Getting Screwed at a Ritchie Brothers Auction!

Follow along as I pick up some items purchased from a Ritchie Bros. online auction.
Watch till the end to hear what the verdict is on these purchases. Take it from me; examine the auction photos thoroughly, and if there aren't photos of crucial areas, consider that there might be hidden damage that isn't being disclosed!
Learn from my mistake and good luck with your auction shopping!
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[@Ozarkwild]

Treat every auction buy item like it has major issues. Once and while you will hit a jack pot. But the house has the odds. Always.

[@MakersAcres]

That is pretty good advice! This is all new to me, and I lucked out a couple times before things went south!

[@UpTheHarbour]

1990's Bruce Vilanch goes to the Auction....perfect

[@williamtoler1802]

If you got screwed at an auction it's your own fault for not looking close enough at what you were bidding on, ask Matt @Diesel Creek

[@MakersAcres]

I’m not totally disagreeing with you. Just that they took some very artistic pictures for these items. In the past they showed rusted areas and were very open with damage. This was listed as operational, yet clearly this unit was not. The fact that they were also lifting them incorrectly and bending the main drive shaft was a surprise.

[@nicholascrown4788]

It happens Always go check if you are near by or send a reputable company that can go inspect it.

[@criststoltzfus9769]

We have bought from Ricthie for years and again in the past 30 days. They are one of the worst online auction companies to buy from. I wish there was an official platform I could use to complain. There is no human element to the transaction. I would not sell a thing there will be very slow in buying in the future.

[@MakersAcres]

@@criststoltzfus9769 I agree with you. I think they bought up almost all the auction houses too.

[@dedreman2227]

I sell a lot of our work trucks at Ritchie’s. They all have either transmission issues or engine problems that aren’t worth fixing. Can’t believe what people pay for them

[@MakersAcres]

That’s good to know! Thank you for sharing!

[@matthewkelleyhotmail]

At least you got a title from Richie Bros!! I bought a truck from the Orlando Florida auction and I did not receive a title for it. I eventually filed a complaint with the State of Florida against Richie Bros. and their auto dealer's license, and after much expense and frustration they claimed that I had not filled-out a power of attorney that allows them to do the title. This was after they scolded me to be patient with paperwork processing for a month! Now 2 years later I bought a trailer and SAME THING! I sent documentation to corporate offices thinking that management would recognize and fix the problem because all these complaints against them cant be good but my paperwork got marked return to sender. So now I am mailing them a certified letter with a downloaded power of attorney from the internet in case they try again to use that as a defense with state investigators. Once they have that bank wire, customer service comes to a halt until things slow down in between auctions. The truth is that Ritchie Bros. does not need your business nor do they need my business. Right now there are so many idiots bidding crazy prices that the buyers are not even treated with respect. The problem is that we all LOVE Ritche Bros. auctions and we LOVE to attend, but after the sale the frustration to get a title is not nice.

[@MakersAcres]

Ya, it would not take much to give the bidder good customer service, but they simply don’t give a S**t about us.

[@hhazelhoff1363]

That’s a good way to do business. They are very successful

[@umurselek3310]

15% buyer's fee for anything under 5k as of Jan 1st 2024... Absolute robbery... Good luck everyone.

[@MakersAcres]

Ya, and I’m pretty sure they are hitting the seller with fees too!

[@matthewkelleyhotmail]

And XX% seller fee in addition to the buyer's fee plus title doc fees. Riche Bros is printing money at these auctions. Seller's contracts indicate we are not allowed to disclose to the public how much Richi is charging seller. I can say as a seller that commissions are high for the seller also and some sellers get a negotiated commission price. Plus dont forget that when the buyer arrives at the DMV with a signed-off title, that 7% sales tax you pay Richi at the sale the DMV will want to collect from you the second time again now that Richi only gives the buyer a signed-off title. I know that you can fight paying the sales taxes twice but it is really hard and Richi does not cooperate or care about the buyer.

[@samuelw.3992]

RB has good stuff but you have to be very very careful, an go look at it in person before auction closes, and some RB yards are great, some suck like the one you went to. It’s a cut throat game and it’s not for everyone.

[@MakersAcres]

Agreed! This was a learning experience for me and I hope others learn from my mistakes!

[@montwolfman]

I purchased a military truck 4 months ago. Payed $65.00 for title service. I waited almost 3 months to get the title. It was off by 2 numbers. My DMV said a bill of sale will do. I contacted Ritchi B. and they said no problem extra $25 even though I paid $3000.00 in auction fees. I will wait another 3 months to get a corrected title. To hell with you R.B. never again!

[@MakersAcres]

Ugh. Ya, I found another auction house down here that I have had pretty good luck with.

[@VictoriaDidonato-n2j]

Have you ever been to vantage action? What do you think about them . Customer service and items

[@MakersAcres]

I have not. Are there some in California?

[@VictoriaDidonato-n2j]

Lake Elsinore on flint Street

[@VictoriaDidonato-n2j]

You should check it out

[@VictoriaDidonato-n2j]

My suggestion is to pick up items the the second week after auction its less busy to pick items

[@MakersAcres]

@@VictoriaDidonato-n2j I will! Thank you!

[@allamerican7830]

Man that sucks they shafted you on that UTV. But your right will make some good KZbin videos fixing it up. Looking forward to those and the wife can get her pink upholstery on it 😉

[@MakersAcres]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@michaelsuess6744]

that repeating music is very annoying. would be better without it.

[@MakersAcres]

Sorry. That’s before I was able to afford licensing music. I try to use different songs in all of my videos

[@vincentshelpfulhints4085]

LOL shafted My opinion you only screwed yourself buy not looking at the equipment yourself and relying on photos.. That is some funny stuff there.. Perhaps you should be a politician they blame others all the time just maybe you have time to become one.. 🤣😂 This is all in love my friend

[@MakersAcres]

Ya, I mean, yes I should have looked, but this was back in the early Covid times and it was harder to do. Also other auctions they had taken pictures of the bad stuff. I feel like there was a little bit of deceit on their part. Oh well. You live an learn.

[@MakersAcres]

@@Matt-lk6kr I mean, I can agree with you to a point. This particular auction it was clear they were masking the pictures to not show rust. I trusted RB as other auctions I watched showed the rust pictures. This unit also said it drove and everything ran fine. The was a lie and did not drive at all. RB was also damaging these units as they were picking them up from the drive shafts. We were also in the beginnings of Covid times and it was really hard to get an appointment for an inspection.

[@matthewkelleyhotmail]

Bear in mind that a lot of the items you cannot see. All the stuff from Iron Planet you are not allowed to inspect. This includes all Sunbelt auctions H&E and more. Much of the stuff in the Richie yard you are not allowed to see at the orlando/davenport auction if the area is taped off and guests are excluded right before the auction date. I have driven 2 hours each way 4 times to see an item and could not and then there is a temptation to bid anyways from the pictures because you have invested so much in due diligence it is hard to walk away.

[@ddg7694]

just bought from Richie,,, someone does run up online bids... lol...im kinda feeling good about my buys after seeing your rust bucket kubota... lucky for me i got my rust bucket from my dad... cheers ..

[@ddg7694]

and i dislike the min.. commission fee... they are very high..

[@MakersAcres]

Ya, something is fishy about some of those bids. What did ya get?

[@ddg7694]

Bidding numbers to bids dont make sense,,

[@ddg7694]

im guessing your in California..

[@ddg7694]

need to get your info.. to tell you about the flail mower i bought... shipped to me

[@jeananderson815]

buyer beware, ALWAYS look at stuff b4 buying

[@MakersAcres]

I guess I just trusted Richie Brothers to not try and hide the damage in pictures. I had luck in the past with them being transparent, but not this time!

[@jeepgirl1653]

" a fool and his money are soon parted" . Bad break on the utv. Never spend more than you can afford to burn. would have been better with a private sale on other brands. But hind sight is 20/20. Cover with a homemade skidplate and send it down the road.

[@MakersAcres]

Yep, learned my lesson on this one! It will make a good rebuild video though!

[@grantmattin8249]

Don't go to Ritchie Brothers anymore they think they are too big to fail, but times are a changing!

[@MakersAcres]

Ya, I had such a negative experience and when I talked to a supervisor he was a kind of a dick about it. He had an opportunity to make it right, but he chose to have a snarky attitude about it. Not a big fan after that. Full disclosure I do have one more Richie Brothers video I will release at some point. This last auction I’m pretty sure I witnessed some corrupt business practices. Somehow a lot of the attachments I was bidding on, I was out bid on. Then I was there pretty much closing on the last pickup day. All the attachments I bid on were still there and they showed up again at the next auction. Seems a bit fishy to me!

[@topduk]

@@MakersAcres Unless the guy didn't actually pay because he realized he was taking a bath.

[@MakersAcres]

@@topduk that could be, it just seemed like too many attachments were left.

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

Lol - Ritchie Bros take the most clapped out shit slap a coat of paint on them and resell the stuff

[@MakersAcres]

In my case they slapped a coat of rust on it.

[@samuelw.3992]

Just so you know… the person bringing the unit to RB does all the make up an hiding on issues. Duh.

[@afflictionx27]

Hey man, any update on that rust bucket? Did you end up fixing it up?

[@MakersAcres]

I have it completely disassembled and all the parts in a spreadsheet and I have pricing for everything. Comes in around 7k for parts. So I am on the fence if I should fix it up. These things still sell for an outrageous amount used. I am leaning towards fixing it just because it will make some interesting content. I bought a few other pieces of machinery and they are currently priority due to another awesome project I haven’t announced yet.

[@afflictionx27]

Thanks for the reply, looking forward to seeing it

[@MakersAcres]

@@afflictionx27 thank you for watching!

[@GallatinCountyNews]

They actually buy them from the company in China (that dude is Richie Brother’s) and have them shipped in by the container load. I don’t know what you paid on that one, but I know how much they sell for out of the factory with shipping. Always remember the cost on the 60”disc mulcher is around 3950.00. I would tell you what that trencher cost but I don’t want to hurt your feelings. So that is a pretty good title for your video. The 4 in 1 buckets 920.00, soil conditioner 1750.00, heavy duty brush cutter 2875.00, I’m setting here looking at the new updated price list from the factory they sent me. The factory is excellent to work with if you have any issues, they have Wharehouse in Chicago and California.

[@MakersAcres]

If you go to 13:50 in my video, I break down what I paid for everything. Thank you for the info. I would like to know more. Feel free to reach out to me via the email in the about section on KZbin.

[@ddg7694]

@@MakersAcres i dont even think they pay for it untill it is sold... thats what i was told... they ship what they want to these auctions .. they get their commisions and china man gets profits...

[@ddg7694]

i checked it through Alibaba... for prices.. lol

[@MakersAcres]

@@ddg7694 that makes sense. Thank you for sharing

[@JTTS2021]

Well I got one for you all . RB approved ME for a trailer in CA i drove out to pic it up. I been sitting in a motel room for 9 days now waiting for them to get paper work . Finly they tell me I need to pay an extra 5% down after dirty fir 7 days . Ok fine let me get out of here. Well it was Friday afternoon they didn't get the wire I just just a few hrs befor .its in pending .do I had to wait over the weekend god I hope I can get my trailer and leave .. they don't care about my cost of having to wait they don't care about their customers.. I'll never buy from them agin

[@MakersAcres]

Sorry to hear that! That’s the feeling I got after talking to the staff. Feels like going to the DMV!

[@truthhurts2149]

Too bad your mask didn't protect you from getting screwed. Looks absolutely ridiculous 🤣. How much bigger could it be....

[@MakersAcres]

I hope it will make at least some fun rebuild videos!

[@stanleykeith6969]

Boy did you get ripped OFF!!!!!

[@MakersAcres]

It wasn’t great, but hopefully it will make a fun project for the channel!

[@monkeymane-eb6cq]

I lasted as far as the 😷

[@MakersAcres]

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[@atracamoniusvlogs]

Ritchie bros auction dubai hills estate

[@MakersAcres]

What?

[@1922DPenny]

How’s the trencher?

[@MakersAcres]

So far so good! You can see it in use in our goat pasture build videos. I used it for trenching and digging holes to bury fence!

[@charlesprat5255]

Nice video

[@MakersAcres]

Thank you! I have started tearing into the Kubota, so stay tuned for videos about that.

[@utubehandyman]

holmes so whatever happened to this?

[@MakersAcres]

I have torn it down to the bare frame. I have upcoming videos on it! I need some editing help!

[@utubehandyman]

@@MakersAcres I've been waiting a year now lol

[@michaelkirby655]

That hair almost looks like a topa

[@MakersAcres]

@@michaelkirby655 I can guarantee it’s not! Hehe. I get it caught on stuff all the time!

[@ranpederson5482]

You are in your car by yourself. Why do you have that face diaper on?

[@MakersAcres]

@@ranpederson5482 it was required to have on at all times when pulling up to the guard shack or talking to the yard workers. This was at the height of the pandemic. These procedures are not in place anymore.

[@stephenhewitt5835]

Annoying repetitive music

[@MakersAcres]

I’m sorry you didn’t like the music. It is really challenging to pick multiple new royalty free songs every week for my videos. I am always open to suggestions for new sources.

[@southeastdave8048]

everything you did was just stupid! look in the mirror and blame the guy loooking back at you Weclome to the real world

[@MakersAcres]

Thanks buddy. Appreciate the support

[@matthewkelleyhotmail]

Actually there is a lot of deception involved by Richi. Nearly all who win get disappointed and that is thousands of people. It is good that he posted this so don't be too condescending please. Your point is taken. More people need to see this before they bid.

[@willysnowman]

Many beaches have salt. Their probably not running those on roads.

[@MakersAcres]

All the more fun to repair!

[@crash6674]

bro why u in your truck with your mask on🤣

[@MakersAcres]

I just got out of the office and was pulling up to the control gate. Which at that point you were required to have a mask on even in your car because the attendants come up to the side of the truck.

[@cperlera]

@@MakersAcresohh please People just love the smell of the upper lip 🤮

[@charlesprat5255]

Nice video