it shows in stock on the website, we have it here and can ship it, in most instances, within 1 business day.
The Future
As marine electronics manufacturers continuously update their lineups and in doing so, continue to create incompatibilities and obsolescence, there will always be a place for us.
We are rooted in the idea that not every boater wants to shell out thousands when a piece of equipment fails, and as the manufacturers continue to reduce the service lifespans of obsolete units, there will only be a growing need for businesses like ours. Who can you turn to and trust, when the manufacturer no longer supports a product? To Max Marine Electronics of course.
We are currently developing a second facility here in Pompano Beach to allow for our continued growth. We are excited to see what the future holds.
