- Report: #922293
Complaint Review: Windy Nation - Ventura California
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K. M. -
Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Windy Nation
1082 Front Street, Unit B Ventura, 93001 California, United States of America
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805-323-6445
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Windy Nation Sold me a horrible chinese wind generator and refused to pay for return shipping when called on false advertising/scamming Ventura, California
Hey, just wanted you guys to be warned about buying from Scam Nation. Over the phone they advertised a "American made PMA" which was exactly what I was looking for. After finding out that they were just imported I asked to return the generator for a refund. They said that I'd have to pay for return shipping despite their false advertising.
The generator itself was sub-par but I didn't expect much. Just to charge a battery. It had to get very windy in order for the battery to get any charge. I also asked about this and was told some lie about making sure the generator is facing a certain direction and to make sure the pole was properly tied down. One other thing, one of the giant blades fell off after a week and landed upright sticking into the ground.
I just feel the generator wasn't of high quality, they lied to me to get me to buy it to begin with, the blades are VERY dangerous and they are penny pinching on return shipping when called out on their false advertising.
Maybe I shouldn't have posted a ripoff / scam report but I fell that they are running a scam by false advertising what their product does and just telling people what they want to hear to get people to buy their stuff...
The generator itself was sub-par but I didn't expect much. Just to charge a battery. It had to get very windy in order for the battery to get any charge. I also asked about this and was told some lie about making sure the generator is facing a certain direction and to make sure the pole was properly tied down. One other thing, one of the giant blades fell off after a week and landed upright sticking into the ground.
I just feel the generator wasn't of high quality, they lied to me to get me to buy it to begin with, the blades are VERY dangerous and they are penny pinching on return shipping when called out on their false advertising.
Maybe I shouldn't have posted a ripoff / scam report but I fell that they are running a scam by false advertising what their product does and just telling people what they want to hear to get people to buy their stuff...
2 Updates & Rebuttals
solarguru
United States of AmericaHow can this be?
#2Consumer Comment
Mon, November 26, 2012
Those guys have an ad on e bay explaining that they have real world power curves and at least imply the others are made up and they are the reputable dealer to buy from....they go on to say that there turbines are manufactured in Ventura CA designed and prototyped even. How can a wind turbine the key component being the generator be manufactured in CA when the permanent magnet alternator is from China?
I have further researched and the owner admits the PMA is manufactured in China in several internet forum threads....Call me the Riddler ??????? How can a turbine manufactured in CA USA have a PMA made in China?/?/
This sounds like the same type of deception those guys accuse others of....
Do they thing we do not know the difference between assembled and manufactured?
Are they really the good guys saving people from the evil or just profiteers spinning a bunch of BS.... I know where my vote is......SCAM
Keilo
Bedford,Ohio,
United States of America
Not a good review of Windy Nation
#3General Comment
Sat, August 04, 2012
I was thinking of buying one of there wndtura kits but before I did I went to Google and typed in Windy Nation Reviews. I found this and I'm glad I did. Sounds like you had a horrible experience with them.
