alan627b
Senior Member
I don't know if any of you have had dealings with Appell Equipment Sales in Galva, Illinois, or not but thought you might want to know what their idea of "service after the sale" means...
A friend of mine bought a used 613C caterpillar from them, which turned out to have a worn out engine in it as soon as it came off the lowboy. They cashed the check all right, but won't return any emails or his phone calls.
Here's the link to the story on the ACME forum, with all the gory details...
http://www.antiquecaterpillar.net/ACF_v2/showthread.php?t=16545&page=1&pp=10
Youtube video links...
YouTube - WARNING!! appell equipments 613C "ready to go to work" engine as delivered to me by them.
YouTube - WARNING! Appell equipments misrepresented caterpillar 613C scraper that i bought from them
A little background on Appells posted on the NASDAQ website....
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-ma...d-ritchie-bros-from-equipment-industry-plunge
Safety Violations
http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/2006/02/weekly-toll.html
Some public opinion...
http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3713937410
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=136253&mid=965215
Company information...
Owner Dave Appell..
http://whois.domaintools.com/appellequip.com
Mr Frazier, if you should choose to delete this post I will understand. I just don't like to see the "little guy" get screwed or anyone else for that matter.
It's truly a case of buyer beware, probably more now than ever.
Alan Hynes
alan627b
A friend of mine bought a used 613C caterpillar from them, which turned out to have a worn out engine in it as soon as it came off the lowboy. They cashed the check all right, but won't return any emails or his phone calls.
Here's the link to the story on the ACME forum, with all the gory details...
http://www.antiquecaterpillar.net/ACF_v2/showthread.php?t=16545&page=1&pp=10
Youtube video links...
YouTube - WARNING!! appell equipments 613C "ready to go to work" engine as delivered to me by them.
YouTube - WARNING! Appell equipments misrepresented caterpillar 613C scraper that i bought from them
A little background on Appells posted on the NASDAQ website....
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-ma...d-ritchie-bros-from-equipment-industry-plunge
Safety Violations
http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/2006/02/weekly-toll.html
Some public opinion...
http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3713937410
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=136253&mid=965215
Company information...
Owner Dave Appell..
http://whois.domaintools.com/appellequip.com
Mr Frazier, if you should choose to delete this post I will understand. I just don't like to see the "little guy" get screwed or anyone else for that matter.
It's truly a case of buyer beware, probably more now than ever.
Alan Hynes
alan627b
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