Wine Buyers Purchasing Group Wine Buyers Co BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER: World Class Swindler, Calculated & Premeditated Modus Operandi To Rip Off People Selling Wine Collections Phoenix, Arizona

I was contacted by Mr. Preble and although he came across as professional he is looking to lowball you and pay less then fair market value for your wine.  He failed to make an offer on any of my wines and kept telling me that I should give him my price... Geez he is supposed to be the expert and cannot value wine or is afraid to give a fair market offer.  He seems to be only looking for steals!

Just looking at his website which is something a "7th Grader" could put up.  Claiming to be the #1 wine buyer since 2008 is a joke!  The comments are straight from folks who are completely uneducated about wine - "After my husband died, I didnt know what to do with my wine cellar."  Wow she likely got taken to the cleaners... or "I recently inherited an expensive wine collection and I dont drink wine"

My opinion consign your wine with a known internet provider as Mr. Preble is merely looking to undervalue and steal your wine!

I have recently had the experience of working with Kevin Preble and his company as I was selling a large collection of old, rare wine vintages.   I found Mr Preble to be very professional, true to his word, and thorough in his dealings with me.   

We successfully negotiated, planned the transaction, he submitted payment prior to shipment as promised, and executed the shipment, which he reported receiving in perfect condition with no complaints.  

My experience with Mr Preble and Wine Buyers Purchasing Group was very positive, and would not hesitate to use them again.

A transaction has to fall within the parameters that it was set up.  In this case it was not.  Rather than use a pseudonym, I have my real name and real email address listed here.
The two other companies to which James Pyle (his real name) refers are Safefunds.com, an escrow service that I use to protect both my company's interests and the interests of the seller against unforeseen issues.  Safefunds has contracts available and ours is very simple, easy to read and is only a few simple sentences with a few guidelines referring to fill level and label condition.  Safefunds has been in business since 1999 and has an excellent reputation as an escrow service. Please feel free to check them out. The other company, Premier shipping, is based out of St Helena, California and has been in business for 27 years and is the primary shipping/inspection company for that region. Again, please feel free to check them out.

The bottom line on this matter is that Mr Pyle, who falsely claimed to have held this collection of very expensive wines for upwards of 20 years, also misrepresented their condition, with a number of the wines having significant label damage that had obviously occurred well in the past.   For example, one would think that the "beheading" of poor St Frances on a $1000 bottle of Petrus might be worth disclosing. The pictures and the statements which we have on file and which were provided to Safefunds clearly demonstrate a significant breach of the contract, a contract which any 7th grader could read and understand inside of five minutes. 

Mr. Pyle chose not to participate in the arbitration process - he in fact did not respond at any of several requests made by Safefunds to provide documentation. Instead, he refers to himself as "Mr Tee" in this report and states that he is in Chicago vs Texas which is from where the wine was picked up and shipped to California.  After a period of several weeks during which Mr Pyle did not respond, Safefunds awarded the claim in our favor.

Please feel free to direct any questions to me personally at kevin@winebuyersco.com