> > 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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