Local paper ran a story the other day about how propertyroom.com is this amazing outlet for seized property, auctioned to the public, no regard for value, just get it out of the local constabulary's evidence locker type outlet.
My brother, a cop, read this, logged on, found a series of auctions for "velocita" pocket bikes, all with an opening bid of $119. He called me. I checked it out, did a quick search on the net, and saw that these velocita bikes are selling for ~$150.
The one thing that concerned me for a second was the shipping and handling noted in the auction - also $119. Funny coincidence, that. I read the auction twice, even pulled up their pop-up description of the auction terms to double check. I was convinced that the selling price included the $119 shipping and handling since all other vendors of the same item only charge less than $50 for shipping the same item. Stupid me.
So I bid on one. In 24 hours, I've won the auction, and my confirmation notice is the first communication that I get that spells out that the winning bid is $119, and the shipping and handling will be added on in my final bill. Still no complete bottom line communicated.
I'm suspiscious after the auction winning confirmation, so I contact the seller, who, by the way isn't actually a police force property room, but just some vendor... don't get me started. They confirm for the first time that the bill would actually be $238. They sense the disappointment in my voice and ask if I want to cancel the order. I say yes. Seems like I dodged the bullet there..
I go back to propertyroom.com and find their "contact us" web form. I leave them this message:
Maybe I was an idiot for falling for this shady auction. Tell me if you think I was. I don't care. What I want people to know is that propertyroom.com is a bunch of sneaky bastards, and you need to think about all the weasel-like things that a vendor might pull before you enter into any auction transactions with them.
My brother, a cop, read this, logged on, found a series of auctions for "velocita" pocket bikes, all with an opening bid of $119. He called me. I checked it out, did a quick search on the net, and saw that these velocita bikes are selling for ~$150.
The one thing that concerned me for a second was the shipping and handling noted in the auction - also $119. Funny coincidence, that. I read the auction twice, even pulled up their pop-up description of the auction terms to double check. I was convinced that the selling price included the $119 shipping and handling since all other vendors of the same item only charge less than $50 for shipping the same item. Stupid me.
So I bid on one. In 24 hours, I've won the auction, and my confirmation notice is the first communication that I get that spells out that the winning bid is $119, and the shipping and handling will be added on in my final bill. Still no complete bottom line communicated.
I'm suspiscious after the auction winning confirmation, so I contact the seller, who, by the way isn't actually a police force property room, but just some vendor... don't get me started. They confirm for the first time that the bill would actually be $238. They sense the disappointment in my voice and ask if I want to cancel the order. I say yes. Seems like I dodged the bullet there..
I go back to propertyroom.com and find their "contact us" web form. I leave them this message:
They reply with this trite little ditty:my message to propertyroom.com said:
I fired off this response:propertyroom.com support bastards said:
So that's where I am. I have no idea which organization would have charged my credit card, but I'll be damned if I give either of them a cent.banda's pissed off response to propertyroom.com said:
Maybe I was an idiot for falling for this shady auction. Tell me if you think I was. I don't care. What I want people to know is that propertyroom.com is a bunch of sneaky bastards, and you need to think about all the weasel-like things that a vendor might pull before you enter into any auction transactions with them.