My car broke down and I needed to purchase a new one. A friend introduced me to Jean because he was working with a used car dealer to purchase vehicles at auction and resell them. He found me a 1994 Toyota Corolla for $1595. After speaking with him, we agreed that he would charge me a $200 flat fee in addition to the price paid for the vehicle itself, to cover tax, tag & title, for a total of $1795. He delivered the car right away, provided temporary registration paperwork for my current tag, and said he would process the paperwork for getting the title transferred over to my name. About 6 months later, I get pulled over and get a ticket for incorrect registration because my temporary paperwork expired and, according to the police officer's records, the vehicle still was not in my name. I contacted him again and he stated that they had had a little trouble getting the title into their name from the auction, but that he would take care of it. However, this was around September of which is when fees for registration and titling went up.in addition, the dealership that he was working with was going out of business. So he said that he has another friend that has a dealer license and that dealer can put the title in his name to avoid having my car included in anything that is liquidated as a result of the former dealer going out of business. However, this new dealer wants his dealer fee of $125. Therefore, I now needed to pay the additional $125, and ALSO pay the additional registration fees as a result of not having the title transferred into my name before the fees were increased. All in all, I spent around $2200 on this car, STILL DO NOT HAVE A TITLE, and it is sitting in my driveway. It has been this long because I kept giving him chances, and he always had some sort of excuse why the paperwork was not submitted to the DMV. I also requested the information for the dealership itself, since he was more of a middle man, and he would not provide the information, said he would take care of it.By the time he actually provided me with any sort of contact information for the dealer whose name the car was in, it was too late. I could not locate them, nor did the phone number Jean provided work, as the people who answered did not recognize the name of the person he told me to ask for. I cannot do anything with this stupid car now, besides junk it at this point, and I would recommend that if you even HEAR the name Jean Saturne, please please run away immediately and do NOT risk doing ANY SORT OF BUSINESS with this person. He is NOT honest and did not follow through on any of his promises. He said he would take care of the situation and instead, left me in a lurch and screwed me over for around $2200. Thanks for nothing Junior!
FYI - this all happened while he was living in Boynton Beach, FL. According to his FB page, he now lives in Brooklyn, NY - NY People BEWARE!!!
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