Don Baskin Truck Sales

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by bobobrazil, Dec 29, 2010.

  1. rogueunh

    rogueunh Road Train Member

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    I've skimmed through this thread, and I have never dealt with Baskins before, but the huge red flag for me with them is when you look through their truck ads on Truckpaper, the detailed description is nearly identical for all their trucks...."good rubber, runs great, clean..."

    I'm sure all 300 trucks run great, are clean, and have good rubber!
     
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  3. SHC

    SHC Spoiled Rotten Brat O/O

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    I actually went to their website and looked at a couple trucks and they had maybe 4/32's on the drives but yet the description said "good rubber"...... I guess in Memphis as long as it holds air that qualifies as "good"
     
  4. pavel94

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    99% of these trucks are trade in he takes from other dealers. he doesnt do anything to them and sells them out. I know off a fleet that got like ten trucks from them and he is very happy with them.
     
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  5. country29

    country29 Medium Load Member

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    yea, with all the container haulers around memphis, 4/32 is good rubber SHC. pavel94, you are correct he buys trucks from the dealers that it will cost the dealers to much $ or repairs to make anything on them so baskin buys them cheap, doesnt do anything to them and sells them cheap and still makes $. I know of 1 pete he bought several yrs ago from a dealer I worked at that had a blown heagasket, needed a clutch and some other things and he sold it as is for $35K. it was a good truck just needed about $15k worth of work! but you get what you pay for! and I agree the op should have noticed a lot of these dot items on his pre-trip, but just my .02 for what its worth.
     
  6. Krooser

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    It's always "let the buyer beware".... my son and I have bought several "fix-er upper's" in the past and have either run 'em or sold 'em and made some $$$... just know what you are buying.

    I'd sooner buy a truck for $5K and do my own repairs and have a $20,000 truck for $10K than go to a dealer and buy a polished turd for $30,000 that's worth $20K...
     
  7. dale lang

    dale lang Bobtail Member

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    don't believe a word Don say's
    lied to me over the phone
    eye ball everything
     
  8. jrloar

    jrloar Bobtail Member

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    I an laughing at you all. Did you not read what I posted. I do not care about the price. I do not care about the age. I do not care it was a PETE. The fact is HE told me it would go threw DOT. You can clearly see it would not. MY ONLY point at all was they LIE to sell a truck. What I checked or did not has nothing to do with what CHUCK told me and what the facts are. This just shows you can NOT beleave any thing they say and when you buy from them ignore what they say and buy ONLY on what you see...
     
  9. Krooser

    Krooser Road Train Member

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    Now you have it.... but why ##### about him lying when you already knew this?
     
  10. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    Have you never bought a vehicle before. I don't care what dealership you go to, you will be lied to. It's an industry practice whether your buying a Honda or a Peterbilt. Of course you buy only on what you can verify, anyone that doesn't takes a HUGE risk and can only blame THEMSELVES.
     
  11. Maybe it would serve you better in the future to learn to recognize these easily identifiable defects before you drive a truck ANYWHERE rather than laughing at anyone, because (quite frankly) I had a decent laugh at the thought of someone taking something like this into a shop expecting a clean DOT inspection.:biggrin_2559:
     
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