At first Kevin Preble came across as a very nice, professional businessman. He was down to earth and in fact almost a pleasure to work with in the beginning. Things quickly turned however, and unfortunately the entire experience with Mr. Preble and Wine Buyers Purchasing group, his organization, was nothing short of my worst nightmare and I GREATLY REGRET doing business with this man. Things seemed a little odd after we reached an agreed amount for my collection (very low compared to market value) mainly as a result of his ruthless low-balling efforts, and then months passed before he contacted us to move the transaction forward. Then nearly half a year later he said was ready to have the wine shipped and send the funds. Before doing so though he claimed he had made a "terrible miscalculation" when originally valuing the wine and had overestimated its worth. He proceeded to claim that a further reduction in price was necessary and only after numerous unsuccessful attempts to lower the purchase price, did he finally say he would honor his original word. He recommended a company to use for "safe and secure" transaction to make sure neither party was wronged. Well, we soon discovered this was part of his overall modus operandi to swindle innocent folks out of their wine and the money he said he would pay for it. After shipping the wine he claimed it arrived damaged and the value of it was not what he felt was originally represented. His cohorts at the wine storage facility in Northern California aided in corroborating his story and thereby ended up with further aid from the "safe transaction company" getting the wine for the price he came back with when claiming to have miscalculated the estimate before the wine was shipped. We have since discovered much more reputable organizations to deal with for selling wine.
Please do yourself a favor and run from this man if you come in contact. He will rip you off, you will lose your wine and you will not get anywhere near the money for it that you're supposed to. Kevin is very premeditated and calculated in his approach and it's quite clear this is his "norm" for doing business. Be weary of wine buyers co, wine buyers purchasing group, wine brokers and kevin preble and anyone or any business associated with him!!!
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