I give Vacaville Trailers a 1 star review on the fact that the owner Brian talked a good game when it was time to sale me a trailer. But when it came time to deliver not only was he 3 weeks late he completely messed up the build on a dump trailer I've been waiting for all summer!
On July 22 I came in the shop looking to purchase a 16 foot low pro dump trailer with 4 foot sides and 2 foot extensions. The one he had on the lot (only had 3 foot high sides) didn't meet my criteria and Brian said not to worry. Let me know what options you would like on the trailer and I'll have it here by the end of August custom built. I told him that's fine left him a $3000 cash deposit and call me when the trailers in. Well September 7 rolls around and I haven't heard from Brian. I give him an email and let him know that my business is dependent on me having a large trailer as I have booked jobs well in advance expecting the trailer to arrive by end of the August. He gives me a runaround on his shipper is running late, Dexter axles are on back order. Basically ducking and dodging me for another week. I give him another nice email on the build and he said well his shipment of PJ Trailers prior to mine came in mid last week and mine is on a truck and should be in on Saturday. He was hyping me up on the fact that his employees are gonna work overtime this weekend to put together my trailer first and it should be ready by Monday morning.
Well Monday morning rolls along, I call them and tell them i'm on the way. I drive straight to Vacaville from Oakley. As i'm about to exit off the freeway Brians wifes calls me, she calling on behalf of Brian and my trailer should be ready in one hour. I waste no time by going to the shop and am greeted by a irritate and rude Brian the "owner and salesman" with "wow your real pushy, you know that", I told him "times money, I keep it moving" and your 3 weeks late on this trailer. I walk to the back where all the trailers are and see his crew putting together a 16 foot trailer. I asked one of the guys putting it together is there another 16 footer somewhere else? He said no this is it. Brian comes out sweating up a storm at 9:30am mind you, and I ask him wheres my trailer?? Mine that I ordered was powder coat grey in color and with 4 foot solid sides! This thing is black, with 3 foot sides. He says rudely well they messed up the order and didn't take no responsibility for it. He was clueless on the fact that my trailer was suppose to be grey with 4 foot high sides.
He offers no remorse or sympathy and basically told my partner and I "he didn't wanna hear it this morning". Must of had a case of the Mondays or something LOL!
I've been in the landscape and hauling business for the past 15 years. I've dealt with local trailer shops in Concord and Martinez and they always deliver good service and products. I ended up doing business with this guy Brian because he was the only one in a 50 mile radius that sells PJ Trailers. I could have drove to San Jose to FJM Trailers and spent $300 less on the same custom trailer. I support small businesses like his, but if your not going to deliver on your end of the deal then I gotta take my business elsewhere.
He had his wife cut me a check for my deposit money and didn't even wanna look at me. I'll take my business to B&D Trailers in Martinez a company he bashed so badly when he was being a salesman on a product he couldn't deliver on time or as I custom ordered. Now he's sitting with a 16 foot dump trailer, that I believe is the exact same trailer was on the lot when I first came to the shop on July 22!
Next time Brian dont blame your manufacture, your staff, your shipper, take the L and man up to it. If you were cool with my partner and I today I would have waited a few more days/weeks til the right trailer was made. But you were bitter and looked beaten like an old sweaty man.
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