GovdealsReviews of govdeals.com

I have two huge issues with govdeals.com - 1. They charged me sales taxes on internet purchases that were shipped to my home in a non-sales tax state, and they failed to respond to my requests for refunds on two purchases in which I was illegally charged a sales tax 2. I discovered that in some cases, municipalities have a govdeals.com employee take the photos of the vehicles being sold by a municipality. I was advises this by the contact person on a vehicle I bid on. Why is this a problem? It is NOT in they buyers' interest for the auction site to be taking and uploading the photos for any item for sale, where the photographer can take more favorable views of an item, potentially hiding issues that may otherwise result in items either not being bid on, or having lower bids. In my case, I won a bid on a car which looked pristine - upon arrival to pick the car up, the car was so far from how it appeared on the ad, I thought they brought out the wrong car. I suggest that NO ONE bid on any car with govdeals.com that can't be seen in advance. Will NEVER do business with govdeals.com again.

I’m writing this review because I genuinely believed this was a legitimate government surplus auction platform. While some listings may come from government entities, many vehicles are posted by private sellers, and that is not made clear upfront. Sellers use official-sounding names like “government surplus,” list public-looking addresses, and only after payment do you find out you’re dealing with a private individual who asks you to meet at a house, parking lot, or random location. There is little to no transparency, no seller ratings or reviews, and no meaningful checks and balances. Vehicles are often misrepresented in the listing (for example: claiming no warning lights or mechanical issues), and once payment is made, buyers are told the sale is “as-is” and are left without support, even in cases of clear misrepresentation. This platform protects sellers, not buyers. If you are considering purchasing a high-ticket item like a vehicle, please do extreme due diligence and understand that private sellers can list here with minimal oversight. Buyer beware — what looks like a reputable government site can turn into a very costly mistake.

I have been watching the auctions on this site for many years and recently was interested in bidding on a Honda Civic (VIN 19XFB2F87CE022442) that is listed on their site. I ran a VIN check and discovered the odometer has been rolled back on the vehicle and the title is branded (per the state DMV). Numerous other potential bidders have since posted in the Q&A about the same issues. The seller is Liquidity Services which is GovDeals own liquidation arm. They have replied that they didn't know about the rollback or branding, but even after it was pointed out, repeatedly, the listing was never corrected. The vehicle has now been re-listed about a half dozen times and the listing still says accurate odometer and clean title - neither of which is true. Buyer beware.

The use of a 3rd party to handle payments is nothing more than an avenue for Govdeals to deflect accountability for the slow, painstaking process that buyers must endure for all purchases over $5k.

Purchased a caterpillar rock truck from them. In the pictures it had very good tires. When I received the truck they had removed 4 of the 6 tires post auction and replaced them with junk tires. These tires cost almost 10k a piece to replace. I've tried to work with govdeals on getting some reimbursement but they will not even communicate. Maybe they will talk to my lawyer and the judge since they committed fraud and theft.

I bought a trailer from a municipality and as normal paid for it before I could get it. I drove 7 hours to get it and it was junk, frame twisted, flat tire on 1 wheel, loaded with scrap metal stuff and this was just the part I could see. I refused it and called the municipality, and the guy was great, said he was not aware of the condition and I could refuse it. I drove back home empty handed. I contacted Gov Deals by email and they said they would assist me with the refund. I was directed to Flywire (the new payment department representing Gov Deals) and started my claim for refund. After 10 emails, sending my payment verification papers 4 times and over 5 weeks later, as of this email I've still got nothing. The amount I paid was $1,265.65. I've bought from Gov Deals for over 10 years and probably spent upwards of $100K on "stuff" but never had an issue with them in the past. NOW I'm getting screwed and Gov Deals just keeps referring me to Flywire. I just read some reviews on this site and from what I read, it's all to about business and not about customer service. it's time to stop doing business with them. Hate to do this but I'm adding my review. I paid with a wire transfer and once it's sent from my bank to them, it's gone, cannot get it reversed! The date is 10/27/2025, my claim started 09/22/2025 and still nothing. It's buyer BEWARE!!!!

Gov deals is so shady if the vehicle is bad bad rusted out I'm talking bad they will hide them pictures of all the bad stuff especially if it's got low miles on it because I know that they don't show that bad stuff and all the rusted frames and everything on them with low miles that will get top dollar they got me good real good sad about hundreds of thousand dollars with the vehicles up from these people there's got to be the worst they've ever done me that's because it had real low miles on it and they knew they could scam somebody this place should be looked into for deceiving people I don't think it's right should be against the law I'm checking into a lawyer right now to see if I can do anything to them about this cuz I paid so much for the vehicle and I got I flat out got ripped off sick the truck was not even useable it should have been taken to the scrap yard because of the rest was so bad severe on the vehicle they should not even been selling this thing like they did they did it basically just to rip people off lied about the pictures it all the bad stuff shady shady people don't buy from them

After running Automotive lots and buying for dealerships, I have never been lied to as much as gov deals. The cars were not described correctly, in writing, gov deals will not refund my money for 1 example a rusted completely Toyota FJ body frame and all. Gov deals is a generator for traffic and sales with NO intent to take care of buyers… please stay away from this so called auction company Take it from a guy that spent my life in the automotive business.