'Every day there's a new story,' blasts driver who lost $30,000 after paying dealership for car that may not even exist | SP7BD6C | 2024-01-29 08:08:01
CarGurus, a well-liked used automotive listing website, listed a 2019 Lamborghini
A COUPLE had been scammed out of a deposit for a Lamborghini SUV that wasn't on the market – now there's an ongoing investigation.
CarGurus, a well-liked used automotive listing website, listed a 2019 Lamborghini Urus SUV for $169,995 at a dealership in central Ohio.
Stephen Jayne, a man with an entrepreneurship's mindset, was wanting to convey the sporty SUV to his Florida house – and labored with the vendor to choose a worth and provide you with an appropriate down cost.
After a couple of friendly conversations, Jayne despatched a wire deposit of $30,000 to secure the sale.
When it got here to delivering the car, although, James ran into one difficulty after one other from the vendor's finish after the car was beginning its journey from California to Florida.
"Daily it was a unique story," Jayne informed NBC4.
"'The automotive is coming from California,' or, 'The truck carrying it broke down,' or 'We fired the truck driver.'"
The Jaynes then determined they'd had enough, and made a number of makes an attempt to get their deposit again – but the dealership as an alternative requested for more money.
The dealership then tried to offer the couple a 'better' model, although it will value them a further $10,000.
They'd declined, after which misplaced all contact with the dealership – and that's once they reached out to NBC4 investigates, who dove deeper into the difficulty.
The outlet contacted Ron Burge, who is an lawyer native to Ohio that makes a speciality of the sale of used cars, and stated that this wouldn't be the first time he's seen it happen.
"It's unlucky, nevertheless it's one thing that I see fairly typically when it comes to shopping for automobiles over the internet," he stated.
He acquired the VIN from the unique CarGurus listing, and found that it had been listed on the market and previous several occasions – in Florida, in auction yards in California, and Ohio.
"So, the place that car really is, I can't inform you from something I can decide at this point," he added.
With regards to on-line sales, Burge stated it's necessary to never electronically ship giant sums of cash to a dealership, because it makes it exceedingly troublesome to have it returned.
"Sending cash electronically is like sending your cash down a rabbit hole and anticipating the rabbit to return out," he stated.
"If the dealership never delivered the car, then they've some critical authorized points."
The dealership in question, LuxAuto Depot, declined to seem on digital camera with the news outlet, and as an alternative directed reporters to contact the dealership's lawyer.
The lawyer said that the Jaynes can be receiving a examine for the $30,000 they'd spent on the deposit, but have yet to see the verify of their palms.
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