Chad Williamson is a crook. I ordered a trailer from him on January 5th, left my deposit on the 6th. Since I was from 13 hours away in St. Louis, I asked for him to get me pictures of the progress of the trailer before I would book my trip. For 2 weeks Chad had one excuse after another why he couldn't get me the pictures. My completion date of 1/27/14 came and went. By that point, Chad started declining my calls and not returning my text messages. Finally got him to respond via facebook message and he swore he would have me a full refund that day. That was yesterday. I have since called my credit card company to get my money back and filed a complaint with the better business bureau. I also spoke to the wholesaler that would sell to Chad. He explained Chad had been black listed. He can not order trailers because he wasn't turning in deposits nor was he picking up trailers. This gentleman explained that every order for eagle trailers (the manufacturer that elite was to use) came across his desk and that my order had never been placed. Chad Williamson is a liar and a thief. Here is the information I have on Chad so that way this will be found every time a piece of it is searched.
Name: Chad Williamson
Business Name: Elite Trailers or Elite Custom Cargo Trailers
Selling: Eagle Trailers
http://elitetrailers1.com
Cell: 229-646-3512
Office: 229-396-5970
Address: 107 Magnolia Drive, Tifton, GA, 31794 United States
Chad is currently in jail in Tifton as I write this. He is just being charged with various "Wire Fraud" sort of charges. The detective I was talking to said that now is a great time to speak up if you have been frauded in a similar way by Chad Williamson. He was apparently served with 6 warrants as he sat in jail from six different people’s claims. I suspect there are many more. The officer said that none of the four RipOffReport claims online matched the claims she had on her desk, so if you have filed, you should contact the Tifton Police department (229-382-3132) and ask for Detective Ferron. If you do this very soon, she will likely still be working the case.
quick version of my story. I make a deposit for a trailer to Chad. He acted like he didn’t care if it were a wire transfer or not, but made excuses about every other form of payment. We sent him $1000 (May 9th, 2014) in deposit on a custom trailer. He told us about everything we wanted to hear and sounded so genuine and believable. He sounds like the nicest guy ever, but is possibly a pathological liar.
He agreed to have the trailer done in about two weeks. We asked for pictures of the trailer, but he would never produce them. He gave all the excuses. He finally said it was ready to ship in time for the event we needed the trailer for. He was super secretive on the shipper, but said he can NOT ship until the final payment. Of course, it was down to the last minute, so we wired him the rest of the money. Before you say we are idiots for wiring, it would have happened the same way had we mailed him a check.
My father and I took a day off work and was supposed to meet the driver about halfway in Knoxville, TN. We traveled 5.5 hours and it was a no-show. Chad said they are trying to get a GPS location on the driver, but ended up just stalling and stalling. He ended up saying for us to just go home, and that he would refund half of our money and make a new trailer exactly the same and deliver it himself.
That of course never happened and he is now in jail and we are out $3200 plus a bunch of other hardships. I am pretty positive we are going to file a civil suit and sue him.
That is the gist of the story. I could tell you lie after lie that was told to me, but not right now. You can contact me through here I would assume or even email christopher9123.......at....gmx....com, without all of the periods. It is a spam email I use, but I do get the emails.
Call Detective Ferron NOW if you have anything similar to add.
Something is shady about Elite Trailers located in Tifton, Ga . It's "operated" by Chad Williamson. He'll take your deposit, string you along and when the deadline arrives its just excuse after excuse and cannot send pictures to prove that its being built. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. PERIOD. I can keep going on and on about this horrible experience but I won't bore you. But you've been warned. Buyer Beware! Check the BBB and get a more reliable dealer. Make sure you google the name of the dealer and look at the reviews before you purchase or place a deposit. It couldve saved me a major headache. I went with another dealer and this time it was great.
just a warning to all .i ordered a custom trailer from elite trailers chad williamson .i paid half down by paypal .i spoke with chad and was assured my trailer would be ready on march 3rd 2014 .i also told him i would be there to pick it up that day .i called him on march 2nd and he asked me to meet him at his office which has no signs or anything identifying it as elite trailers(the picture on his website is photoshopped) .when we met (after me driving 16 hrs from my home) he acted like everything was ready to go. but it was sunday so we couldnt pick the trailer up til monday .he told me how good it looked .i went to a motel and he told me he would have the trailer at the office by 10 am on monday .i was at his office monday morning when he left to drive the 30 miles to pick the trailer up. he said he would be back in an hour or two that was 0930.at 330 he showed up with a plain trailer 4feet short of what i ordered wrong color none of the custom work done .he gave me a big sob story that something went wrong with the order and the trailer would not be ready for 4 or 5 days .and that he would put me up in a motel til it was ready .i told him i would just take the trailer he brought at a super reduced price if he didnt have my deposit money or i would call the sheriff .i didnt get the trailer i wanted but got a nice one very cheap. he is a liar and theif .and i guess he didnt think i would show up on his door step.the only time chad isnt lying to you is when his lips are'nt moving.
Order a custom built trailers and Chad was great to work with answered all calls no problems, as soon as he got the credit card processed his phone quit working and it became very difficult to get a hold of him but did respond.
Then it came time for delivery and I was schedule to fly into Atlanta and rent U-Haul to come back and he said no problem everything was on schedule for Friday April 4. I decided to go ahead and drive down so if there was a small delay it would not be a catastrophe, I arrive around 11 AM ahead of schedule and asked to go see the trailers and he explained it would be ready around 4 PM he would just bring it over then. I came back at 4 and he explained it was running late but no problems we would run over at 5:30 PM. Showed up 5:15 PM to find no one at the office so I texted him because he would not answer his phone during all this and he answer it would be there at 6:30 PM.
At 6:30 PM he showed up with some random trailer like it was mine and when I said that is not mine he explained that it was for someone else. At this point I wanted to see my trailer even it was not complete and he said that they were already closed for the day to come back at 12:00 noon the next day. I said no lets meet here at 9:30 tomorrow morning and go see the trailer he explained it would not be done till noon I said I want to see this trailer in the morning even if it is not done.
Of course no one to be found at 9:30 AM or even 10:30 AM. No response to multiple text and calls so I went ahead and sent him a text that the deal was canceled.
Oh I forgot to mention I used my credit card to make the deposit that he immediately charged the full amount too without my authorization of course.
At 4:30 PM I received a text insulting and calling me all kinds of fancy names because I did not wait till 12:30 PM to cancel the deal. At that point I informed him that if he sent me a picture of my trailer I would return to pick it up, at that point he said he was too busy because he was having family time.
I honest believe he was going to try and modify the trailer he had on Friday or I am not really sure what.
I am not sure how most people run their business but my experience is if I am late and have just made someone drive 700 miles I am apologetic and show them the progress of their product at least in pictures if not in person.
The one trailer he had there was supposedly manufactured at his facility in Ocilla which is 30 minutes away and no one has ever heard of course . The trailer did not have a manufactures registration sticker.
Elite Trailers, Inc. Reviews
Chad Williamson is a crook. I ordered a trailer from him on January 5th, left my deposit on the 6th. Since I was from 13 hours away in St. Louis, I asked for him to get me pictures of the progress of the trailer before I would book my trip. For 2 weeks Chad had one excuse after another why he couldn't get me the pictures. My completion date of 1/27/14 came and went. By that point, Chad started declining my calls and not returning my text messages. Finally got him to respond via facebook message and he swore he would have me a full refund that day. That was yesterday. I have since called my credit card company to get my money back and filed a complaint with the better business bureau. I also spoke to the wholesaler that would sell to Chad. He explained Chad had been black listed. He can not order trailers because he wasn't turning in deposits nor was he picking up trailers. This gentleman explained that every order for eagle trailers (the manufacturer that elite was to use) came across his desk and that my order had never been placed. Chad Williamson is a liar and a thief. Here is the information I have on Chad so that way this will be found every time a piece of it is searched.
Name: Chad Williamson
Business Name: Elite Trailers or Elite Custom Cargo Trailers
Selling: Eagle Trailers
http://elitetrailers1.com
Cell: 229-646-3512
Office: 229-396-5970
Address: 107 Magnolia Drive, Tifton, GA, 31794 United States
Address: 301 daisy road ocilla, GA 31774
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Also working with him: Sophia Fletcher.
Chad is currently in jail in Tifton as I write this. He is just being charged with various "Wire Fraud" sort of charges. The detective I was talking to said that now is a great time to speak up if you have been frauded in a similar way by Chad Williamson. He was apparently served with 6 warrants as he sat in jail from six different people’s claims. I suspect there are many more. The officer said that none of the four RipOffReport claims online matched the claims she had on her desk, so if you have filed, you should contact the Tifton Police department (229-382-3132) and ask for Detective Ferron. If you do this very soon, she will likely still be working the case.
quick version of my story. I make a deposit for a trailer to Chad. He acted like he didn’t care if it were a wire transfer or not, but made excuses about every other form of payment. We sent him $1000 (May 9th, 2014) in deposit on a custom trailer. He told us about everything we wanted to hear and sounded so genuine and believable. He sounds like the nicest guy ever, but is possibly a pathological liar.
He agreed to have the trailer done in about two weeks. We asked for pictures of the trailer, but he would never produce them. He gave all the excuses. He finally said it was ready to ship in time for the event we needed the trailer for. He was super secretive on the shipper, but said he can NOT ship until the final payment. Of course, it was down to the last minute, so we wired him the rest of the money. Before you say we are idiots for wiring, it would have happened the same way had we mailed him a check.
My father and I took a day off work and was supposed to meet the driver about halfway in Knoxville, TN. We traveled 5.5 hours and it was a no-show. Chad said they are trying to get a GPS location on the driver, but ended up just stalling and stalling. He ended up saying for us to just go home, and that he would refund half of our money and make a new trailer exactly the same and deliver it himself.
That of course never happened and he is now in jail and we are out $3200 plus a bunch of other hardships. I am pretty positive we are going to file a civil suit and sue him.
That is the gist of the story. I could tell you lie after lie that was told to me, but not right now. You can contact me through here I would assume or even email christopher9123.......at....gmx....com, without all of the periods. It is a spam email I use, but I do get the emails.
Call Detective Ferron NOW if you have anything similar to add.
Something is shady about Elite Trailers located in Tifton, Ga . It's "operated" by Chad Williamson. He'll take your deposit, string you along and when the deadline arrives its just excuse after excuse and cannot send pictures to prove that its being built. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. PERIOD. I can keep going on and on about this horrible experience but I won't bore you. But you've been warned. Buyer Beware! Check the BBB and get a more reliable dealer. Make sure you google the name of the dealer and look at the reviews before you purchase or place a deposit. It couldve saved me a major headache. I went with another dealer and this time it was great.
Elite trailers / chad williamson
just a warning to all .i ordered a custom trailer from elite trailers chad williamson .i paid half down by paypal .i spoke with chad and was assured my trailer would be ready on march 3rd 2014 .i also told him i would be there to pick it up that day .i called him on march 2nd and he asked me to meet him at his office which has no signs or anything identifying it as elite trailers(the picture on his website is photoshopped) .when we met (after me driving 16 hrs from my home) he acted like everything was ready to go. but it was sunday so we couldnt pick the trailer up til monday .he told me how good it looked .i went to a motel and he told me he would have the trailer at the office by 10 am on monday .i was at his office monday morning when he left to drive the 30 miles to pick the trailer up. he said he would be back in an hour or two that was 0930.at 330 he showed up with a plain trailer 4feet short of what i ordered wrong color none of the custom work done .he gave me a big sob story that something went wrong with the order and the trailer would not be ready for 4 or 5 days .and that he would put me up in a motel til it was ready .i told him i would just take the trailer he brought at a super reduced price if he didnt have my deposit money or i would call the sheriff .i didnt get the trailer i wanted but got a nice one very cheap. he is a liar and theif .and i guess he didnt think i would show up on his door step.the only time chad isnt lying to you is when his lips are'nt moving.
Order a custom built trailers and Chad was great to work with answered all calls no problems, as soon as he got the credit card processed his phone quit working and it became very difficult to get a hold of him but did respond.
Then it came time for delivery and I was schedule to fly into Atlanta and rent U-Haul to come back and he said no problem everything was on schedule for Friday April 4. I decided to go ahead and drive down so if there was a small delay it would not be a catastrophe, I arrive around 11 AM ahead of schedule and asked to go see the trailers and he explained it would be ready around 4 PM he would just bring it over then. I came back at 4 and he explained it was running late but no problems we would run over at 5:30 PM. Showed up 5:15 PM to find no one at the office so I texted him because he would not answer his phone during all this and he answer it would be there at 6:30 PM.
At 6:30 PM he showed up with some random trailer like it was mine and when I said that is not mine he explained that it was for someone else. At this point I wanted to see my trailer even it was not complete and he said that they were already closed for the day to come back at 12:00 noon the next day. I said no lets meet here at 9:30 tomorrow morning and go see the trailer he explained it would not be done till noon I said I want to see this trailer in the morning even if it is not done.
Of course no one to be found at 9:30 AM or even 10:30 AM. No response to multiple text and calls so I went ahead and sent him a text that the deal was canceled.
Oh I forgot to mention I used my credit card to make the deposit that he immediately charged the full amount too without my authorization of course.
At 4:30 PM I received a text insulting and calling me all kinds of fancy names because I did not wait till 12:30 PM to cancel the deal. At that point I informed him that if he sent me a picture of my trailer I would return to pick it up, at that point he said he was too busy because he was having family time.
I honest believe he was going to try and modify the trailer he had on Friday or I am not really sure what.
I am not sure how most people run their business but my experience is if I am late and have just made someone drive 700 miles I am apologetic and show them the progress of their product at least in pictures if not in person.
The one trailer he had there was supposedly manufactured at his facility in Ocilla which is 30 minutes away and no one has ever heard of course . The trailer did not have a manufactures registration sticker.
Willy very disappointed customer