“Picked up a car from Bristol yesterday and Daniel he deserves credit and a promotion.
Not only with myself, but with other customers he is willing to help them out and advise, I seen some guys struggling with their car whilst inspecting and Daniel helped them resolve their concerns straight away.
Great member of staff and an asset to the business, has an excellent work ethic.”
Hi Sham,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a great review. I am pleased to see you had a great experience with us and really appreciate to good feedback on Daniel, I will make sure to pass this on.
Thanks,
Hollie
“Worst company to deal with in history, customer service is appalling and they are of no help, I wanted to give this company a try but ultimately was left hanging by my feet.
Would not recommend to anyone.”
Hi Rui,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. We are sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience with us. We would really appreciate it if you could help us understand better how we can address the issues you have mentioned and improve the overall experience for our customers, please share this to complaints@synetiq.co.uk.
Thanks,
Hollie
“The worst company to deal with when you buy a car they are missing parts like in my case and nobody to ralk to inly some stupid chat site so don’t buy from them period.”
Hi Jon,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. I am sorry to hear about your experience using our parts service and can understand your frustration.
If you would like to make a complaint please email partscomplaints@synetiq.co.uk
Thanks,
Hollie
“I used Synetiq to buy a replacement engine for my son’s car. The engine arrived with small ball-bearings in the sump and had a very loud bottom end noise when running. I contacted Synetiq asking what validation checks had been done on the engine prior to sale and their response was its sounded okay when we started it up. After considerable discussion they agreed to replace the engine on the condition that the faulty engine was returned to them. The second engine duly arrived but unfortunately it developed an extremely loud top-end noise after running on idle for about thirty minutes. Synetiq were contacted with the request to send one of their mechanics to listen to the engine which they declined. They offered a third replacement engine or a refund, but only if the faulty engine was returned to them. I suggested to Synetiq that they should consider additional reimbursement for the time and effort installing two faulty engines which they had supplied, their response was no, they could only refund the purchase cost.
Throughout the above debacle, Synetiq were extremely difficult to contact, their complaints Email facility would only respond after chasing them and even then, it took five or six days to respond. Their online Chat was almost useless as they had to refer to their manager who was never available.”
Hi Graeme,
Thank you for your review. I am sorry to hear about your experience and receiving faulty parts, this is something we will have to investigate. We apologise for the delay in our responses, I am glad to see you have resolved your issue and got a full refund.
Thanks,
Hollie
“Hi I am just looking with the amount of reviews this company has on trust pilot it has a 4.5 rating how is that possible? A big question mark against this company in concern. They clearly fraudsters end of stop . They getting with it for a long time now . Just cleaning observe there online auctions on line . They have there own bidders working for them on
Line . Thirdly they have changed there name so many times . You can not see the other bidders information who is bidding under the g d p r rules”
Hi Shaz,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. To clear up a few of your questions, all reviews whether that be google reviews, here, or Trustpilot all come from genuine experiences. We do not have our own bidders on the auction. Also, after a successful merger of 4 businesses came SYNETIQ and we have remained under the same name ever since. I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Hollie
“Bought many cars from them but i always new that they run up there own bids my transport guy gave me this imfo years ago, some cars arrived ok but most had body marks that u can never see in there poor pictures they never show a pic of the full side showing the damage just a rear corner shot so it's a gamble if u really want to mess them up the best thing you can all do to mess there system up that's if you dont want to buy from them again is to buy as many cars on the same day as you can and obviously dont pay for them all they can do is to block your account and if you want to get back on there do it in some one else's name but why bother.
Who is this Hollie? that replies to every complaint ..”
Hi,
Thank you for leaving us a review, I am sorry to hear about your experience.
If you'd like to make a complaint about a genuine experience you can email auctioncomplaints@synetiq.co.uk.
Thanks,
Hollie
“don't bother even trying to bid on anything on their salvage auction as they trot you up.....
these are the biggest bunch of cowboys there is.....
all the watched items I have seen on the website are reserve met, but low and behold 80% of them are back on a week or two later. some even multiple times.
you'd think that because its a big name, you'd have some kind of fighting chance of buying salvage at half decent prices. OH NO the bigger the name the bigger the sh@tf@@kery”
Hi,
Thank you for leaving us a review. Our vehicles often end back up on our auction if the buyer doesn't complete payment, doesn't show up for the vehicle or just simply rejects the vehicle.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Hollie
“Everyone be aware of this site as it’s full off Scams to the general public . It’s on line Auctions need to be watched and observed Carefully.they are fraudsters and criminals who are getting away with this . They have changed there name so many times from Motorhog to synetiq and now iaa auctions They have so many county court judgements Against them once again do your hpi checks On these vehicles before you buy them”
“I would like you to update about this auction it’s a total scam be aware of them . They will bid on there own cars and push up the price . So many complaints and customers have lost a lot of money with this auction site avoid it plz be very careful .it’s a total scam to the general public they need to be shut down asap”
“A bunch of unprofessionals. This is a scam. The same customer service representative deals with complints and is the same person representing Transport. Above all, bad people and the business is not honest”
“Scrap engine finally turned up - broken
Engine finally turned up a week later, looking like it had been removed by a digger! Most parts attached are smashed and broken. Didn't run due to many faults and problems.
SYNETIQ does not have any telephone lines to make complaints - just chat messages.
BEWARE AND AVOID.”
“We all need to stay away from these scammers and fraudsters . They are crooks Always do your h p I car check on these Vehicles from them . Watch the online Bidding Very very carefully on this auction site and Then you will realise what they are doing to The general public”
“Hi everyone I would like to update you about this auction site it’s a 100 per scam and fraud To the general public . They have a 4.6 review On trust pilot what is complete fake . This Company has changed its name many times And has a lot of county court judgements. So Many customers have lost a lot of money Because of them . Plz kindly go on to trust Pilot and see there reviews. Once Again Be Aware Of Them Thank you”
“I purchased a number of items online payment made straight away then I'm informed it will take 5 to 7 days o be removed waited 6 days joined live chat to ask if parts are ready to be collected was told yes every item ordered is ready so set of travelling 70 miles to collect reach there I'm told nothing is removed I had to wait there for over 3 hours could not believe it and when they did remove and bring the parts to me they damaged the door and bumper with forklift the light which was posted from another branch totally incorrect absurd what a waste of journey my vehicle is still in the bodyshop waiting to be finished no thanks to this unprofessional company as I have had to source parts elsewhere and has delayed everything as I put my trust in synetiq bad move absolutely appalling service customers are being sold parts that are not as described online when purchased and there is no reimbursements what's so ever offered for there mistakes all you will here from branch staff customer service in Doncaster at fault trading standards informed”
“They don't care about you, only take care of your money 🙄 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐for taking your money...
Also be careful, them acution bidding with you until they price they went, if they win , they put back the car next auction, that happened to me few times..”
“This company is a scam. They selling clocked millage cars, properly clocked 38000 car but in real life you buying 250000 shock. People be careful with this bustards”
