Complaint Review: Hot Ride Motors AKA VehicleWholesale @ Ebay Motors - Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Anyone who has dealt with these people need to call the District attorney office and report the problems they have had with these guys to get their license removed. I have done that and two others have also done this. They even lie to the attorney that works for them telling that the cars ok there wasnt any problems,, but in their emails to me at they discribed the problems and fixed the car..patched it..Another member from ebay never rec'd his vehicle and had a transport truck come to pick it up but wasnt given access to get it. This dealer would also require that the buyer on ebay leave positive feedback first before the transaction was to be completed and leaving the buyer without any means of reporting the true actions of the seller and and unable to leave negative feedback on the seller. It wasnt until ebay was informed that the seller was exploiting the feedback that they took action and removed AKA hotrides from the seller list. Ebay auction insurance in some cases couldnt help leaving the buyer to take what ever action they could. Those of us that look in ebay will continue watch for these guys... CAll the state attorney office, call the consumer affairs office, fill out the complaint form listed in the state attorney office for their review, take them to court,, I am

I have purchased 5 cars through ebay. A 1990 Mercedes Benz 560SEL, a 1992 400E, and a 2000 Cadillac Seville SLS, and a 1998 e320 and the one I am writing about. Each one of these cars was never seen, and I mae my choices based on the pictures and the description of each car made by the sellers. None of these was a mistake, by any measure, and each had things which needed to be attended to by my mechanic. I had figured this into my equations when bidding. I know a little about cars having been a mechanic once in my life, and a used car is never perfect! I probably spent a couple of thousand on each of these three to make them as close to perfect as I could get. Did not mind. Part of the deal. I had come to expect that with due diligence, I would get what was described and I felt I could avoid fraud. Then I bought my 5th car from Hot Ride Motors in Philadelphia. A MB 1997 S500 coupe. The high res pictures showed what I thought I could see as a car in pretty good shape. A small dent here and there. The description was brief, and so I counted on no major issues ( my mistake) with the vehicle. I won the auction and was immediately contacted and asked for the money right away. Warning No.1 which I ignored. My other purchases had been so smooth and above board, I expected more of the same. I was told I would need to fill out the buyers remarks on ebay before I got the car, which I considered quirky, and which was actually warning No 2, which I ignored. I was all paid up and I had a transport company pick up the car for me and deliver it directly to my mechanic's shop. Here is there report of work needed: Front brake pads and rotors---(completely acceptable nessecary repair.) $604.50 Left Frt. Mirror Assembly and Housing need to be replaced---$990.70 Right Front Mirror assembly needs to be replaced---$628.00 Lft Rear Window inop-Needs Regulator and motor---$1485.50 Rt Rear Window inop-Needs Regulator and motor---$1485.50 Center Console Lid ( purposely hidden in pictures) broken--$500.00 Drivers Seat motor switch replace--$349.80 Instrument Cluster face broken---$317.25 They stopped giving me estimates on prices there ($6385.95 is a few hundred dollars less then the car cost me) but also noted the following: Sunroof is inoperable Dash around instrument cluster damaged Steering wheel adjustment switch inoperable Reverse sensors ( standard equip on this model) are completely missing "Body work is very bad and extensive. This car has be in an accident and had lousy bodywork" While Hot Ride did not actually "lie" to me about the car, they had to know about most of this and neglected to disclose. But the shame is on me! Caveot Emptor! I do not believe there was fraud here, they road just along the edge of fraud. But this was my mistake. I should have backed out with warning No.1. I have learned my lesson.