"per govdeals terms i sent a money order (MO) for $1000 to remove bidding limitations. they cashed my MO and stated it wasn't received. my information was clearly written on the MO along with payees info and notes in the memo stating it was a refundable probation deposit. customer service said they didnt receive it and needed proof. so apparently they have morons working in their accounting department that cash MO's without looking at the information on the MO and giving credit to the issuer. smartly i ket my copy of the receipt or else they would just keep my money even though the serial number on the MO shows it had been cashed. This MO has been cashed weeks ago, i already emailed them a photo copy of the receipt and still call them every day to ask the status and why is my money being held hostage. customer service states accounting hasn't gotten back to them and noone can speak to them because they work at home remotely and there are no managers to speak to either. i'm infuriated that a big state liquidator like govdeals and its employees conduct business in this manner. the money order i sent was to be held in a separate account for 60 days and refunded back to me. This is not their money, i do not owe them anything so why are they stealing my money! i will be contacting the states attorney, filing a police report for theft, and taking these clowns to civil court. i have won govdeals auctions, paid for and picked up items from sellers on govdeals without any problems. the problem is when you send them money to bypass their probation tier limits. in conclusion. DONT TRUST GOVDEALS WHEN SENDING A DEPOSIT. THEY WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY. "
"Bought a 2015 f-250 the description said, great maintenance records, only needs a tune up. But in reality it had a broken valve, the seller knew it because when It arrived it had new coils new sparkplugs and a new mas air sensor oh there was also "No Maintenance records' I got in touch with the seller they said contact govdeals when I contacted them they said it was on the seller. They lied in the product description as there was more details i left out praising this truck. I bought it based on the lies they provided. Now I'm 10k in a truck that needs 5k of work done just to be able to drive it!
JP Auto Wholesalers
Contact: Justin Pedrick
Phone: 18006130156
Email: ****@****
Address: 15136 Peach Orchard Rd
Brooksville, FL 34614-2980 is who sold it through govdeals"
"The sellers on govdeals literally act like cops the way they write their "sellers terms". We all should get as many people as we can to bid on as many items as possible and outbid everyone then simply refuse payment. I mean were not going to use them anymore anyway and if we can cause them a little aggravation why not?"
"No reserve auctions and need sellers approval....biggest joke ever!!!"
"Trash Double Trash worst experience ever "
"Recently I won few NO RESERVE auctions. But instead of allowing me to pay, I received "PENDING SELLER'S APPROVAL" email and coue of days later "SELLER NOT WILLING TO SELL AT THAT PRICE". Just to clarify.. these are NO RESERVE LISTINGS I am talking. I understand of they don't want to sell a reserve NOT MET listing, I get that.. but again, we are talking about NO RESERVE lostings. When I told GovDeals, if you dont want to sell why don't you list them as RESERVE auctions? Their answer was "DON'T TELL US HOW TO RUN OUR BUSINESS". That's very bad..."
"GOVDEALS IS A MONOPOLY, THEIR POLICY RULES ONLY PROTECT THEM AND MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR BUYERS TO SUE THEM FOR ILLICIT PRACTICES, THEY ARE KNOWN FOR UNFAIR PRACTICES, THEY WILL BLOCK YOUR ACCOUNT AND MAKE YOU PAY A HEFTY FINE, AND THEY DO NOT GET INVOLVED WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE BETWEEN BUYER AND MUNICIPALITY SELLING ITEMS, IF THAT HAPPENS THE MUNICIPALITY WILL JUST CANCELL YOUR ACCOUNT , SO NO IT IS NOT LIKE EBAY, WHO WILL INTERCEDED FOR THE BUYER IF HE GETS SCAMMED. ALSO GOVDEALS MAKES ALOT OF EXCEPTIONS FOR SOME BUYERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BUY ALOT, GOVDEALS WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPEN NEW ACCOUNTS AND LETS THEM BID AND BUY EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE HAD THEIR PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS CANCELLED . AND NO ONE CAN COMPLAINT OR SUE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE BASICALLY THE ONLINE AUCTION SERVICES THAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING AND THEIR POLICIES ARE VERY WELL ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO BE UNTOUCHABLES. BUYER BEWARE."
"I bought items for years,always item that you buy,isn't described correct,You pay,get item,keys are lost,item has conditions,that agency forgot to mention. GovDeals will say,that they just provide site,to sell,and you must take up with listing agency,and they pass,back and forth. So if you want waste money,and buy a tax bought item,that's junk,this site is for you. Be advised,GovDeal,will always have the "Pay,or we'll block you" warning. On ready,as if it's a concern,there's plenty other honest web auctions."
"I have used Govdeals for 4 years, bought roughly 30 vehicles and have ALWAYS paid. They had a system Error on their auction, which they don't tell buyers people about.
I did not know this and they want to charge me for the vehicle, which I did not want and absolutely no one at Govdeals will help you.
I have sent 3 emails with screenshots.
Zero help.
The seller didn't have any problem and cancelled, but Govdeals just wants your money and doesn't give a damn about loyal customers.
They pass the buck. Don't buy from them. Period."
"GOV. Deals is the worst experience I ever had buying a vehicle. The person that sold me this ambulance clearly lied about several things in the description and Gov deals refused to do anything even tho there is a clear warranty about the description. I feel left out in the cold. The only trust I had was the description warrenty which was not honored. The description states the air blows cold, it does not. The description states that the tires are in good shape. I had to have one tire changed out before I left for Tampa from Davie, a 4 hour drive. There are three more tires that are at the end of life. The Owner answered another prospective buyers question as to, Is there any rust? The answer was no, but there is plenty of rust. I will never use gov deals again and I will be spreading the word."
"Just awful business! I won 41 iphones, that looked good in the pictures and even had pictures of unlocked phones and app availability. Come to find out, 1k later, about 34 of them werre dead half of those having cracked screens. And of the about 7 that would turn on, all were user locked with some employees apple IDs. Wtheck. Both the company and govdeals.com refused to help. Shameful. "
"I have purchased several vehicles from Gov deals and had pretty good luck. And customer service has been great. Expect the last two people i have spoken with have been downright rude!! The last one was not as bad as the prior. But I did tell them both they were very rude. If they worked me and talked to a customer as they did me; I would fire them on the spot. No question. "
"'Took my payment via electronic transfer but somehow did not post it correctly. Contacted "customer service" 6 times with no resolution and no attempt even made to resolve the issue with accounting. Contacted accounting directly after 6 days with zero response. Finally had to have the seller who was very understanding to intervene. Be prepared to be frustrated if you choose to buy though this outfit. "
"Everything depends on the seller, as if it was a private sale. Within ten acquisitions, you will run into a rogue seller, and that’s when Govdeals steps in to defend them, with the deadly forty percent default charge. You can buy a vehicle online, and go to pick it up, and find out it’s not the vehicle you bid on. If the seller is sleazy enough, as was a Tennessee sheriff I bought from, you can even be threatened with arrest. Will Govdeals step in? Yes. To defend the seller, and help them defraud you. This dog bites without a warning."
"In a word, TERRIBLE!
I bought a school bus through their website this summer. The seller, Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma WA used what I would call bait and switch selling tactics. As a result, after researching school buses for nearly a month and putting all my eggs in this one basket for getting this one specific school bus (And consequently foregoing the chance to buy any other school buses for this season.) working 3 weeks to arrange for an out of state relative with a CDL to pickup the bus for me, I was horrified to greet a bus nothing like the glamorous pictures posted on the Govdeals website. It
The vehicle had been stripped of thousands worth of items that were clearly pictured on the Govdeals website and NOT specified for removal (Unlike the worthless items like decals, crossbar, etc. that were described as to be removed). The school district ripped me off. I obviously went crying to Govdeals for some sort of mediation or assistance and they just either ignored me or just said to go discuss it with the seller myself. They do absolutely nothing for the buyer besides take their 10% from them. Terrible customer service (If you could even define what they do as customer service).
If you want to get potentially ripped off then use Govdeals. Don't think that you can be careful and look at all the pictures and description because you most likely will get something MUCH worse and different than pictured and described. This is EXACTLY what happened to me! Not to mention the bus that I had picked up, upon pickup was well over 100 miles more than even the odometer reading description on Govdeals. Basically cannot trust Govdeals to hold their sellers to any sort of honest standard for description and selling!
A nightmare of an experience buying with them and the seller, Franklin Pierce School District of course didn't refund me a cent although I asked to negotiate a partial refund. They just flatly refused. Of course they would as there is no one forcing them to adhere to any sort of rules whatsoever!
Do yourself a favor and look somewhere else besides Govdeals to buy your needed items."