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PoliceAuctions

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PoliceAuctions Reviews Summary

PoliceAuctions is a website that offers police auctions and government auctions, featuring certified diamonds, coins, gold, jewelry, foreclosures, seized properties, and surplus items.

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42
value
47
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46
returns
29
quality
46

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Kentucky
1 review
9 helpful votes
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These guys are buying junk from china and selling as auction items. Check all the items online before you place a bid. And make sure you don't consider their retail price in RED it is a scammmm!

Date of experience: June 2, 2017
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I bought a. 30g gold nugget was the description. It turned out to be. 30 grain of fake gold. $20 pieces selling for $100. Wish i hadd seen these reviews! All pleaes post on Ripoff.com in the future.

Date of experience: May 27, 2017
Colorado
1 review
9 helpful votes
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They got me!
May 26, 2017

For some strange reason I thought I did good my on purchase boy was I wrong! Diamond hoop earrings I got for my wife might have look good on a newborn infant not a grown up SUPER SMALL! If they had a picture with somebody wearing them would not have even paid the shipping price for them not worth the hassle or money you have to pay to ship them back. If you goggle some of the items you will find out that they are not worth it go to Ebay found some of the same products or better for has much has 75% to even 90% cheaper with free shipping

Date of experience: May 26, 2017
Australia
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Scam
May 24, 2017

I won a necklace $ 8, I can't believe they charged me $30 as Shipping price, it was a short k when I have received it, nothing like the the picture, it's a totally scam. Stay away from this scam!

Date of experience: May 23, 2017
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Scam
May 18, 2017

I won a ring for $12 in February. My total was $31 and I don't know why. Well it's may 18th 2017 I still have not received my item and customer refuses to help me

Date of experience: May 18, 2017
Louisiana
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Scam
May 18, 2017

Misleading pricing on a lot of your products. Lowest class of materials, and workmanship. You ask me to ask questions but you don't respond to them. Please answer all questions

Date of experience: May 17, 2017
Australia
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I came across Police Auctions by accident and thought I would place a few bids, never expecting to win.
Lo and behold I won 6, whoopee... but wait, that can't be right... can it? Too cheap means too good to be true... doesn't it?
Decided to see if I could find a review site for Police Auctions... thank God there was one... it appears that I have saved quite a few hundred dollars... thanks sitejabber!

Date of experience: May 12, 2017
Texas
16 reviews
33 helpful votes
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Folks please go elsewhere! Bought a watch paid 12.95 shipping; watch came in, very slow shipping methods. Put watch on first time and within 20 minutes one of the adjustments came off the watch onto the table. Called them and they contend they can ship faulty merchandise and make buyer pay freight both ways with no refund available. This means they make whatever shipping with no concern for the quality of the product. SiteJabber makes you give them at least a one star rating. Probably about at least one too many. Service and product was that poor.

Date of experience: May 4, 2017
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Fraudulent activities are ongoing with the website... people paying and not receiving their successful bid... look again and the item they PAID FOR is back up for bidding... SCAMMERS OF THE WORST KIND... FEDERAL POLICE ARE GOING TO LOVE LOCKING YOU AWAY...

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
Australia
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Purchased a ring by auction their valuation/recommended price wad usd 12,200.00. I had a independent valuation done and item only valed at USD 683.00. Huge difference, expect some discrepancy but nothing as dramatic as this and they did not show my bad review, or reply.

Date of experience: April 23, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
5 helpful votes
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So funny and daft!
April 14, 2017

The funniest thing is there is an ad for policeauctions.com right here on this page! Why would they run an ad on a webpage that is full of people dogging their website? Crooks with big balls I would have to say...

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
Virginia
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Pure crap
March 24, 2017

As soon as I opened the package you could tell they were fake. Should be worth about 7 thousand total. Glad I have an FBI building a half mile from me because that's where I'm gonna go. Stay away from this site unless you want to get ripped off.

Date of experience: March 24, 2017
New York
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I won an auction for a 10k gold topaz ring and instead received some tiny little black earrings. I followed directions for sending the item back for exchange, but later was only given a credit as they said they had no more rings or anything close to it--that took a month. Then I check the site and the ring is back up for sale. Customer service people were very rude and kept talking over me. I had become a good customer until this happened. Their loss, never again.

Date of experience: March 17, 2017
South Carolina
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Rip off!
February 28, 2017

I received a beautiful ring as a gift from my husband. Took it to be appraised and it has zero value. Its gold plated and fake diamonds. I could have purchased a real ring from a local jeweler. Don't even waste your money.

Date of experience: February 28, 2017
Maryland
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Complete scam
February 16, 2017

I was bidding on some rolls of coins and other slab lots and had the winning bid on 5 and at the last second the auction was sniped by logan49 every single time. Logan49 always beat my bid with a bid of 1 dollar more. The last auction i went a bit higer than the highest bid ($10 more) and waited until the last second to bid and guess what... i was outbid at the last nano second by logan49. And here is the absolute horrible dishonest part, every time i signed back on i was given the option at a second chance to purchase the lot at a MUCH HIGER COST THAN THE WINNING BID. Dishonest auction site that is looking to drain you for more money. Sketchy business.

Date of experience: February 16, 2017
Australia
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I would like to lodge a complaint re the service that my mother has received from Police Auctions. My mother purchased a topaz butterfly pendant yesterday and paid for the item 5 minutes after the win. A receipt did come from Police Auctions saying it had been paid, however when mum went back into her account the item says unpaid and the receipt is no longer available. Mum then contacted the customer service section who admitted that the item had been paid for and that they would fix the error from their side. However to date the issue has not been resolved and to add insult to injury she has received another email from police auctions saying that the item has not been paid for and that they will take it off her and relist it if they don't receive the payment. Mum has tried to contact them again and they have ignored her.
Americans are supposed to pride themselves on their customer service... what a joke, the Chinese run rings around you. I would like to add that my mum has purchased numerous items from your site and has always made prompt payments, so she definitely does not deserve this terrible service from you!
At the end of the day you have admitted that Mum has paid for the item so my question is to you "WHY WONT YOU BLOODY SEND IT TO HER"?

Date of experience: February 14, 2017
Australia
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Scam
January 27, 2017

These guys are $#*!ing scammers, they need investigating, how do we file a law suit against them? So dissapointed in receiving a fake ruby, diamond ring, I hope they get there karma! $#*!s!

Date of experience: January 27, 2017
Australia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scam
January 27, 2017

Ordered and paid for postage - when the item did not arrive they refunded for the item - but not the postage (and I suspect they never sent the item) - easy win for them.

Date of experience: January 26, 2017
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Not Impressed!
January 25, 2017

I ordered a pair of emerald & diamond earrings, & a ruby necklace on a sterling silver chain. I had a jeweler look at these pieces, and was informed the gems are synthetic. This was NOT disclosed on their website. They should state whether or not the gems are authentic or synthetic. The listed values are also way overrated. I will not be purchasing any more items from this on-line site.

Date of experience: January 24, 2017
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Rip-off RIPOFF ripoff
January 11, 2017

Don't waist your time. Just a ripoff site. Go elsewhere. These people don't deserve your money. To say more would just be redundant and a waist of energy.

Date of experience: January 11, 2017