Hi everyone,
I never thought I would be one of "those people" who wrote in how they were scammed for a large amount of money. Generally, I do not fall for ANY scams, but it appears, it must have been my off day when I got scammed on this one!
I was looking for some consumer electronics to sell over November and December and found this website: www.surplus.net. I am not sure whether surplus.net in general is bad, but I am sure that "Direct Source 411" found listed on surplus.net IS bad.
Actually, I was scammed by one of the VERY owners of Chicago Liquidation Distributors! Or, atleast, he told me he was one of the major shareholders. He claimed to own 20% of Chicago Liquidation Distributors and informed me he had several "affiliates" selling his product for him online. One of those affiliates is "Direct Source 411".
I guess what got me duped was just the irresistable sound of the deal. Before I started putting my thinking cap on, I had already bought and paid. Usually, I sit back and ask myself if I checked it out thoroughly enough, but this day was definitely my OFF day.
He told me I was buying a truckload of consumer electronics, 75% of which was good quality (standard for chain store returns) and that I was guaranteed to double my money on it, possibly quadruple. He further noted that it was a reduced price of $5000 S&H. Seeing his claim was it was for $35,000 worth of wholesale product, I was very interested.
A side note: It IS possible to get GOOD product at even similar prices. I know this, as I already buy it from one company that is good. So, it is not a far fetched deal, as some of you might think. It would be an error on your part to think such a deal does not exist, as I just bought just as much from a GOOD company for about $9600. And its SOLID product, unlike what I bought here from this scoundrel!
Well, this guy screwed me by sending me about 50% or more PURE WASTE. What I mean is items that look like they were in a truck wreck, dropped off something high, hit by a fork lift, dropped off a bridge, REALLY REALLY BAD stuff.
Some of it was "OK" by the most hopeful expectations, but much of it was PURE JUNK. Some of the TVs I got were so bad that EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS wrote "junk-out" on them, meaning they are BEYOND SALVAGABLE.
NOTE, he agreed to send me SALVAGE PRODUCT. Atleast HALF of what he sent me is NON-SALVAGABLE PRODUCT. This is directly the OPPOSITE of what I bought.
To give you a better picture. Non-Salvable product is SO BAD that you have to PAY TO GET RID OF IT!!!
Yes, you have to get a dumpster, or higher someone to "clean up the mess" per-se. So, its not even worth $0 dollars. It is NEGATIVE DOLLARS!
So, now, I have bunch of CRAP stored on pallets in a warehouse where I pay $100 bucks a month for it. Atleast HALF of it is pure crap, so I am paying atleast $50 a month for garbage being stored. NEGATIVE MONEY!
So, as you can imagine, I am PISSED OFF!!! I did not loose $5000 bucks, but $15,000 bucks in my book, seeing I have lost about two weeks of time when I could have been selling GOOD PRODUCT!
So, I lost out on Opportunity costs, along with just the money I spent on it and FURTHER I have to pay to throw the crap away!
If I was lucky, I MIGHT be able to get my $5000 back by selling something in it. BUT, by the time I did this, I would be totally negative in man hours, time lost, storage, etc. I would be in the RED probably another $5000!!!
So, it would almost be better for me to rummage through a junk yard than to have this product. And, I would never rummage through a junk yard.
Solution:
I intend on following this "rip off" report and EITHER:
1. Get my money completely back.
2. OR, make sure this company looses atleast $20,000 in some way, shape or form (that is legal).
Of course, if this company is "wise" they would just give my money back. But, they have already refused that when I recinded the bank transfer and they would not allow for the money to go back to my account.
SO, IF YOU ARE READING THIS CHICAGO LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTORS. I will make it my mission to make sure you either give me my money back, or you loose about $20,000 worth of business. Either one would suffice in my book. Possibly, I could get the police to investigate you, if I get you in the local paper. We shall see what works. But, either way, I will get what I want. I always do.
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