A Florida dealership is in scorching water after failing to ship a automobile {that a} buyer bought for over $200,000.
The entire ordeal began when Alan Sue discovered a 2023 Mercedes-Benz G63 Brabus on the market at Dream Auto Assortment in Hollywood, Florida. Residing in Hawaii, there was no manner for the 78-year-old Sue to see the G in individual. He referred to as Dream Auto Assortment and spoke with a person named Viktor Stefurc and hashed out a deal, ABC Miami’s WPLG 10 stories:
A G class is (the) final off-road Mercedes, and that’s what I wished,” mentioned Sue. “So I referred to as them up and so they instantly answered the telephone. I spoke to somebody named Victor who advised me he was the proprietor of the corporate.
This invoice of sale is stamped and signed by somebody at Dream Auto Assortment with an agreed worth of $275,000.
In an e-mail, Victor gave Sue a routing quantity and financial institution data.
Financial institution information confirmed Sue wired $275,000 to Dream Auto on April 12. Sue says the deal was completed with the understanding that the G-Wagen could be shipped from Florida to the Port of San Diego for cargo to Hawaii. That’s when issues spiraled. Sue advised ABC he tried contacting Deam Auto by means of calls and emails and acquired no response. Even ABC 10’s investigative reporter Jeff Weinsier couldn’t get solutions out of the supplier after he confirmed up in individual.
Weinsier went to Dream Auto to try to get some solutions.
He discovered Oleg Tyulenev. State information present he’s the president of Dream Auto.
“No, I’m sorry. I’m not going to speak to you,” Tyulenev mentioned.
“Why not?” requested Weinsier, displaying pictures of the G Wagon. “The place is that this automotive?”
“That’s it, finish of story,” Tyulenev replied.
“It’s not the top of the story, it’s the start of the story,” Weinsier mentioned. “The man is suicidal. This occurred again in April. He hasn’t heard from you guys.”
Now, months after the incident amid no communication, guarantees of getting Sue’s a reimbursement and Stefurc fleeing to Russia, the Florida Division of Freeway Security and Motor Autos issued an emergency suspension of Dream Auto’s supplier license. Regardless of this, Sue continues to be with out his cash and G-Wagon. And the stress over the scenario has gotten to him, telling ABC 10 that at one level “I thought of killing myself.” Fortunately he’s a bit higher now.
The entire scenario is even worse as Sue isn’t the one sufferer. ABC 10 says a pair in 2023 despatched the supplier $15,000 for a used Lexus they by no means obtained. Dream Auto’s sketchy doesn’t cease there both. Apparently a number of the Brabus Mercedes’ the supplier was promoting aren’t actual, together with the one Sue bought.
Native 10 Information has discovered BRABUS is suing Dream Auto Assortment, claiming a number of G Wagons they had been promoting, together with the one Sue paid for, had been modified with counterfeit BRABUS branding.
“Apparently, unbeknownst to me, the automotive I purchased was not an actual BRABUS, it was a pretend,” mentioned Sue.
We’ve had numerous automotive sellers behaving badly recently. Whether or not it’s sellers participating in release-and-recapture gross sales, sellers promoting buyer’s automobiles with out the client’s information or sellers including 1000’s in bogus charges, it’s clearly extra necessary than ever that automotive consumers keep frosty. To get probably the most strong car-buying recommendation round (in our humble opinion) try our purchasing knowledgeable Tom MacParland’s recommendation right here.
