Found 33 ft searay boat on craigslist san francisco for sale by vintonauto sales&consignement checked them out ( or so i thought i did) on google yahoo etc seemed to be legitamate. spoke by email to the so called owner aggreed a price then spoke to vinton regarding payment and delivery by email and phone again seemed legite. sent monet on 4/19/2017 (yes i guess i am stupid) i am in the retail buisness and people from all over the country wire me money or send checks for my products every week. was told boat would be delivered on 4/26/2017 then got email delivery was delayed until 4/28/2017 nothing arrived. finally i got a email on 5/1/2017 saying the boat was in a accident and my money would be refunded within 48 hours max .4 days later nothing no replies to my emails .NOW I NOW I GOT RIPPED OFF!!! WHAT EVER YOU DO DO NOT DO BUISNESS WITH THEESE GUYS THEY LOOK SO PROFESSIONAL WITH THEIR WEB SITE ETC THEY ARE NOT . PEOPLE LIKE THIS NEED TO GO TO JAIL
I saw a boat for sale on Craigslist and contacted the seller. I did not receive a response for a couple of weeks but was eventually contacted by the seller of the boat saying that my email had gone to her junk mail and that the boat was still for sale. This should have raised a flag as it was a near perfect boat at a very reasonable price and would not be on the market very long.
She told me that it was actually being sold through Vintonauto Consignment and Sales located in Atlanta Georgia but I could have the boat delivered up to 1,000 miles free of charge. Also, I could refuse the boat after inspecting it if it did not meet my expectations and I would not be charge the transportation cost and would get a fast refund.
I contacted Vintonauto through email on their website as they did not answer their phone after being put on their call waiting system for 10 minutes. They provide on-line chat to answer any questions and a very easy way to set up a wire transfer to their bank in Florida to a company with a different name than Vintonauto.
Obviously, this all seemed too good to be true so I did a little research before I proceeded. I could not find any information on Google search for Vintonauto other than the comments on this site. If you go directly to their web site, "Vintonauto.com" you will see great reviews about the company and process. All looks good but again, no informaion about the company on Google.
I contacted the buyer to ask more about Vintonauto and offered to meet her in Atlanta to reveiw the boat there and review the title to ensure that everything was all good. She said that I was accusing her of lying but I stated that this would not cost her anything and actually potentially save her a shipping cost. After that exchange she would not return my emails and she would never provide me a phone number so that I could talk direct with her.
I have also tried to reach out to Vinton Auto to see if I could come look at the boat and all of the paper work to ensure that the lady that I was talking to had clear title to the boat. They have not answered any of my emails.
There were several indications that this could be a scam but when a person is excited about getting a good deal for something that they have been looking to buy for a period of time, some of the caution falls by the wayside. Please be careful if you have a similar experience. Like Craigslist states on their website, 99% of most scams can be avoided by meeting in person and verifying the item, clear title, etc.
I hope that this helps as this site save me a lot of money.
I have been trying to buy a motorhome from Vinton Auto Consignment and Sales for over a week now. They are supposedly in Nashville, TN, I live near Dallas, TX. The only way I could contact them was via email thru a Craigslist ad. They have a very professional appearing website, but guess what -- the only working phone number is 855-624-3291 and it is never answered live, only a message asking you to contact them via email or chat. I repetedly asked to talk to a live person, but no, they don't do live conversations, they are always hiding behind email and chat.
They wanted me to wire them $19500 online to buy the motorhome, but they refused to talk to me live. I have until 7 pm tomorrow (May 3, 2017) to pay them for the motorhome per a contract agreement they sent me. So I gave them the ultimate benefit of the doubt, and told them (via chat of course!) I would fly in tomorrow and pay cash for it -- all I need is their address and I'll see them at lunch.
That created all kinds of panic with them, they didn't know how to reply to that. The bottom line is they can't do a live sale in person, they want me to wire them the money, trust them, and then when the wire payment has cleared, they will delivery the motorhome to me. No thanks, what a load of poop!
The motorhome they claimed to be selling is a 1988 Airstream 345 with 37,000 miles on it. VIN # is 1GBKP37W8K3303534. They claim the unit only has 37,000 miles on it. A motorhome does exist with this VIN number, but it has 137,000 miles on it according to Carfax.
Bottomline for me, they were dishonest in misrepresenting the condition of the motorhome, they wanted me to pay for it without ever talking with me about it in person, or without me ever seeing it before I owned it. Seriously, I doubt they even have such a motorhome.
Rules of the road on buying online -- never buy something without seing it, never trust someone who only wants to make a deal with you online, and refuses to talk to you in person.
In my experience Vinton Auto and Consignment Sales is BAD NEWS!! Stay away from them!!
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Found 33 ft searay boat on craigslist san francisco for sale by vintonauto sales&consignement checked them out ( or so i thought i did) on google yahoo etc seemed to be legitamate. spoke by email to the so called owner aggreed a price then spoke to vinton regarding payment and delivery by email and phone again seemed legite. sent monet on 4/19/2017 (yes i guess i am stupid) i am in the retail buisness and people from all over the country wire me money or send checks for my products every week. was told boat would be delivered on 4/26/2017 then got email delivery was delayed until 4/28/2017 nothing arrived. finally i got a email on 5/1/2017 saying the boat was in a accident and my money would be refunded within 48 hours max .4 days later nothing no replies to my emails .NOW I NOW I GOT RIPPED OFF!!! WHAT EVER YOU DO DO NOT DO BUISNESS WITH THEESE GUYS THEY LOOK SO PROFESSIONAL WITH THEIR WEB SITE ETC THEY ARE NOT . PEOPLE LIKE THIS NEED TO GO TO JAIL
I saw a boat for sale on Craigslist and contacted the seller. I did not receive a response for a couple of weeks but was eventually contacted by the seller of the boat saying that my email had gone to her junk mail and that the boat was still for sale. This should have raised a flag as it was a near perfect boat at a very reasonable price and would not be on the market very long.
She told me that it was actually being sold through Vintonauto Consignment and Sales located in Atlanta Georgia but I could have the boat delivered up to 1,000 miles free of charge. Also, I could refuse the boat after inspecting it if it did not meet my expectations and I would not be charge the transportation cost and would get a fast refund.
I contacted Vintonauto through email on their website as they did not answer their phone after being put on their call waiting system for 10 minutes. They provide on-line chat to answer any questions and a very easy way to set up a wire transfer to their bank in Florida to a company with a different name than Vintonauto.
Obviously, this all seemed too good to be true so I did a little research before I proceeded. I could not find any information on Google search for Vintonauto other than the comments on this site. If you go directly to their web site, "Vintonauto.com" you will see great reviews about the company and process. All looks good but again, no informaion about the company on Google.
I contacted the buyer to ask more about Vintonauto and offered to meet her in Atlanta to reveiw the boat there and review the title to ensure that everything was all good. She said that I was accusing her of lying but I stated that this would not cost her anything and actually potentially save her a shipping cost. After that exchange she would not return my emails and she would never provide me a phone number so that I could talk direct with her.
I have also tried to reach out to Vinton Auto to see if I could come look at the boat and all of the paper work to ensure that the lady that I was talking to had clear title to the boat. They have not answered any of my emails.
There were several indications that this could be a scam but when a person is excited about getting a good deal for something that they have been looking to buy for a period of time, some of the caution falls by the wayside. Please be careful if you have a similar experience. Like Craigslist states on their website, 99% of most scams can be avoided by meeting in person and verifying the item, clear title, etc.
I hope that this helps as this site save me a lot of money.
I have been trying to buy a motorhome from Vinton Auto Consignment and Sales for over a week now. They are supposedly in Nashville, TN, I live near Dallas, TX. The only way I could contact them was via email thru a Craigslist ad. They have a very professional appearing website, but guess what -- the only working phone number is 855-624-3291 and it is never answered live, only a message asking you to contact them via email or chat. I repetedly asked to talk to a live person, but no, they don't do live conversations, they are always hiding behind email and chat.
They wanted me to wire them $19500 online to buy the motorhome, but they refused to talk to me live. I have until 7 pm tomorrow (May 3, 2017) to pay them for the motorhome per a contract agreement they sent me. So I gave them the ultimate benefit of the doubt, and told them (via chat of course!) I would fly in tomorrow and pay cash for it -- all I need is their address and I'll see them at lunch.
That created all kinds of panic with them, they didn't know how to reply to that. The bottom line is they can't do a live sale in person, they want me to wire them the money, trust them, and then when the wire payment has cleared, they will delivery the motorhome to me. No thanks, what a load of poop!
The motorhome they claimed to be selling is a 1988 Airstream 345 with 37,000 miles on it. VIN # is 1GBKP37W8K3303534. They claim the unit only has 37,000 miles on it. A motorhome does exist with this VIN number, but it has 137,000 miles on it according to Carfax.
Bottomline for me, they were dishonest in misrepresenting the condition of the motorhome, they wanted me to pay for it without ever talking with me about it in person, or without me ever seeing it before I owned it. Seriously, I doubt they even have such a motorhome.
Rules of the road on buying online -- never buy something without seing it, never trust someone who only wants to make a deal with you online, and refuses to talk to you in person.
In my experience Vinton Auto and Consignment Sales is BAD NEWS!! Stay away from them!!