the infamous Celica scammer!!
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SoCal Crew Member
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From: L.A.
the infamous Celica scammer!!
not sure if you guys have seen this, but it's making alot of headlines.
pretty much, guy takes his celica into a shop to do $16k of car work and tries to scam the shop in not paying!!
shop that got scammed:
http://www.japworks.com/scammer.html
tamparacing thread:
http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...a-scammer.html
even made it on fastlanedaly!
http://www.fastlanedaily.com
pretty much, guy takes his celica into a shop to do $16k of car work and tries to scam the shop in not paying!!
shop that got scammed:
http://www.japworks.com/scammer.html
tamparacing thread:
http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...a-scammer.html
even made it on fastlanedaly!
http://www.fastlanedaily.com
1st Gear
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 223
From: Raleigh, NC
Yea I just saw this, I was about to post. The shop is really the people who are stupid here. 16 year old, 16!, $16,000 of work and they didn't have him pay any up front or proof of payments. ANYTHING? They just did the work and hoped for the best?
And now they're wanting donations. What a joke.
And now they're wanting donations. What a joke.
4th Gear
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 5,942
From: Constant State of Confusion
yeah, the shop is rather stupid in that they didn't secure payment for for some up front and bought the kid's story hook, line and sinker... that wasn't smart business.
but if the lien goes through they could auction it off and maybe make back the cash?
but as for "donating" cash to their stupidity... sorry, live and learn is the motto here
but if the lien goes through they could auction it off and maybe make back the cash?
but as for "donating" cash to their stupidity... sorry, live and learn is the motto here
Last edited by Palindari™; Aug 14, 2008 at 04:32 PM.
4th Gear
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,769
From: Phoenix Arizona
yeah, the shop is rather stupid in that they didn't secure payment for for some up front and bought the kid's story hook, line and sinker... that wasn't smart business.
but if the lien goes through they could auction it off and maybe make back the cash?
but as for "donating" cash to their stupidity... sorry, live and learn is the motto here
but if the lien goes through they could auction it off and maybe make back the cash?
but as for "donating" cash to their stupidity... sorry, live and learn is the motto here
Josh
1st Gear
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 223
From: Raleigh, NC
If you go to the website they have a whole section for donations. Haha they obviously want them to help cover "legal fees". Do you really think that they wouldn't actually want donations. They say that to be polite, who is actually going to ASK for donations for their own stupid mistake. On that note I need new suspension donations? E-mail me ga360me@aim.com
Ok so, with the happenings of the Celica Fiasco, we've overextended ourselves. We were proud at first, and didn't want to take donations, but with the cost of legal fees, keeping the shop open, and living; we decided to set up a paypal account for donations. Any donation is appreciated, and will help every bit. - from web site
Ok so, with the happenings of the Celica Fiasco, we've overextended ourselves. We were proud at first, and didn't want to take donations, but with the cost of legal fees, keeping the shop open, and living; we decided to set up a paypal account for donations. Any donation is appreciated, and will help every bit. - from web site
Last edited by a6in; Aug 14, 2008 at 11:29 PM.
