Bar None Auction

I am writing a review in regards to the tactics and business entity of Bar None. After reading all these reviews I couldn’t agree more with the 1 star reviews. They do fake bids, bait n switch, claim there are no minimums and pull items off suddenly mid auction «stating lot was passed», lot trickery, have own people bid on items and sure enough vehicles show up next month. My direct experience below:
1. What is a lot sale? You bid on the lot and if you are the highest bid you win everything in that lot. In our experience we were interested in a mini Bobcat. The lot came up and they through in a 1989 POS bobcat with the one we wanted. We started to bid on the LOT and we thought we were bidding for both. We ended up paying 9k and thought we won both. Bar none asked if we then wanted the other 89 bobcat for 9k? We were like we just won both for 9k. They said it means you can pick the POS for 9k we said He’ll no! Not worth half of that and also resulted us overpaying for the one we wanted. Funny a lot of people came up to us and said you got a deal for 2 bobcats but we told them what they did and everyone was just as mad as we were.
2. Just this pass weekend. We asked a head of time if a vehicle had a min. Their answer was no. Perfect! Great! After watching all night and day we had highest bid and sure enough as the bid was to finalize «the lot was passed»! Seriously! Give me a break. I have yet to receive a phone call back from the owner nor were they answering their phones! An explanation would be great.
3. I watched the same car for three months go up for bidding and sold. Yet it shows up every month. It’s there trust me it’s a maroon Infiniti. Look for it.
4. Someone is bidding in the audience. I watched almost every car be sold above market. I was in disbelief on some of the stuff I saw. Literally saying to myself who would pay that much for that POS including that it wouldn’t pass smog either! Absolutely no sense.
Stay away and look for an auction with integrity. I hope this review stays up long enough before Unilocal moves it to not recommended where the other 1 star reviews are.

I bought a backhoe from bar none at their last auction. I am a home owner so I don’t use the machine to make a living. It was the worst purchase I have made and my last from bar none. I got the backhoe and all the pins and bushings were completely worn out. Not only that but the machine had no power at all. I called their manager who was no help at all and told me that all the machines are sold «as is» and that I am basically out of luck. I brought it to a local dealer to get the problem addressed. The dealer couldn’t believe how thrashed the machine was and that bar none actually sold it in the current condition it was in. I had to buy a new injection pump and had to install new pins and bushings. Cost me over $ 8k! The mechanic for the dealer actually told me that bar non has a horrible reputation and that they have had many repair jobs coming directly from the auction. I will never purchase anything from these guys again and will never recommend them to anyone. I can’t believe they can get away with selling equipment like this.
Honestly these guys completely ripped me off and should not be in business. I never leave 1 star reviews. EVER!!! I hate doing that to a business but this review is to protect people from doing business with this company.

Worst place ever. Worst owner, worst place to work, worst place to purchase equipment. If you want to line the pockets of the greedy and dishonest owner, feel free to continue purchasing. Otherwise, there are several other auction houses within a 100 mile radius that would be much better to shop.
Bottom line: spend your money at Richie Brothers.

Letter sent to Bar None Auctions
«On 4/​18, your salesman Dave Yungen contacted me about auctioning off our JLG33 scissorlift, assuring me our machine would bring in somewhere between $ 3500 and $ 4500. This was barely acceptable, but it’s an old machine and we really don’t use it much anymore, so we agreed that Bar None would auction it off.
» I told him that we needed to net a minimum of $ 3000 or I wasn’t interested in selling it. Again, he said that he was very confident that it would bring in $ 3500 to $ 4500, no problem, and said he would set the min selling price in order to assure that we would indeed get the minimum price we needed. He left a copy of the agreement, I signed it the next day and he came and picked it up. I then paid to have the machine delivered to your site.
«Then, a week or so later, I received a phone call from another individual from Bar None informing me that the machine had sold for $ 2500. I told her that there must be a mistake because Dave was supposed to have set the minimum selling price so that we would receive $ 3000. She assured me that it had sold for $ 2500 and that she would have Dave call me and discuss the matter.
«Some days went by and I never did get a call, which, as I’m sure you’ll agree, was somewhat less than professional. So I called again and reached Dave this time. He readily admitted that we had indeed discussed the min selling price but that he had forgotten to plug that min into the bidding. He said he would see what he could do and let me know asap.
«Nevertheless, it was I who had to call again, after another week waiting for him to contact me. I had cooled off a bit and actually suggested that he split the difference with me on the 10% sales commission, which I believe was more than generous on my part. But now another couple of weeks has gone by and he hasn’t yet tried to contact me. I tried again today, but once again got no return call.
«Needless to say, I’m done with trying to be understanding. Bar None needs to send me a check for $ 3000, and needs to do it quickly. I know Bar None has already been paid. I’ve been more than patient and understanding, but this level of unprofessional conduct is unforgivable as far as I’m concerned, and I’m pretty sure that, in my shoes, you’d feel exactly the same way.
«In essence, we had an agreement; Dave made a completely understandable and at least partially forgivable mistake in not making sure the min price was set. People make mistakes; I understand. But the handling of the situation is far, far beyond acceptable.
Best Regards,
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As you can see from the letter above, it was clearly a mistake on the part of Dave Yungen, who freely admitted that he had simply forgotten to set the limit, yet Bar None not only refused to pay us the $ 3000, they actually took their normal 10% cut, cheating us out of another $ 250. Their only defense was that I «should have written something, somewhere, stating what the limit was.» Unfortunately, their forms have no place to set such a limit, and I watched Dave Yungen write the number down, so I naturally assumed he had his stuff together enough to make sure the information got passed along.
I tried contacting them after this, but they wouldn’t even bother returning my calls and emails.
This is a terrible company to deal with. Unfortunately, Unilocal has no negative star rating, because Bar None earned it.

Not worth it, fees are too high, overall if you need something really bad then yea.

First time to a live auction! What a blast! So many different items available to bid on — I was overwhelmed and didn’t know where to begin — the staff was easy to spot and very helpful & friendly — I walked away with some GREAT deals! If you’ve never attended an auction — check it out! Fun day! Everything from household tools — used cars — construction equipment & some BIG yellow iron!

BUYER BEWARE! I recently purchased a track steer skid steer from BarNoneAuction. The listing clearly stated that it was a ‘high flow’ unit. I had the unit shipped to NV to find out it is not a «high flow» and will cost several thousand dollars to convert to high flow. Add to this the fact that calls and emails to BarNoneAuction go unreturned. I have been attempting to reach them for 3 days and have not had a return phone call or email. I would advise any bidder to stay away. Do not trust the descriptions of the equipment and certainly don’t depend on BarNoneAuctions to return calls or emails or stand behind their listing descriptions and items. I got soaked here.

I just wanted to write a review to say how much integrity this company has. My sons bought a car there and opted not to pay the $ 75.00 fee for a 72 hour no questions asked return policy (much to the dismay of their mother). The car needed a entire transmission. I called Bar None and spoke with Brian, he listened and took care of our situation, we got an entire refund minus a minute restocking fee. I do not know if we would ever buy a car at an auction in the future, as you cannot drive them first BUT if I did this is the only auction I would use. Thank you for your honesty and integrity.

I originally gave this auction service a 1 star after being unable to resolve my issue. Upon speaking with their president, Zeb Seidel, we were able to reach an agreement. There will always be mistakes and errors in the business world. We are all human, but I rate a company on how they handle those situations. Mr. Seidel is a true gentleman. It wasn’t necessarily the monetary figure as it was the principal for me. I was wrong on a few points, but correct on another. I’ve been to too many of their auctions at both locations to count. I have no reason to look elsewhere in the future.