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Govdeals is a private for profit company. It was a good place to get surplus government equipment at one time (back in 2010). Now, now is a different story. They have private companies selling items that are misrepresented. The descriptions are vague and lacking any meaningful information. You can not get anything from there now and make a profit from it. I have spent $30k in the last month on GovDeals. Recently won an auction for what I thought was 48 laptops, turns out to be 10 laptops that retail for like $30 each. I won the auction for $450 + 12.5% buyer premium. Contacted GovDeals to cancel my bid due to the misleading description and title. I was told by GovDeals to contact the seller. I contacted the seller and they said to pay for the auction and they would include the other 38 laptops if I Zelled them extra money. What?Basically, GovDeals now lets just anyone sell on their platform. GovDeals collects 12.5% of the final price and does nothing to help the buyer if there is a problem. Sellers want retail prices for items that they can't even take the time to create a detailed list, condition of, or good pictures of the items they are selling.
Avoid Govdeals as their products are misrepresented, Govdeals was blaming the municipality and the municipality blamed Govdeals leaving me with a vehicle that needs a great deal of undisclosed repairs. When addressing this with Govdeals staff, they were awful to deal with. I am not convinced that they aren't shill bidding due to the patterns of bidding towards the end of the auction. Avoid this organization and choose another platform
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GovDeals is the place to bid on government surplus and unclaimed property including heavy equipment, cars, trucks, buses, airplanes, and so much more.
