Avoid Autoplex in Manassas - DISHONEST
Nader (alias Franco) is a man of very weak character who will not honor his word and cannot be trusted. Franco is the smooth salesman and Nader is the liar/cheater. He may operate inside the laws of trade (maybe) but he operates way outside the laws of decency and honesty.
We had identified a car at his dealership that might work for our son. Even though they assured us it had been thoroughly checked out we still wanted to have Pre Purchase Inspection (PPI) performed by an independent mechanic at our expense. The report came back with issues but we decided to push forward. I negotiated a price with Franco in the morning and he agreed to change the warped rotors they had covered with new brake pads. He said it would be ready by the time we made the 5 hour drive from Chapel Hill. We called while on the road to confirm and everything was fine.
When we arrived Franco sheepishly told us that he had just sold it but that he would give us a deal on any other car. We were in disbelief we had a verbal agreement and made the 5 hour drive based on it. At first he balked at the idea that we had an agreement but for a few minutes he actually embraced honesty and called the new buyer to explain his mistake but he quickly retreated when the new buyer threatened a lawsuit. Liars are by definition cowards and Nader is both.
He then offered to give us a great deal on one of two other cars. One would not start and the other had a Carfax that included White Out covering info and at least two obvious indications of rollbacks that he defended as typos. He also had a crazy explanantion for why the three owners listed were really just one. He has an explanation and excuse for everything and he lies right to your face.
When my son lost his temper and used profanity Nader muttered something about catching it on camera and scurried back into his office, believing the terribly frustrated teens profanity completely cancelled out his own lies, broken verbal agreement and very questionable paperwork. Like other dishonest cowards, I do not believe Franco/Nader is fully aware of the extent of his lying and of his lack of honor. I followed him back into office and told him that my wife (a lawyer) and I would be pursuing this since I was out roughly $400 at this point and he blatantly broke our verbal agreement and did not even have the decency to call us so we could avoid what ended up being 10 hours of driving.
Naders despicable business practices can only continue if nobody pursues the lies and misdeeds but there is very little incentive for consumers to do so. But clearly Nader was concerned that we might do just that. So the next morning, like the sniveling coward he is, Nader called the police to his shop and said he was worried about calls we were making and felt threatened. The police officer clearly thought Nader was pathetic and encouraged me to use the Better Business Bureau and other civil venues. I explained to the officer that I would in fact continue calling Nader and would not fall for his preemptive gesture to intimidate me from pursuing his lies and broken contracts. But we all know there is not much I can do.
The silver lining is that my 18 year son has seen a clear example of how not to treat people and what kind of man not to be. Nader is a weak, dishonest person whose word is meaningless. He will serve as a role model for the worst kind of man - a dishonest man with no integrity.
No doubt there are some straight forward transactions and satisfied customer s but there will also be lots of trickery, lying and cheating. I would avoid Autoplex and the cowardly Nader at all costs and do not take their word or documents as face value. There are so deeply dishonest they do not even seem aware of when they are lying. And if you challenge them they call the police on you.
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