First bad review, but sometimes you feel you have to say something. I live on a small ranch in Magalia, CA and needed a small utility trailer clearing out stuff after the fire. Its a 90 minute drive to TrailersPlus in Live Oak and I called earlier in the day to say I wanted to buy a trailer and would be there between 4:30 and 5pm, no issues. There was a lot of traffic which has been a problem since the fire. I wasn't going to be there til about 5:10 and they close at 5:30. I had cash in hand but I called anyway to make sure they were not closing early or anything. It is very difficult to call and get a person on the property because they have a hard sales answering system that must be off site. I finally spoke to someone just before 5pm and told them I would be there within 15 mins and even had the stock number of the trailer I wanted to come and pick up. They said they cannot sell to me today, they require 1 hour to do all of the paperwork and such. WHAT?! I told them, no loan, no credit check, cash or CC and I am done, I know what I want. They refused and I had already spent 70+ minutes on the road. I was angry, and there was no exception.
As I was sitting there, fuming, because I needed the trailer quickly, I remembered something. I have bought from this place before years ago. I bought a 24' utility trailer from them maybe 10 years ago, and it was great, but then just 3-4 years ago I drove down to buy a small enclosed utility trailer. I talked to the sales person looking at different trailers. After I found the one I wanted, I said "I'll take it". He said, "sorry, its 5pm and we close at 5:30, you will have to come back tomorrow". I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Again, I was paying with a credit card, just sell me the trailer, this is a long drive. Nope, he refused. I was so mad then, and I found another place closer to home that I didn't know about called Jeff's Truck Service and found almost the same trailer but better quality and a bit more. I bought it the SAME night, they are open to 6pm and stayed open a bit to help me, no problem at all.
So I remembered this from a few years ago and I said to my wife, what is that companies name we got that trailer from that day? She looks at google and says Jeff's. I say, "yep, that's it" and flip a u turn and head to Jeff's Truck Service. But since I wasted all this time I won't get there til 5:45pm and they close at 6. I get there and I ask to see their 5x8 utility trailers and they show them to me. Again, better quality and a bit more. I feel bad, its now 10 minutes to closing so I ask if my wife comes tomorrow can we get it then and they hook it up for her? The woman says no problem. I say, "I could also do it now, but I know its late and its pouring rain out". She says, "no problem, we can do it now, it only takes a few minutes and we will pull it out and hook it up while we do the paperwork." So we did just that, and in about 15 mins, at 6:08pm I was driving off with a new trailer.
I hope my memory serves me better in the future and I just think of Jeff's first thing. Jeff's may need to do a bit better job marketing so I find them first, but they sure do a great job servicing their customers. I will do my best to avoid trailersplus and head to Jeff's from now on, you should too. read more