GovdealsReviews of govdeals.com

Horrible company.. They scammed me, too.. ZERO Customer service.

Terrible company! I have purchased over 6k worth of items on this site with one purchase. I was bidding on an item and it had listed pick up only but wasn't in a spot on the listing to where you could see it clearly. I won the bid and they asked for payment. It was a piece of gold and I stated I am sorry I didn't see where it said pick up only. I live in Florida and the item was in New York. I obviously wasn't going to drive there for a $500 item. They locked my account and suspended me because of this one mistake. They want $1480 dollars! To unlock my account they say its a default fee! HAHAHA I literally laughed at them! I have asked them many times to unlock my account since I want to purchase more items and they refused! This is not the way you get more bidders! They care about their sellers more than their customers! They need to have a second chance program on little mistakes like this! It's 1 strike and you are out with them! BIDDER BEWARE!

why DMV let GovDeal cover all these deals connecting consomers to seller , covering there scames , odometers discapency , fake titles , salvage titles , flood vehicles ?????

Vehicle was mispresented by municpality not disclosing transmission issue. When I attempted to get n extension on their toll free line, "alli' was like talking to a robot.

Very misleading...anyone can sell on this site and most of the items are absolute junk....the company's customer service is operated like a repo towing office...short attitudes, no customer service, and a general lack of concern. Do not think you are bidding on actual government surplus or items for 1 second

To those of you and myself that have a bidding number on Govdeals you should read the hundreds of negative reviews before bidding and my advice if you decide to bid too. I had heard some horror stories of some online auctions but never believed Govdeals was anything but a reliable source to get a good deal on used vehicles. I've purchase other items even three vehicles local to where I lived in another state and had a positive experience, I guess adding other affiliates has worn down their good reputation. Last November was my first experience in Oklahoma of bidding on a vehicle in this area but the vehicle wasn't in the possession of Govdeals but with (Sierra auctions) The location of this vehicle was in Dallas Texas. A 2006 Honda with low miles was a charity acquisition I had also won a second vehicle. Well sort of; I paid online then picked up the Honda because it was running, brought it home and began right away with body work and basic maintenance items. The other vehicle although paid for, I didn't return to pick it up because of a difficulting in getting a trailer to bring it home. It wouldn't start and run on site and that was just the opposite of the auctions description and so they reversed the purchase of that vehicle and then relisted it.. I thought because the brakes made noise, I figured it needed brakes replaced so I bought some brakes but when I took the wheels off to change I found out it was just rusted callipers and disks, I cleaned and lubricated those and reassembled. Then returned the brakes for a refund. Two things I am eternally thankful for; 1 not buying tires and 2 using a credit card for the purchase. Here's why; A week after I they received the funds I was contacted about how to title the vehicle. Thinking the title was on its way to me I began restoring and fixing the vehicle, it would start and drive but a check engine light was on. I spent about 80 hours detailing the engine compartment making it look new again, replacing a broken tail lights, oil and filter changes, a breather hose on the fuel body. Little did I know that after 11 weeks and many, many futile attempts on my part to contact Sierra auctions they simply ignored phone calls and emails all my attempts to get a title ending in failure. By the last week of December I made two last attempts; calls and emails to Gov deals and Sierra auctions telling them my patience was at an end, that I planned to get the transaction canceled, my warning also fell on def ears. I gave it 2 more weeks hoping that would get their attention, futilely, I watched my mailbox daily. Apparently not! I resigned and contacted my credit card company and asked that they reverse the purchase and why I had decided on that action. They apparently had either heard my story before or did their own investigation as well as notify Sierra of my complaint. After a couple of weeks of waiting they too agreed that I'd been scammed and reversed the transaction. Money I spent bringing it home and work and repairs I did to it since bringing it home I even filled the tank with fuel. Chocking this experience up to my educational expenses. I await perhaps futilely for Sierra to contact me now and come get the car. If anyone here needs some gas I will gladly allow them to syphon some from the tank. I pan on filling my gas cans but there are twenty gallons of fuel I purchased 2 months ago in it.

Govdeals.com IS NOT GOVERNMENT SALES ONLY. Scammers, towing companies, and dealers selling illegal vehicles - many that will not pass state inspection for emissions. AND GOVDEALS knows this. How you ask? I've reported a bunch of "dealers" to them and GOVDEALS does absolutely NOTHING. Take your money elsewhere, unless you can lose what you put in it.

This is just the beginning of my plans to blow the whistle on these scumbags. It starts from the top down. My first issue was buying a Chevy Suburban from a city in TN. The advertised vehicle had many pictures etc. The vehicle I received looked like it was parked in a swamp vs what they advertised. The pictures of the vehicle were taken YEARS ago which means it was an intentional scam. I've been in the automotive business for 30 years and have never seen anything like it. Of course, govdeals was on ZERO help after I sent them multiple photos of what I received for a vehicle. The second issue is after buying a pickup truck in AZ, they sent me an invoice that included tax, AND a tax for their rip-off buyer premium - I've never paid TAX to govdeals for any of the vehicles I purchased in hte past. I pay that at the DMV. Not only are they trying to charge tax, it's the WRONG percentage of tax (too high) So far I can't get past the punch dummy who takes their phone calls for the so-called "customer service" Who reads a script for answers Does anyone here think that the State of CT (my State) would get ONE DIME of that collected "tax money" I HIGHLY doubt it - So this is a new thing they're trying to pull. So between "buyer premium" (now taxes) and other fees you can add about 20% to your total purchase. NOT HAPPENING I'm going to take this -tax fraud- (in imo) a LONG WAY and with a very loud whistle