Ok let me start out by saying this company already has a bad reputation along with the owner Bill Thompson and his sales rep Ricky Henson they are known crooks in the local community and here is a link to the BBB for them as well. They are not a member, but already have a bad rep with them as well. So you know they are bad when the BBB gives someone a bad record because they themselves are scammers.
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E-Z Motors, Inc.
803 North Timberland
Lufkin, TX 75901
Principal: Mr. Bill Thompson Sales Ricky Henson
Phone Number: (936) 634-4928
Fax: (936) 634 5687
Auto Dealers-Used Cars
To begin the story of this company that is nothing but FRAUD, THEFT, and AND LIES!
This place is one of those buy here pay here places that do not check or report your credit. My wife and me went there because we own a successful business and wanted to buy a vehicle that we could just use as a work vehicle just for business. Being they do not report to the credit bureaus we thought this would be ok.
We already own 2 brand new vehicles and just wanted basically a car for business and this was very easy to do because there is not actually a real lender involved just the car lot. To me it was basically like renting a car but not by the day. So we got this vehicle on 02/03 it was a Mitsubishi Montero Sport 1999.
We drove the vehicle up until around September 14. Now in the meantime I noticed every time a payment was made the balance never really went down. I sent them letters asking them to send records of this deal and they would not do so. I asked them on a number of occasions to send copies of receipts, contracts, ect. They refused.
I have found out later they have a very bad reputation for defrauding people. Now for the payment, the price for the vehicle was $9842.30 now they say finance charges $2447.67, which was for the total amount financed of $9842.30, which was prepaid, I might add.
I also gave them $4000 down for the car now all of a sudden the sales price of the vehicle has went to $16290.30 which means the price with the down payment went up instead of lowering the amount financed which brought it down to what do you know the amount financed $9842.30.
Now anyway after some time had passed and I noticed some things about the payments not being credited to the account I began to get a little annoyed being they would not send anything proving there claims. I told them if they did not send me the requested info I was not paying for this car. Being they are a buy here pay here car lot what more would you expect.
I should have just went to where I buy all my brand new personal vehicles at Peltier Chevrolet in Lufkin, Texas I always pay cash for new vehicles from our Trust. I just did not want a brand new vehicle for business use because I normally just lease for that.
Any way I quit paying them because I really was not worried about it being they where being scammy about the whole thing. You would think it a town the size of Lufkin, Texas around 35,000 people they would not try and pull this type of fraud with people.
They will not last long at all doing that type of thing. The only reason they have gotten away with it this far is because they mainly sell to lower income people who cant really do anything about it.
The thing is though I can. My uncle is lawyer here in Lufkin, which deals with this type of thing legally for fraud and such. Now back to the story, we drove the car around for a while after I told them I was not going to pay anymore.
The owner of the place first sent his salesman Ricky Henson to our house and asked if we would just return the car. I said no we would not. I have to tell you this was one of the most uneducated individuals I have ever come across. He tried to say he was with law enforcement and everything else. WHAT A JOKE!
He was dealing with a University Of Texas graduated so I am not some poor smuck that does not know any better. I told him if he did not leave I would call the Police then he tried to change the story when I told him I would call the police myself.
After he left I did in fact call the police and told them what had happened they told me if they came back to call them and they would arrest them for trespassing. I also told the security guards about this in the place I live.
I live in a very upscale subdivision in Lufkin, Texas they told me if they came back they would escort them out and have them arrested as well. The guy Ricky Henson which is Bill Thompson's sales guy even had called making threats to my wife ect.
So I sent them another certified letter stating I want an itemized statement of where all the money had went to. They still would not send anything. Which is just more the reason they should not be in business.
So anyway we left one afternoon in the vehicle for business with our dog, which is our business mascot. Anyway they took the car while we where not in it along with our dog, which we have not found yet. Now this is not our main vehicle this was just bought to use for business so it really did not matter.
Now the problem here is they did something with our dog. We are going to call the Police department to find out what we can do about that part and the SPCA for cruelty to animals. This dog is like a family member so something will be done about that.
Next I want to expose them for the fraud that they are. I will not stop until this happens. They have actually come across the wrong person to try and scam and steal from. I actually can do something about it. I am about to send them another certified letter saying if they do not tell us what happened to our dog we will be pressing criminal charges against them for that.
I also read the consumer complaints book and I let my uncle read it who is an attorney and he thought it was very good and recommended it. If they do not abide by my request those actions in that report will be taken. I will actually hire the picketers around 6 to 8 of them if I have to.
You see money is not the issue here. It is the principle that they will not screw anyone over to make a quick buck for themselves. That is not what business is about. E-Z Motors Inc will be exposed for what they are when I get done. FRAUD, THEFT, SCAMMERS, FRAUDELENT PRACTICES is the only words that can describe these people.
Now I am sure once they get this and read it they will try and get on here and say I am lying about the whole but guess what I can prove everything I am saying. They can do nothing but lie. The city of Lufkin, Texas will know what a fraud they are especially if our dog is not returned safely to us.
The car is not even the issue really it is just the way they do business and it is nothing but FRAUD! I will be posting more as I get new updates. Because everyone let me tell you one thing. I will not stop until I am the one on top of the hill. I have the means to do so.
Please check back for updates. I am going to hire someone to find people who have been victims of this company. Then I am going to tell them what they can do to not be taken advantage of. Check back soon!
So here is a breakdown of what they actually did.
Theft, made treats of bodily harm to my wife will not be tolerated, Fraudulent Practices, Trespassing, and Cruelty to animal, and Lies. This report is also being sent with a complaint to the Consumer Credit Commissioner in Austin, Texas. Also to our local TV news station, and newspaper.
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