Centurion Services Group Medical Equipment Auction

Centurion Services Group is a Medical Auction Company owned by Eric Wilensky and Erik Tivin located at 1400 N. 25th Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160.  They sell used medical equipment at there auction,  WHERE IS AS IS- BUYER BEWARE.

The upside to this type of sale is you can buy equipment at wholesale pricing.  However, there is incredible downsides to this type of purchase as well.  For instance, one medical buyer who wishes to remain anonymous, refurbishes and completely restores medical equipment to original manufacture specs, recently purchased equipment at Centurion Services, "I bought two defibrillators there which were pictured as the equipment I wanted, then when I received it," the deal stated. "The items were in  french and even spoke french in the menu."

The anonymous dealer has close to $20K in bogus or mis-represented equipment that he purchased from Centurion Auction Services.

"When I confronted them about it," he said. "They basically told me that's too bad."

The general attitude at Centurion Services is very matter of fact from the front desk help to one of there main customer service reps Kylen Cieslak.

"They don't care what you say," said the dealer. "I have an ongoing battle with them for misrepresenting equipment."

Erik Wilensky, co-owner of company said, "This is an AS-IS auction...it is up to the buyer to completely check out the equipment."

The problem with that answer is that customers are not allowed to even turn on the equipment and if you are bidding on a computer or online you are completely at the mercy of the pictures and descriptions they provide.

This is probably why you don't see Centurion Auction Group selling on ebay or other reputable sites.  They wouldn't be able to stay in business.  No person is allowed to place ads on eBay misrepresenting their products.  This is part of the eBay listing policy.

So why would anybody buy at Centurion Auction Services?  There are deals that can be had for the discerning buyer, but even those carry a huge risk.  If the item doesn't work, or there are no parts inside, then the entire purchase is lost.

"You take a huge risk purchasing there," says an anonymous source "Everything I have ever bought there is generally worthless...I maybe able to use some of the things for parts...but I've lost a lot (of money) there."