I am having trouble getting an attorney to follow thru with info on a class-action suit :(

Hey folks, I just wanted to give a little update on my lack of progress:

I have contacted two California law firm that advertise a speciality in auto fraud. The first, Scott Law Group, doesn't even get back to me when I leave messages...so that was a fail.

I have corresponded with the same lawyer at the Auto Fraud Legal Center twice now. We have gone over some of the cases on this blog together, and initially things sounded somewhat promising. Our last conversation ended with her telling me she'd speak with the bankruptcy experts at her firm to see if there is any action to be taken while McMahon's filed chapter 11. She said I'd probably hear back from her in a few hours--it has now been a few days. I have little faith at this point, as she blew me off the first time I contacted her two weeks ago.

If anyone knows a reputable and responsive law firm please let me know. I'd be happy to do some legwork if I have a reasonable lead. I genuinely want to see Brent & CO. pay for ripping off so many good people.

In the meantime, best of luck folks.

Update on potential courses of legal action you can bring against McMahon's RV

First off, here is another important post from an Anonymous friend of McMahon's RV Consumer Warning:

On June 16, 2014 Mega RV Corp (McMahon's RV) filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court Central District of California: Case # 8:14-BK-13770. I have reviewed the petition and there are numerous creditors identified. However, it appears to me that many of the customers have not been identified. If you want to be included to be considered you need to file a claim with the court. You can access the petition at http://rvdailyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/McMahons-Bankruptcy-Filing.pdf or at http://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/. I would recommend that you file a claim with the court and send a letter to the bankruptcy attorneys representing Mega RV Corp, their name and address is on the petition. If you decide to file a claim and send a letter send it certified receipt requested. Also, file a complaint with the California DMV Investigation Division who is the lead State agency investigating McMahon's RV for criminal behavior.

Second: This week, I contacted a lawyer about a potential class-action suit. It sounds like this is a distinct possibility. We have been playing phone-tag the last couple days, but I hope to get details and go over some of the complaints from this blog, this coming week. CHECK BACK SOON!

Great post from an Anonymous friend of McMahon's RV Consumer Warning:

If you are incline or pissed off enough you may want to file complaints to the following agencies. According to CA DMV Investigations they are looking into the business practices of McMahons Rv. For DMV to understand the magnitude of number of customers that have been taken by McMahon's RV they need your feedback.

We need to apply pressure to McMahon's RV (Brent McMahon) to fulfill their (his) contractual obligations and include state and federal agencies to help us. I was originally optimistic that Camping World would be the night and shinning amour that would rescue all of us from these dark times, however recent information I have received from their customer service department they are not interested in purchasing this dealership at this time. I suggest we not wait for someone else but we now take action. I have filed complaints with the following state agencies. I will be filing a crime report with Westminister PD and a complaint with the Orange County DA in the next few days. I would ask that all of us contact local news agencies to see if one of them will take this on. Also, file a complaint with State Senator Dunn to see if he can assist in applying pressure to State enforcement agencies to assist us in our fight. Here is some contact information:

Brent McMahon (President McMahon’s RV) (call leave messages) – 949-279-4493

Adam Obeid (McMahon’s Attorney) – 949-733-3133 (now disconnected), adam@megarv.com . File a demand letter at a minimum, regularly send emails (examples of demand letters on line)

State of California Attorney General – (file complaint on their website and call them with your complaint) 916 322-3360, Protecting Consumers | State of California - Department of Justice - Kamala D. Harris Attorney General

California DMV - Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations (Orange) 714 703-2532 (file a complaint and call them with your complaint)
Investigations Offices by Location O

California New Motor Vehicle Board – 714 703-2532, http://www.nmb.ca, email – nmvb@nmvb.ca.govDept (file a complaint and call them with your complaint)

State of California Equalization (Use and sales tax agency) 800 400-7115 (will take complaint over the phone)

State of California Equalization (verification sales tax were paid) 916-445-9524

Westminister Police Department – 714 898-3315 (file a crime report) 8200 Westminster Blvd., Bldg.

Orange County District Attorney - (714) 834-6553 (file a consumer fraud complaint)
Welcome to the Orange County DA Office - Tips and Resources

Senator Joseph Dunn (only because the State Agencies have been reluctant to respond)
E-mail: senator.dunn@sen.ca.gov
Web Site: http://www.sen.ca.gov/dunn/
12397 Lewis St, Ste 103
Garden Grove, CA 92840
Telephone: (714) 705-1580

Federal Trade Commission http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/

Class-action lawsuit?

Some reading of review sites and blogs indicates that the thieves at McMahon's RV have illegally frauded 10s of customers, and it is likely that there are many more not posting their experiences to the web. It would be nice to accumulate a collection of such injustices in one place, and to consider the possibility of a class-action suit. I am not a legal expert, so I am not sure if that is possible here (for instance, are the complaints to varied?). Any opinion on that matter, here, would be helpful. Also, anyone seeking legal justice against these crooks could be indicated here, and we can determine if collective action is beneficial/warranted.

Problems and solutions for getting your RV or money from a closing McMahon's RV

Thought I'd start a thread for passerby's to share the current problems they are having with McMahon's RV, and as important, any potential solutions that anyone has come up with. Problems could be anything of note, from failure to pay off trade-ins, failure to deliver vehicle, substantial parts still missing, failure to refund cancelled service agreements. A lot of us stand to lose a lot of money to these crooks, so if any of you reading this have found a solution to any posted problems, please help. So, with that, post a "Comment" if you have a problem or solution. Thanks.

A little more about the McMahon's RV closing

Posted to Yelp by west g on April 11th. Note: west g mentions the possibility of Mike Thompson's RV buying McMahon's, but I have heard from multiple sources that it is in fact Camping World that is taking them over.

As of 4-9-14 You don't have to worry about McMahon's RV anymore...it appears that the end is near!

The California Motor Vehicle Department yanked the Westminsters Vehicle sales license, the Orange County Marshals office siezed all assets of the Dealership, the many creditors lined up with their Accountants and auditors and spent 3 days at the CLOSED McMahons Westminster Dealership. 

All four of McMahons Black Mercedes S Class Sedans are sitting locked up  in the front parking lot, and the only manager still there said the court also siezed his three homes in Coto de caza worth over well over  a million EACH. 

The gates of the Dealership are all locked up to prevent the $40,000.00 and up motorhomes and RV's from disappearing, but most the remaining RV's aregone and or going back to the bank..

Rumor has it that Mr. Mike Thompson is interested in the property!

Will McMahon's RV be owned by Camping World?

Rumor's floating around on the blogs of "McMahon's RV Consumer Warning" suggest that McMahon's RV is currently, or soon-to-be, under the ownership of Camping World.

From Aussie Spec US Caravans:

A customer of mine told me he went to McMahons yesterday , April 14 th and there was a guard on the gate who told him that they were closed and had been taken over by Camping World , owned by Marcus Melonis

From Anonymous:

 I was scheduled to do a walk thru and they called me and said camping world was buying them and i had to wait to do a walk thru.. OK that is fine however i have to take delivery as i am taking the rig on planned vacation.. Now i find out what really happen and i will not be able to get my trailer and they cashed my deposit weeks ago so now at this point i am stuck with them.. fight to get my deposit back or wait it out and see what happens and if i actually get my trailer.. Very sad

I looks like McMahon's RV might be going out of business?!

Over the past couple of days I have been hearing some rumors that McMahon's RV is the defendant in a ~$30 million lawsuit, and will almost certainly be shutting it's doors. If true, this is a real win for all things good. I, like many of you reading this blog, only wish that this happened earlier, before we were suckered in to doing business with these thieves and cheats.  If anyone has more info on this, please comment. And add links if you have them. Thanks!

I am back and moderating this blog after a five month hiatus!

I stopped posting to this blog five months ago, and in that time we have shot up to the middle of the first page of a "mcmahons rv" google search! We have been getting a ton of traffic. That means, thru this community effort, McMahon's RV is definitely losing at least some business!!! McMahon's RV has gone so far, of late, as to place a bogus ad with some actors claiming they have "no complaints" about McMahon's RV--you can see the video when you google them....pathetic.

It's time to do some more damage. Here are three things you can do to lose even more business for the company that ripped you off:

1) Google "McMahon's RV" once a day and make this blog your first click. Next, click any of the advertisements that McMahon's has paid for. Every time you click one of their ads they have to pay!

2) If you have any blog or website you can link us to, please do. This will keep us afloat on google searches and keep losing business for those losers.

3) If you really really wanna get em...like, guaranteed to lose them a big sale. On a Friday or Saturday, take out a $25 dollar google ad for this page. Link it to AdWords such as "mcmahon's rv", "los angeles rv dealer", or "arizona winnebago". Then, the first thing people see when trying to figure out which dealership to give their money to is this blog. 

From Kimberly Darvell (a typical McMahon's RV experience):

"DO NOT BUY AN RV FROM MC MAHONS. We purchased one this past July at the Pomona RV show and with the exception of a two week it has been sitting in their repair shop. EVERY SINGLE TIME (6) now that we are told that EVERYTHING HAS FIXED we go down to pick it up and it isn't done. This is unbelievable. Last week I called Daniel 3 TIMES to confirm that it was REALLY READY TO BE PICKED UP THIS TIME. All 3 times during a 4 day period I was told yes and that YES it will be washed to confirm that the paint damage THEIR repair did in July was finally fixed too. I dropped my husband off last week to pick it up and it wasn't washed but could see the paint damage still wasn't repaired, the inside liner is still stained where the satellite dish they installed leaked, the wood damage where the wardrobe cabinet still was not repaired (they just stuck putty in the holes) . Still don't know if the windshield is still leaking water inside because it wasn't washed so is it new water inside on top of old? I have documented times and dates of all the wasted trips to pick it up, damage that wasn't repaired and most importantly phone calls NOT returned. I have called Paul Schioperoort from Westminster location who is Director of Operations, Steve Austin the sales manager from the Colton located where the repair shop is. Several calls to Daniel and Dennis the service manager went unanswered. Called again yesterday was put on hold, then connected to another irate customer somehow. I called back again and finally go Dennis from service on the phone who did say that they actually ordered parts to fix our brand new motorhome. So tired of wasting our time, and missing out on our planned vacations because of not having access to motorhome. All Summer long they had it. Now filing complaint with Better Business Bureau and obtaining an attorney."

Before making the mistake of giving any business to McMahon's RV, please read the posts below.

These guys are crooked beyond belief. They ripped me off, and they have ripped of 100s before me. McMahon's RV towers over the competition when it comes to complaints logged with the Better Business Bureau. Their reviews on Yelp almost seem comical--it is hard to believe any company can stay in business with the level of satisfaction typically reported by McMahon's RV customers. Below you'll find links to some reviews, links to other sites that serve the purpose of detouring consumers from these "criminals", and all sorts of stats that highlight the many reasons to avoid these guys at all costs

Some more typical reviews about the schmucks at McMahon’s RV

Click the hyperlinks below to read the reviews:

Hmm, they sold an RV with missing parts, and then failed to deliver…surprise surprise

Sold an RV with broken appliances and did nothing to help out the customer: yup, that’s our boys!

More major garbage from Dave

Chris G put it best: DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE! WHAT A JOKE!

Kevin poses the most obvious question: “how are these guys still in business?”

Oh, can you believe it, McMahon’s RV ignores you once you’ve put you money down?!

Months after the sale and no registration or title yet…heard this one a few times

Failure to deliver parts…one of the more common complaints about McMahon’s RV

McMahon’s RV outright robbed $30,000 from Russ C: didn’t repay Russ until it was time to litigate…what a shame 

Jerry V has it right: “Avoid at all cost!”

Results are in: Of all McMahon’s RV Westminster associates, which really screwed you the most/worst?

A week ago, our sister site posed you with the following:

We are starting a poll that will run thru the end of the week. What we are asking from our readers, is to really think back to that awful experience you had with McMahon’s RV Westminster…from the day you walked in to view the inventory until the day you left the lot after orientation. What ONE (I know it is hard to choose just one) associate really just stuck it to the most. We will tally individual names from “comments” to recognize this special associate. 

Well, the results are in (see above pie chart)! Thanks for all your input folks!

Amazing review about McMahon's RV Westminster, from Yelp!

From Tanya R:

A few weeks ago I went to this mcmahons rv to purchase a new 2013 Coachman Encounter. It is a relatively spendy model, which is the 34TAF. This dealer is only about 60 to 90 minuters north of my house and advertised this rv at a reasonable price. My salesman Chuck was a little pushy, but that is what I have come to expect as a longtime owner of rvs. Things were mostly smooth up to the point of signing the papers and getting the financing and all of that. It gets weird after this. As any rv owner knows, you buy your rv one day but you must go in a few days later for orientation. This gives the dealer a chance to clean it out and make sure all the appliances work properly. When I came back in for orientation my husband and i noticed that there rv was dirty and it did not look clean. There were coffee stains on the table, EMPTY BEER BOTTLES IN THE FRIDGE, and it smelled like camping smoke or maybe even cigar smoke. When I asked the salesman what had happened he told me that he, the parts guy Leo, and the manager Louk had taken it out over then weekend for tailgaiting at the Padres game and then camping in the San Diego area. My husband nearly went crazy and said we wanted our money back and we were not buying the rv. After nearly 4 hours of fighting about it we found out the bottom line, that we are stuck with the rv because we had signed the contracts the previous week. We currently have the rv in our driveway but are not using it until a lawyer and hopefully a judge can help resolve this for us. I am just sick about this now and hope that justice is served in our favor. I see other people on here and elsewhere report similar problems and having to go to court with this rv dealer. I hope our experience ends the same way yours did. We are so upset right now.

New Poll at our sister site?

From their page:

"We are starting a poll that will run thru the end of the week. What we are asking from our readers, is to really think back to that awful experience you had with McMahon’s RV Westminster…from the day you walked in to view the inventory until the day you left the lot after orientation. What ONE (I know it is hard to choose just one) associate really just stuck it to the most. We will tally individual names from “comments” to recognize this special associate. "

Vote here!!!

Can McMahon's Westminster win title of "Worst RV Dealer" yet again?!

As we have previously reported, McMahon's RV Westminster received far more complaints thru the Better Business Bureau, in 2012, than any other RV Dealer in the LA area, and apparently more than any RV dealer in the united states (see statistical analysis below). Well, who'd a thought it: McMahon's RV Westminster is currently leading the pack again! That's right, so far in 2013 they have logged more complaints than any other LA-area RV dealer. You can do it guys...you're really a special team.

Check out our sister sites!!!

http://mcmah0nsrv.wordpress.com/
http://mcmah0nsrv.tumblr.com/
http://mcmahonsrv.livejournal.com/

Beware of McMahon's RV Westminster!!!

The purpose of this blog is to warn consumers to stay away from McMahon's RV when considering their new motorhome purchases! I wish I saw a warning like this before I made the mistake of considering McMahon's RV, in particular, their Westminster location. They only want your money, the day the get it, they basically tell you to eff off! I now see they have ripped off a lot of people, been taken to court many times, including by Taylor Lautner (see here for article on Perez Hilton). Check out their RipOffReports complaints, and read their Yelp reviews. CHECK OUT THEIR BBB COMPLAINTS!!! I have done analysis comparing their complaint records vs Los Angeles area RV dealers and other major-market dealers nationwide, and MCMAHONS LOGGED AT LEAST 4 TIMES THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF ANY OTHER RV DEALER NATIONWIDE...you can see the analysis below.

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