A & W Surplus & Salvage

If you like paying to haul away someone elses trash/​junk, go ahead purchase thru this auction and surplus dealer. They tell you to preview, but the don’t let you touch anything. They will tell you whats in/​on the box but you dont get to look and see it thats what it really is. You cant look in the bottom of a box (not allowed) You cant take things out of a box (not allowed). You get what you get and you’re not suppose to complain about it or they will ban you from their site. This is one of the most crooked auctions in town.

This place is hit and miss. You have to understand that you MUST go look at the items before buying. If you don’t do that you WILL be burned. The only times I have been burned is because I got lazy and didn’t go look first. I have got a $ 500 generator for $ 75. Many many items i needed from costco for a 75% discount. I’ve got new in box vacuums for $ 20 – 30. I don’t ever buy food from there. Most people leave negative reviews because the shopped online there or did not go in and look first. Also, they add like 18% to total price for tax and dealer cut… so beware. Its funny to watch people every week buy things for more than they would pay retail. Know what its worth… know what your willing to pay +18% and bid!

All these people complaining. Do you see the name of the company? What are you expecting. They have a very open inspection policy and strongly recommend that you inspect what you are interested in. Buying a food item from a surplus vendor without looking at expiration dates? Shame on you. I have had nothing but positive experiences with this company because it is very clear what they are selling and I know exactly what I am buying. Bottom line, prices can really vary from super awesome to not so great (almost full retail) because of auction spaz buyers but if you don’t take the time to inspect what you are buying when full inspection time is given in a surplus establishment then you probably get what you deserve.

this is a fraud. bought a sentry safe, the combination number that was given didn’t work, contacted sentry customer service, they said that this item should have not been sold because this consider as destroyed and there is no way to open the safe or to use it. Second item was the treadmill, we couldn’t even get it to work, we hired someone to get it checked and the problem was the control board is not working at all. We called A&W to ask why they have to sell these items that don’t work and in the first place they didn’t post any information/​comment that these items don’t work and we have to get it repaired ourselves. we’ll never auction/​buy anything from this surplus anymore.

Stay away… Unless you want to get really cheap things that are missing most of the useable parts. The website will say to come and view the items before you bid, but there is no way to see the things that are missing because the garbage is piled up and a person has no clue what is there and what isn’t. If you are getting any kind product, that expires, just know it will be expired. I bought a lot of stuff here and had to throw half of it away. Good thing I have other good liquidation companies I visit to cover my losses from this place. It was a waste of six hours of driving and will never bid/​recommend/​give this place two cents of my money or remember it after I post this review.
Also, the whole facility is just a dump. There are papers flying around, smells, and is sooo dirty. Most of the products I bought were covered in dust and dirt.
The pics make the product look pretty awesome. Don’t expect to get good products though.
«If it’s too good to be true, means it probably is». I learned the true meaning of that quote here. Thank for the lesson!
****update***
I bought a leaf blower that said «new in box» and I finally took it out today and the carburetor is missing. This place needs to be sued!!!

I had a terrible experience. I purchased a ryobi drill saw combo kit. Battery was missing. The over worked employee who was helping me said it was too much work for him to go back in the warehouse and find me a battery. After a few minutes of my arguing he finally decided to go find me a battery. He brought the wrong batter out it looke like it was heavily used and was broken. I sent him back in. To did me the correct one. After 25 minutes he returned with the correct one.
I bought a few boxes of Halloween costumes. The picture that of the costume lot showed nothing but complete costumes packaged in original bag with product cardboard label. The box I received had a few complete costumes and the rest were mixed, damaged, loose with no packaging. They had an odor of urine and large amounts of rat poop were found inside the box. Trash…
I also purchased a pallet of furniture including lawn chairs, a dinner table, and patio chair. In the picture it seemed as of the table was a complete table. When the worker brought it to my vehicle I saw that ¹⁄₃ of it was missing (broken). The patio chair’s fabric was torn all the way. I ended up leaving the pallet there. After arguing with the RUDE owner Wayne i got his approval on leaving the furniture there so some other sap can repurchase it. BOTTOM line. This company is sneaky and untrustworthy. The photos are meant to deceive customers in thinking they are purchasing a usable and complete product. Then when the customer realizes they bought a pile of trash Wayne throws the look at my terms and agreements. Wayne you are the definition of a Douche save your self the trouble stay away from this place.

This is what happened with A & W surplus Wayne Peckham thru Proxibid in Fresno CA.
They had an auction with photos. The description and photo give the
illusion that everything was in working condition as well as complete in their boxes. One item in particular, they showed a photo of a Bose Ipod dock speaker unit. What I received was a broken unit that had it speakers removed, cables broken, connection for ipod broken, side cracked and open and the grill came off… no accessories or power cord or anything was included. In the photo, you can clearly see that the speakers were there, but that’s not the unit they sent to me. The second item in the photo looked to be new in the box; it wasn’t. It was missing accessories and instructions and power and was splattered with something. They only showed the photo of the box-​not the contents. The third item was even worse. They showed a photo of only the box, but it’s contents were hideous. There were dead insects, smelly, it came out of someone’s yard, missing parts (major parts), item doesn’t work. None of the items work and they misrepresented all of them. I have photos of the auction photos as well as photos of the items once delivered. They totally lied, with the photos and by omission. I contacted the company that same evening when I received the items by calling and leaving a voicemail message and by email. Yes, I am and was very upset. The response I got was rude and indignant and refusing to do the right thing. I’ve filed complaints with several online companies and they have since sent me a threatening email stating that I am lying and that I will be hearing from their attorney. They are the ones lying and they are just mad that I called them on it. There are others that have complaints very similar to this one on the internet. There were 2 forms of payment. credit card and PayPal (they split it up so they would always get the PayPal payment) Most companies bill all in one payment.
I have all emails and photos to back this up.
All I want is my money back and an apology.