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G. S. I. Is an industry leader in wholesale distribution. We have over 11,000 products and 1,000 distribution facilities in the United States. We sell products for Home, Leisure, Sport, and Lifestyle. Our prices are the lowest around because we ship the products directly from the manufacturer's distribution warehouse to the customer, without passing through a retail establishment. We customize our shipping to the specific location of our customer, so you will never be overcharged for shipping. We have customer service, tracking, sales, Parts and Warranty Departments all available for communication via telephone. We are here to cater to our customer's exact needs even though we cannot be physically near the customer.


saferwholesale.com
Founded in 2005
New Lenox, IL, United States
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SaferWholesale Reviews Summary

SaferWholesale has a rating of 2.1 stars from 1,111 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SaferWholesale most frequently mention customer service, credit card and golf cart. SaferWholesale ranks 805th among Auto Parts sites.

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value
129
shipping
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returns
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quality
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Arkansas
1 review
9 helpful votes
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2 month delievery
July 1, 2019

Bought 50cc, shipping took full month... understandable even tho I had to pick up item at shipping lot myself. After receiving item, you must send request for title, they don't ship together. Another month waiting and I'm still waiting. The bike needed maintenance before it ever started. And still I can't register it till title arrives. Bought bike 5/6/2019 and on 7/1/2019 I'm still waiting.

Date of experience: July 1, 2019
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I bought a Znen scooter from them a month and a half ago.
The guy I spoke to on the phone who made the sale told me the scooter would arrive 100% assembled, with gas and oil so I would be able to ride it as soon as I got it. Also, he made sure to tell us it would come with temporary registration so I can use it until the real registration comes two weeks later.

This is what actually happened:
The scooter arrived on a welded cage, mostly in parts, no gas and no oil of course, with breaks that almost doesn't work, and the delivery guy left it 4 blocks away (down a hill) from my house as he couldn't go by an arch we told the sales person was there and he said "No problem".
The "temporary registration" never existed and a month and a half after receiving the scooter I still haven't got it. I called 7 times and no one cared, no one even tried to solve the problem and each time I got a different -and contradictory- lie about the registration being sent.

Other than the scooter being cute, I can only say I never in my life had a worst shopping experience: A month and a half after I bought it, the scooter is sitting in my driveway and I cannot even drive it to a mechanic to have it's brakes fixed.
Rudest company, big time liares and absolutely incompetent.

Date of experience: June 19, 2019
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Scooter Blues
June 12, 2019

If you are smart enough to look here Beware! I saved $135 on a scooter. I should have bought it from a local dealer. The front brake caliper fell off (bolts too short stripped, need new front fork assembly. (They glued them) Had a gas leak the first time I put gas in it. Just had if fixed. Leaking again this morning. Not worth the hassle. Buy it from a local retailer. Good Luck, Fred

Date of experience: June 12, 2019
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

Hello and thank you for your questions and concern. Please note: None of the brake calipers that we ever have sent out are glued in any way, everything is welded or molded together, however we will gladly assist on getting any new parts that you may need. If they are under warranty, we will gladly send at no cost to you. As far as a leak, this may be due to the hose. Please check all connections and also make sure that the clamps are installed tight from when you assembled the scooter. We will also send out new hose or clamps if necessary. Please contact via ticket system on our website so we can assist. Thank you and we appreciate you questions and concerns.

Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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ATV Dont work
May 28, 2019

I bought my son a ATV it came 3 weeks later even though I paid for 5 day shipping. It do not work and they are trying to make me pay someone to fix it. This is wrong I asked for a new one and they said no they have to send me new parts like I know how to fix it myself. So I have to pay someone to fix it after they send me the parts.DO NOT BUY ANYTHING from them.

Date of experience: May 28, 2019
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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We bought 2 of the 110cc they came as promised quick easily deliver but 2 month of use before winter and they where in my heated garage took the out this spring did the oil changes bought 2 new batteries a few weeks later they stoped running I called everywhere back yard mechanics no one wanted to work on them I found some one to work on them and one had a carburetor problem and all brakes stop working after 2 days trying to fix the brakes so my 10 year old was safe still can not get them fixed the second one the head is blown so 2200 dollers for the both of them owned the for 6 months total of 25 hours I went out and bought 2 polaris 200 never again.

Date of experience: May 23, 2019
California
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Scammers
May 21, 2019

Stay away from this company they will take your money and ship you damaged products then tell you the damaged parts are not in stock with wait period of 3 months, just purchase from a different company this is a scam..

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
New York
1 review
13 helpful votes
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The 150cc bike I purchased had nothing but problems from the start. Was missing many parts and the first day I rode it the bike broke. I had to spend hundreds of dollars to get it fixed just for the bike to brake again. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY! All their product is cheap Chinese machines that are absolute pieces of dog $#*!. The prices are too good to be true. Good luck getting your money back!

Date of experience: May 5, 2019
Germany
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Purchased 50 CC motor scooter from them April 3,2019 Came with missing parts and blown out lightbulb immediately called them they told me I had to submit a ticket what I just received a scooter 2 two days ago what ticket anyway I did as they suggested someone finally responded after one week Telling me they had to order parts from the manufacture I immediately asked them why don't you have parts in house on hand for the merchandise you sell After three weeks finally receive email saying parts is coming still have not received them also to make matters worse they told me I have to pay for a new lightbulb out of my pocket second complaint never received title after 3 1/2 weeks when title following came it was wrong they refuse to let anybody speak with them farless a supervisor salesman name was Mr. Matt Bad bad bad people stay away from this company I've been in contact with my bank to try to get my funds back I have also filed a complaint with Attorney General of the state Illinois They go by the name of Seifert wholesale outle they go by the name of SaferWholesale.com and great sports Because from what I have read online they have numerous complaints against them I have change the name numerous times

Date of experience: April 29, 2019
Iowa
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Scam Artists
April 21, 2019

Purchased what I thought was a new Golf Cart in June 2017 and when I finally got the Cart after almost three months it was obviously not new with an old engine. I was never advised that I was going to get a used Golf Cart. No one should do business with this company!

Date of experience: April 21, 2019
Texas
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Loving my 4 wheeler!
April 14, 2019

I purchased a 4 wheeler last year and it runs great! The battery that came with it was worthless, I had to buy a new battery online at Wal-Mart but once the battery got here I been rolling

Date of experience: April 14, 2019
Utah
2 reviews
32 helpful votes
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BUY ELSEWHERE!
March 26, 2019

Ordered a 100amp 3000watt solar generator and mobile wheels kit. Received a 100amp1500watt generator mounted on 4 short pieces of 2x4 with a 14x22" piece of 1/4" plywood with 4 casters. Charged me $250 for that wood and 4 wheels. Was NOT even remotely what was shown in their picture, nor did anyone volunteer that it was cheaply made out of scrap materials. I could've built it in 15 minutes for a grand total of $7.

The packaging was terrible! The box had holes all in it and was massively too big. No padding. Not bolted down. Item was lying on its side in the box and the battery had come out of the battery box.

Called customer service and admittedly, I was a little hot under the collar. Put on hold about 20 minutes. By the time someone returned to the phone I was steaming mad.

So, you have to go to their website and create a "return ticket". Restocking fee, pickup fee, shipping fee... in short I would get a refund of about $900 out of over $1500. I am NOT HAPPY!

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.

Date of experience: March 26, 2019
Nevada
1 review
41 helpful votes
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SaferWholesale (Great Sports) is not a business I would ever want to do business with ever again. Do not buy anything from them. I paid $3750 electronic check for a carport over 6 months ago. I have received all kinds of excuses but no carport. No excuse is good enough for holding my money for 6 months.

Date of experience: March 20, 2019
Customer-Service S. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to hear about the trouble you have had with your carport order. We do our best to have these delivered and installed as soon as possible for our customers, however they can be delayed due to a number of factors such as weather in this case. We have issued you a refund in full and apologize for any inconvenience as large orders such as this can take some time to come together, especially over the winter months.

Oregon
1 review
36 helpful votes
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DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!
March 18, 2019

We ordered A 50CC and 2 110CC quads. These things were TINY. Seriously the size of one of the small power wheel quads from Walmart. The stator went out on the 50CC the day after we got it and both starters on the 110CC's were out in less then a week. I made call after call and email after email to get things figured out. They kept passing me from one person to the next and never actually helped us. I wanted to send the piece of $#*!s back but wasn't allowed since we didn't have the original packaging it came in. I was told they couldn't help until I paid a licensed dealer to diagnose the issue, then they would send us parts to fix the bikes. After months of back and forth with the service department and me specifically telling them the stator failed on one bike and the starters on the others, they sent me 1 carburettor for the 110CC? What a joke! They made it so hard to resolve and wasted so much of my time that we gave up. I'm out a couple thousand dollars and have 3 none working bikes. I will NEVER buy from this company and highly suggest staying away!

Date of experience: March 18, 2019
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

If there is ever any issues with any product, we do stand behind and resolve the issue 100% - We can send out any parts that are under warranty and we do allow returns if shipped back to our warehouse. Please contact us if you would like to ship your item back and we can issue credit once the product arrives in our warehouse if in brand new condition or new packaging. We have been in business for over 15 years. We are open every day of the week and can answer any and all questions that you may have! Thank you kindly!

Virginia
1 review
45 helpful votes
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I bought a casador dune buggie, that was advertised as a 200cc engine which was a lie, it was actually 160cc, they'll tell you all you need to do is connect the battery and put on the tires. False! Your going to need at least three people to assemble, and a full tool set. Mine was sent without control arms, scratches all over the paint, and the battery was also missing. I'm now stuck paying $570.00 in shipping costs to send it back, because I attempted to contact them for a week attempting to have them order my new parts. They're extremely rude and very disrespectful. RYAN the manager is a crook and a liar. As soon as he closed me, he promised me, that anytime I had a question all I would have to do is ask for him. That was also a lie, the other employees would go out of their way to prevent me from talking to him, but as soon as I disputed the charge with the finance company, he called me an hour later, ranting and yelling, asking me why I had filed a dispute. It's the only way to protect yourself from these $#*!s, hit their pocket book, and they call you back immediately. MATTHEW is a pushy salesman that only worries about closing the sale, and will say just about anything, in order to close you. He's the one that lied by saying it came built 80%. Save your money and save yourself the anguish of dealing with a small time crooked company, that promotes hundreds of sales on line, but only have about two employees answering the phones per shift. That should of been a red flag, every time I would call back the same person would answer. Read the fine print and remember that once these thief's have your money, your out of luck with follow ups or any type of customer service. RYAN, MATTHEW I would love to really tell you what I think about you, but your not even worth the time, much less lowering myself to your level and letting the reader think this is actually personal, because it really isn't. I could blow my nose with the shipping costs, keep the change. What kills me, is the people that can't afford it, and you people don't think twice about ripping them off. Lesson learned, don't do business with a company that's willing to tell you all you want to hear, prior to closing the sale.

Date of experience: March 8, 2019
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

We are very sorry to about your confusion and would love to address your concerns. This order was financed, by customer, once financing had been complete, order was processed and shipped and delivered within 4 business days. As for the specs of the product, it clearly states within the description that the motor is in fact a 169cc - Features & Specifications: Engine type: 4-stroke, Single-Cylinder, automatic Displacement: 169CC Horse Power: 6.0kw(7500r/min) 8.2HP - The specs are per the manufacturer and the 200cc is a round up figure like most motorsport manufacturers regarding engine size, however the actual motor size is clearly stated within the specs. We had went well up and beyond for this customer and only turns out that he did not want the vehicle after we had expedited the shipping to them. All go karts take many hours for assembly and this was stated once the order had been placed. The order was placed online via financing, so all customers agree to all financing terms once placing order. We typically charge a re-stocking fee if a customer would like to return a product, however we waived any and all fees to return the product minus the shipping costs. If there are any other concerns at all whatsoever, we would gladly address. If this scenario occurred at any big box store, they would require the customer pay shipping costs back as well. We are a small business and we do care about every last customer, and we do want to address every last concern. Kindly let us know if you have any other questions or concerns!

California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Pleasantly surprised
March 12, 2019

Got my Trailmaster Challenger ahead of schedule and in excellent shape. Was sceptical about doing business with SaferWholesale after reading reviews, but was pleasantly surprised with the product and the entire buying experience with them

Date of experience: March 7, 2019
New Mexico
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
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$#*!S
February 7, 2019

These Bastards won't lift a finger to help the Customer they are real $#*!S and they don't know what a mini bike is.

Date of experience: February 7, 2019
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

We have been in business for over 15 years. Please call or visit us locally in New Lenox, IL - We are open every day of the week and can answer any and all questions that you may have! Thank you kindly!

Florida
1 review
55 helpful votes
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Deceptive financing and faulty products. Do not stand behind their product. Stay away from this place. Do not order if it is too good to be true it is. They use a finance company that charges you double by telling you, you agreed to leasing so the $2500 I have already paid os for nothing.

Date of experience: January 3, 2019
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

Our financing is done through a 3rd party which Walmart, and many other LARGE companies use. Affirm bases all financing fees on consumer credit, please give them a call to further discuss any questions or concerns that you may have. We have been in business for over 15 years. Please call or visit us locally in New Lenox, IL - We are open every day of the week and can answer any and all questions that you may have! Thank you kindly!

Florida
1 review
72 helpful votes
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Do not buy from these people. I've never had a merchant so rude. They had me on hold for an hour to tell me I was misquoted and I have to pay an additional $250 for my order 4 days b4 Xmas and 2 weeks after trying to track the order. They never even attempted to contact me to tell me there was an issue with my order.
I guess that's what I get for going outside of AMAZON.

Date of experience: December 27, 2018
Mark C. — SaferWholesale Rep
over a year old

We strive on having excellent customer service, sales calls and customer service calls are answered within seconds of calling in. Shipping costs on products that are 300 pounds or more total weight cost well over $250 to ship cross country. Please give us a call for a live shipping quote. We have been in business for over 15 years. Please call or visit us locally in New Lenox, IL - We are open every day of the week and can answer any and all questions that you may have! Thank you kindly!

California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Update Review-Beemer Sidecar
November 19, 2018
Updated review

After contacting the BBB I was refunded $350.00 for the wrong paint, missing cover, and missing spare tire. I was never sent instructions and bought a set of install instructions for 14.00 from a sidecar parts dealer in Florida.

I have a 2017 Harley Davidson Softail Slim S FLSS. Only two attachment points from the sidecar worked with the bike. I had to have parts fabricated/welded to ensure proper fitment and drill out new attachment points on the sidecar frame. To be fair it does say on their website that some fabrication may be required.

The fender came with a pre-wired tail light. I had to drill a hole through the fender, add a rubber grommet and pull the wire through. It was not pre-drilled. Now I need to figure out how to wire it to the bike.

The bearings in the tire were no good and I had to have new bearings pressed in. Other than that the tire appears to be of good quality. The trunk sat loosely so I added rubber weather stripping to seal the gap or it would have been banging around on the road.

Hoping to wrap this sidecar project up in the upcoming week. It's been nothing but a headache so far. I will post another review when I hit the road.

Date of experience: November 19, 2018

Bad Business!
October 31, 2018
Previous review

I purchased a Beemer sidecar in June 2018 from Saferwholesale. I was told the item was on backorder until August. The sidecar came in the in beginning of October from India.

These are my complaints:

1-Sidecar came in black, not OD green, which I paid extra for

2-Sidecar came with no extra tire, which I paid extra for

3-Sidecar came with no installation instructions

4-Missing sidecar cover

5-Came with slight paint damage

22 days later I have received no refund for the paint job, no instructions, no extra tire, and no sidecar cover.

I do not recommend purchasing from this company._____________________________________________________________________________ Activity Amount

Beemer Side Car Motorcycle Sidecar Kit - Fits All Models 2,399.95

Year: 2017

Make: Harley Davidson (Soft Tail)

Model: 1800cc

Color Choice: OD Green 100.00

Add Extra Spoked Tire 100.00

Standard Parts Only Warranty 0.00

Standard Ground Shipping - ***Typically 2-4 Business Weeks 200.05

Due To Custom Fabrication and Assembly***

Reason of review: Not as described.

Monetary Loss: $350.

Date of experience: October 31, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
42 helpful votes
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Unsatisfactory
November 7, 2018

I purchased a Big Boy from saferwholesale and the crate arrived heavily damaged. It looked like the crate was caught in a tornado. Both seats were ripped and the frame was badly scuffed. After putting the kart together the damn think would not switch gears. The entire experience has been a nightmare. I have submitted two work orders and was told that I would have a resolution. It's been over a month now and I have yet to hear back from saferwholesale. I would not recommend to anyone.

Date of experience: November 7, 2018