> Hi to all;
> Since I guess that one of the good things about this list is that we can
all
> find out good and bad about a dealer from others who have dealt with him,
I
> will add a Colemans fiasco to the list.
>
> I called them about the New/unused aluminum 600 gallon diesel skid tanks
> they advertise. They told me yup they have them, also have used. I made
an
> appointment to pick one up when they would have someone there to drive a
> forklift or backhoe to lift it onto a trailer. I then drove all the way
> from MA to PA to pick it up and when I got there every one they had was
> junk. I spent hours walking around looking at them and everything else.
> They had a lot of them but like every thing else I saw they were just
piled
> in huge piles. The handles and plumbing were all broken and bent. They
did
> not have one there that was new. All junk. I thought that since we were
> there I would pickup one that could be fixed but they would not even talk
> price. They act as if they dont want to sell anything which is strange
> because the entire place is one gigantic environmental disaster just
waiting
> to be shut down by the EPA. I would want to get the stuff sold and
cleanup
> the place a little but I guess they dont. It would be worth the trip for
> anyone to go there and see the place. You will think you are on some
island
> where all the stuff that was going to be used in the invasion of the
> Japanese home islands was just dumped.
> I left without buying anything and stopped by Saturn surplus and
picked
> up some items and was treated real nice by some good people and then drove
> all the way back to MA 400 miles with an empty trailer on the back. They
> will have to go some to get me to buy anything in the future thats for
sure.
> Since that tiem I have been asked several times what I think of someone
> dealing with them, and I told them what happened. FYI YMMV.
>
> Glenn MVPA
>
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