Texas AG Accuses ATVDiscounter.com of Bait-and-Switch Scheme

ejcycles · 03-02-2010, 01:26 PM

Here you guys go... Read and have fun commenting!!!!! 8O

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews...tegoryId=48447

Sorry, Should have put this here also...

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3227

http://www.oag.state.tx.us/newspubs/...410atv_pop.pdf

waynev · 03-02-2010, 01:30 PM

WOW........All i can say is i'm glad we have GIO here in canada to get our ATV's and other toys.

katoranger · 03-02-2010, 01:33 PM

We have seen evidence of that reported here on the forum. Both the not recieving and the bait and switch.

Allen

TurboT · 03-03-2010, 02:53 AM

Is this not where PomanzATV ordered from?

I can't comment on the vehicles with the mud and dirt caked on them but I wonder how much of this is some poor bugger ordering crates of Chinese goods, thinking he's getting model A, but ends up getting model A1, even though he's sold model A's already online. What to do? Send out the model A1 and hope for the best? Or tell your customer after a month waiting "I don't have any more now, just this one.." Either way you're screwed, according to the law cited in the these articles.

..and good luck suing the ATV Factory in China, they've now changed their name and no longer trade under 'ABC ATV Factory', they're now 'DEF ATV Factory.'

..and waynev, even Gio has a similar issue. He ordered the new 110cc Mini ATV (formally 50cc) and had the same photo up with dual exhaust and such, and he gets them and they are a bit different.(Single exhaust) He doesn't open the boxes so he has no idea untill it's in a customers garage (See PCD)..imagine if you sold 5,000 of them like that, then got sued for $20,000 a deal. OUCH.

katoranger · 03-03-2010, 07:44 AM

The good dealer/seller would attempt to make it right if a problem arises like that.

PomansATV ordered from someplace else.

We haven't heard much from ATVd lately. For awhile they were big.

PoManzATV · 03-04-2010, 12:33 AM

Who knows. They may have been affiliated somehow with budgetatvs. At least I only lost $10 with my mishap :roll: . Overall I'm pleased with what I got. Runs like a top.

Joel

Wild_Alaskan · 03-17-2010, 12:29 AM

lol i must have totally lucked out! I got an authentic american lifan GY-5 from them. They did royally screw the shipping though, took a month to sort that out :x

03-02-2010, 01:26 PM	#1
ejcycles Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 11481 State Route 44 Mantua, Ohio 44255 Posts: 1,112	Texas AG Accuses ATVDiscounter.com of Bait-and-Switch Scheme Here you guys go... Read and have fun commenting!!!!! 8O http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews...tegoryId=48447 Sorry, Should have put this here also... http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3227 http://www.oag.state.tx.us/newspubs/...410atv_pop.pdf __________________ Thanks, Bruce @ Endless Journey Cycles "Phone Calls Only" ~330-274-0098~ Hours: Tue.-Fri. 10:00-6:00 Sat. 10:00-4:00 EST. Dealer for: Lifan, Crossrunner ATVs. http://www.endlessjourneycycles.net
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03-02-2010, 01:33 PM	#3
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	We have seen evidence of that reported here on the forum. Both the not recieving and the bait and switch. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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03-03-2010, 07:44 AM	#5
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	The good dealer/seller would attempt to make it right if a problem arises like that. PomansATV ordered from someplace else. We haven't heard much from ATVd lately. For awhile they were big. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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03-17-2010, 12:29 AM	#7
Wild_Alaskan Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alaska Posts: 914	lol i must have totally lucked out! I got an authentic american lifan GY-5 from them. They did royally screw the shipping though, took a month to sort that out :x __________________ Dune buggy build http://chinariders.net/modules.php?n...wtopic&t=14470 400cc lifan build vid: http://youtu.be/20HoU8OK_Y0 other fun: http://tinyurl.com/wildalaskan
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03-02-2010, 01:30 PM	#2
waynev Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 1,097	WOW........All i can say is i'm glad we have GIO here in canada to get our ATV's and other toys.
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03-03-2010, 02:53 AM	#4
TurboT Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Posts: 2,185	Is this not where PomanzATV ordered from? I can't comment on the vehicles with the mud and dirt caked on them but I wonder how much of this is some poor bugger ordering crates of Chinese goods, thinking he's getting model A, but ends up getting model A1, even though he's sold model A's already online. What to do? Send out the model A1 and hope for the best? Or tell your customer after a month waiting "I don't have any more now, just this one.." Either way you're screwed, according to the law cited in the these articles. ..and good luck suing the ATV Factory in China, they've now changed their name and no longer trade under 'ABC ATV Factory', they're now 'DEF ATV Factory.' ..and waynev, even Gio has a similar issue. He ordered the new 110cc Mini ATV (formally 50cc) and had the same photo up with dual exhaust and such, and he gets them and they are a bit different.(Single exhaust) He doesn't open the boxes so he has no idea untill it's in a customers garage (See PCD)..imagine if you sold 5,000 of them like that, then got sued for $20,000 a deal. OUCH.
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03-04-2010, 12:33 AM	#6
PoManzATV Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Falls NY (Buffalo) Posts: 51	Who knows. They may have been affiliated somehow with budgetatvs. At least I only lost $10 with my mishap :roll: . Overall I'm pleased with what I got. Runs like a top. Joel
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