In 2004 I traded in my 1997 Ford Mustang for a 2004 Dodge Intrepid. First I was forced into a deal with salesman Lamar McDaniels (Yes I am dropping names!!! And dare you to come @ me!). First I was told that the original vehicle that I wanted (Dodge Durango), I could not get the financing on. However I was financed for over $30,000 for a car that was MSPR'd maybe tops $20,000 at the time. First off I got a base model for that year and was told that they would put in a sunroof @ their cost. So I figured that I would get that out of the deal.
That night I drove the car off the lot, the only thing left to do was bring my down payment back. Well I had the car for a week, came in to drop the down payment off and was told that they needed to still verify insurance. Which they had not done the evening that I was in since it was a Saturday night. So I sat with a sales manager Marcus DeAngelis and spoke directly on speaker phone with my insurance agent.
I drove off the lot that day thinking that the deal was done, all I had to do now was return to where I had been stationed in NC and sign the policy. Easier said than done.
When I reached the insurance agent in NC to sign the policy, I was told by the insurance agent that the dealership called them and told her that the car had been reported stolen. Amazing huh??? It gets better. I then start getting several calls a day telling me I had to bring the car back. I then decided to get out of the deal. I told another manager who's name that I didn't get, Mr. DeAngelis, and Mr. McDaniel that if they gave me my vehicle back they would have theirs returned to them no problem. And that I would take my business elsewhere.
It was then that I was told that my car was wholesaled and that I would be getting nothing in return for "their" vehicle. Which the sale of my vehicle now constitutes "their" vehicle as "my" vehicle. I then told them that they should refund my deposit and give me the money that they claimed that the car was sold for. And I was laughed at and told that it wuldn't happen, that they needed me to return the vehicle. I in turned told them that it wasn't happening and ended the phone call. They then proceeded to have me criminally prosicuted.
Their first attempt yeilded nothing due to the fact that the judge on the first attempt dismissed the case. I was sent a letter to disregard any further contact about this situation. I figured that it was then settled. I continued with life, moved, etc.
I returned to my former address to check to see if there was any mail that had not been forwarded to the new address. And the only thing that I found was a warrant for my arrest in an envelope postage stamped, but not canceled. (Strange huh?) I called the numbers listed and spoke with someone regarding the matter. And they told me that if I had gotten a letter to disregard any further contact to do just that. And I did.
A year and a half later while visiting a friend and his wife where I was stationed I was pulled over for a minor traffic violation (taillight out in her car). And the warrant came up clear. You know that I was MAD!!!
I was finally transported back to NJ after about 3wks including the loooooong ride in a bus that was not built for that purpose. Just to find out that they had been pressuring the prosecutors office about this matter, the case was reopened without my notification and a warrant issued.
Making a long story short. I was convicted of theft by deception for properly purchasing a new automobile from a sheister of a car dealer. The day of sentencing my attorney found that this same dealership is part of an on going lawsuit for doing the samething to other consumers. However I was convicted of theft. What about my still unpaid for vehicle that I traded in that had over $5000 left in payments, what about the money that I lost as a downpayment. I guess that didn't matter to a clueless moronic jury that was stuck on the an issue of if I had insurance or not. However the evidence was clear, and the judge also scolded them for posing a question outside the scope of the evidence. I believe that if the judge said that Yes he has insurance I would have not been convicted. However the judge clowned them, and told them that he was not able to answer the question, and to use the evidence. WHICH THEY DID NOT!!! Because there was an insurance card in the evidence.
In turn this caused me to lose a good job with the Dept of Homeland Security, my right to keep and bear arms, (cause it was classified as a felony), mental anguish, and the list goes on and on. All over a scheming, sheister of a car dealer trying anyway that they can to screw a consumer. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS DEALERSHIP!!! You will pay entirley too much for your vehicle, they will not service your vehicle correctly, they will beat around the bush when confronted on these matters.
Does anyone know of a good lawyer I really wan to stick it to them in a civil court once my appeal is complete?
Jamiel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
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