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California
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Not real gemstone
March 8, 2019

Although the ring is pretty, It was advertised as AAA grade Tanzanite. My jeweler said it is manufactured Tanzanite. He did say that the sterling silver is genuine but altogether the ring is only valued at $60 and not the several hundreds as it was advertised. I will not be buying from this company again.

Date of experience: March 8, 2019
Canada
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Total Scam
December 26, 2015

I ordered a 14k karrot white gold over sterling 18 diamonds designer bracelet, The retail sales price was 1500. 00 which i know was a little over the top. When i got it i could'nt believe how light it was, it looked a bracelet you got out of a toy store. I took it to a jewlery store to get appraised and she said it; s worth 20 bucks if im lucky, Nothing about it is real.
Its the 50 dollars shipping is how these scam artists make there money.
DONT FALL FOR IT

Date of experience: December 26, 2015
Illinois
1 review
27 helpful votes
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I got a ring that i won worth $5,000 but we'll see at the pawn next week when i go take it to get an appraisal. Hope i spelled that right, anyways i usually dont put out my hard earned money on some site i didnt review. But glad i went ahead and never thought about this review site. My user name was brokeman. I am going to go ahead and let yall see the ring so look in my profile pic. Thats it!
I say it has a pretty good weight to it. It does pop a bit on the finger. And the diamonds are all there but they are very tiny so it doesn't sparkle as much.
Overall im pleased with it and my purchase. This is the end of my purchasing on that site because im afraid next time it maybe something not worth buying. I got scared a little after reading these comments. I actually waited 3 days to open it beause, i wanted to film it on camera and do a review, now its too late lol. Or maybe not. I opened it right after reading most of these comments. Lol

Date of experience: May 16, 2015
Idaho
3 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Another coin scam
May 8, 2018
Updated review

Got the second Franklin half dollar the auction site showed it graded as a pr70, i got a coin ungraded and just in a plastic holder. Stay away from this site, it is all a scam, cant beleive that places still support them,

Date of experience: May 8, 2018

SCAM
May 4, 2018
Previous review

I won 4 auctions at www.policeauctions.com the one I am returning IS A Franklin half dollar that was shown to be a PR70 graded coin with tamper tape on the coin holder and the grade also on the coin holder it said the same in the description. Yet I received a ungraded coin in a plastic coin holder with the grading company name on it, but no tamper tape and no grade. I am still waiting on another half dollar that is supposed to be the same grade PR70,, the other 2 auctions, 1 was a roll of 20 nickels showing a BU on one end, when i received the roll, it was obviously super loose, and anyone could put in whatever they wanted into that roll. The other auction was a 50 cent roll showing a 1953 franklin half dollar on the end, when i received this roll, the coins were strewn about in the package that it came in, with the roll aside from the coins. Again, a super loose roll. It is obvious that this is a scam. And as of right now, I am returning the ungraded half dollar and I have to pay for the shipping back to them, so at this point at least that part of their company may be satisfactory, but unacceptable because I did not receive what was described or shown on the auction. So money lost with nothing to show for it. WHY DOES THE BBB ALLOW THIS COMPANY ON THEIR SITE? I own my own company and this is one of the reasons i do not use the BBB anymore. I have taken pictures of the auction items on the site, and the actual items that I received just to make sure that i can prove exactly what I am stating. I think this is just sad that we let companies use a name like (police) TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK IT IS A LEGIT BUSINESS.

Date of experience: May 4, 2018
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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POSTAGE SCAM
July 13, 2021

I could not believe the crap that was sent to me as $1000's of dollars worth of jewelry! What a joke. And on top of that I had to pay to have each one returned! I paid for the return at $4.15 and then I had 8 more to return and I thought I am not paying another $4.15 (on top of them charging me $12.95 per item that was NOT refunded on return) so I boxed them all together in two of their boxes taped together for $4.90. So, keep in mind when ordering this tuff that they are charging $12.95 per item to ship to you but you do NOT GET THAT BACK! So in returning 8 items I have lost over $150 in postage! And I have nothing! DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS SITE, IT IS A SCAM ROYALE! I am so disappointed in myself for falling for this! 11

Date of experience: July 13, 2021
Canada
1 review
25 helpful votes
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Read the fine print
February 8, 2016

You people get what you deserve. It clearly says on the big page "Please note that gold clad bars and coins are not solid gold and consist mainly of a base of either brass or copper or an alloy. Gold content of all gold clad bars and coins is minimal. Gold clad bars and coins are meant for collectible purposes and are not recommended for investment purposes. Gold clad bars and coins are non-monetary."

They say it's junk... yet everyone is looking for a quick buck. If you get scammed, it's ur own fault. If you did ur research, you wouldn't buy a thing off this site.

Date of experience: February 8, 2016
Rhode Island
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Scam artists
July 25, 2018

I purchased a roll of pennies, or what I thought was a roll of pennies. What arrived was a quarter roll of pennies. I have not even opened it. I have sent emails to the seller CindyF. With no response. This website is a scam! Stay far away!

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Date of experience: July 25, 2018
Canada
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I am so glad I found these reviews. I spent Christmas day buying things for myself and now I am so disappointed that this website is a scam. Thank you all for taking the time to point out a BIG RIP OFF. I have better words but today is Christmas after all. Springroll/Pingiuno

Date of experience: December 25, 2017
Canada
1 review
17 helpful votes
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I just spent 600 on two pairs of earring necklace and matching rings. I took to get one of the rings enlarged and to fix one of the clasps holding the one of the mistique stones. The Jewler said he won't touch it because it's not worth fixing even though they say on the product description 14k. Yes one of the rings I been wearing everyday for two weeks is showing the sterling sliver under the so called gold.

Date of experience: April 25, 2016
Tennessee
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Rip off
October 26, 2021

I bought at 24 k gold bar. Close to 409 dollars plus 3 other items. The others which were much cheaper came but the golf did not. I asked for a refund and nobody will respond

Date of experience: October 26, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Everything I got is cheap dollar store items that it looks like they buy from China or India to resell as part of an auction. Expensive shipping. Stay away. Fake stones for gems. Silver rings with no markings. Oil paintings not matching the image and made in minutes by amateurs. Again STAY AWAY DO NOT THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE. LESSON LEARNED.

Date of experience: August 28, 2015
Kansas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Not as shown
March 2, 2021

Eisenhower dollar date correct but on their site different numismatic label and this is NOT as valuable as they led me to believe or recd. Buyer be very wary.

Date of experience: March 2, 2021
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Custom jewelry
November 6, 2021

All the items I purchased were fakes! Not worth investing your time and money. CustomerCare/ service is non existing. No one ever answers the phone. Run away and don't look back

Date of experience: November 6, 2021
Australia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I bought a iced out gold diamond watch on a here a while back it looked like the real deal that was until it was delivered when I opened up my package I knew right away that it was fake even b4 I looked it over jst by the sound of it comin out. It sounded like the meterial used to make it was tin, than when I looked at it, it was miscolored and looked like a watch U used 2 get out of those $1 machines outside of supermarkets that were inside of an egg shaped plastic container. Absolutely disgraceful how U could even send someone that sh! T they tried sending me if I could give a lower rating I most definitely would... negative -100 is my rating

Date of experience: April 21, 2019
Arizona
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Multiple charges
April 23, 2019

Has anyone ordered and had them charge your card multiple times. Is it because in the description that there's multiple pieces kind of deceiving like your only buying 1 item

Date of experience: April 23, 2019
California
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Buyer BEWARE!
July 5, 2020

I recently spent $200 dollars on 80 items and they were worthless $1 dollar crap. Not even good dollar stuff that could be resold! I felt violated. Stay away.

Date of experience: July 5, 2020
Australia
1 review
19 helpful votes
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You guys are frauds!

When a customer sends a formal complaint why don't you respond!
Your products are fake, not worth $5.00, fake stones, not 925 stalling silver, not as shown in the online photo, ( using photo shop).
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SITE AS YOU WILL END UP SENDING IT BACK.

I have reported this scam and fraud to my bank and the US federal police system.

What is your return address for goods?

Date of experience: August 5, 2017
Australia
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Rip off and thiefs
November 13, 2016

Doesn't get any worse than this. Stay away! Do not even deserve 1 star! Showing one thing on the website than sending something cheap and completely different! Waste of money and time, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM! Keep away, save your money and buy something from the shops, its better!

Date of experience: November 13, 2016
Oklahoma
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Costume jewelry
January 30, 2023

It's a SCAM. I bought 3 pieces of jewelry they claimed was worth over a thousand dollars and it's costume jewelry. The red value they have in upper right is flat out false. They are not associated with police in any capacity. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME
I would not even give them a 1 star rating but it's required to submit the review

Date of experience: January 30, 2023
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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If you write a complaint to BBB, they write back a computer generated response to all and if you don't keep the case open, the BBB closes it as solved. BBB gives this company an A plus because of that. I will write BBB and keep the case open from the auto response that police auction gives. Usually a police auction is from stuff taken from drug dealers and such. This is all fake stuff they send you. Not real. Can buy at a dollar store. Want to buy fake jewelry there are plenty of sites lagit that sya they are imitation jewels for like $10

Date of experience: March 18, 2019

Overview

PoliceAuctions has a rating of 1.7 stars from 262 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with PoliceAuctions most frequently mention costume jewelry, credit card and white gold. PoliceAuctions ranks 175th among Auction sites.

service
42
value
47
shipping
46
returns
29
quality
46
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