Complaint Review: Justin Lavern Foster - Elite Auto World

Justin L. Foster is a big scam auto dealer in Memphis. He owns and operates Elite Auto World located on Poplar. I saw an ad in the paper for a 94 Oldsmobile Achieva, that said "looks good, runs great", $1300 OBO. After talking to Justin, he told me that the car was on one of his lots and that I could come look at it.

I went and looked at the car, and test drove it for a few blocks. The car looked decent on the outside and the inside, but had a huge radiator leak so it started running hot. I decided to buy the car anyway, but since I had to get the radiator problem repaired, I talked him down to $850. At the time I made the deal with his "agent", Justin was working across the street at Midtown Wines and Spirits. (The liquor store he owns.)

To make a long story short, his "agent" filled out the bill of sale and told me to make sure I put my correct address on there so they could mail the title. When I got home and called Justin, he told me that he "dropped the title in the mail". This was on Monday. Wednesday came, no title. I called him back, and he claimed that he sent the title "certified mail". I knew he had lied because he just told me Monday that he "dropped it" in the mail. Then he said "certified mail" a couple of days later. You can't do both! Thursday came, no title. I called him again, and he said that if it didn't come by Friday, he would try and get a tracking number for me. Yeah right!

Friday came, no title. I called him all day on his cell phone and his work phone but no answer. I called the state of Tennesse and guess what? The d**n title isn't even registered in Tennessee!! And to make things just as bad, his stupid car lot didn't even have any temporary tags in. Every time I talked to him, he kept telling me "they should be in tomorrow". So now I have a car with no title, no tags, I don't know where it's registered, and I can't get in touch with that a*****e.

I am on dialysis and need a car to get back and forth to the dialysis center. It's sad how he ripped me off but i'm the fool because I shouldn't have given them my last few dollars without asking to see the title. I'm going to seek legal advice and I just might sue his a*s for fraud, because he had no business lieing about mailing the title. I might even contact the media and have him blasted on the news.

Sheree
Memphis, Tennessee
U.S.A.