Complaint Review: Lewisberg Auto Cars - Lewisberg Tennessee

It is an older high mileage vehicle so problems are to be expected. Unfortunately for you.."as-is" implies no warranty. Even the fact that the ad says no leaks, you still may have no recourse since they can say the leaks developed after the car was sold.

However, if the ad implies the car has AC and just needed a charge, and you come to find out the car has no AC at all, that is false advertising and is illegal in every state.

Even if the seller claims that is was a misprint or mistake etc..makes no difference if the ad was deceptive and you have legal recourse.

So it serves no point to blame you for being gullible and it happens to many people, men and women alike...but it serves a point to expose how you were ripped off here.

Hope it works out for you and correct, next time you buy a used car take it to a pro for inspection, don't trust the seller as of course it is not in the sellers best interest to explain what is wrong with the car. And on Craigslist it is very easy for sellers to get away with rip offs since there is no feedback from other buyers to read, you are buying blindly from a complete stranger with no way of knowing any history or their ethics. Not to mention form of payment..hard to put a stop on cash..right?

Not going to say I agree this guy is the devil, but he may get to meet the devil one day.

At the end of the day what this car dealer did was not just immoral, but ILLEGAL. Sure, I can read up on cars and learn the basics about them, Yes, I should have known I was getting scammed when he didn't want me to take the car to another mechanic, but I think you're missing the real point here. Why should I be told how dumb I am or lectured about how I should have done this or that, when again we are talking about lying, deceptive, dishonest people selling their lies. Since when does a buyer need to be an expert on any product or item they purchase?  What happened to making the company or dealer (in this case) responsible for what they say and do. Now it's up to all of us to make sure we are "experts" on everything we purchase. That's ridiculous!

First, I do not buy this crap that women don't know cars and cannot learn about them.  I've known too many who can run rings around guys!

However, they sent you guys a clear cut message but you did not act on it.  He didn't want you to take it to your own mechanic because that mechanic would have discovered the problems.  So then, why did you guys proceed with the sale? 

Should this guy have been honest?  Of course!  However, we still must take the steps to protect ourself from fraud and deception.  This conman gave you a "heads up" but you guys went on to buy the car anyway.  As such, you accepted all the consequences.

You bought an 18 year old car with almost 200K miles for $1000, you have better odds of winning the lottery than having the car "run great".

You should have gone with your first instinct and get it inspected.  If they refused you should have moved on..but unfortunatly you didn't.

Generally a car is sold As-Is so you are probably stuck with the car.  But you may have one "out".  If the car does not have AC, not that it has it and just doesn't work.  That may be enough for you to go after him in court because that is something that can't really be left up to interpetation in an Ad.  However, it wouldn't be to have him buy back the car but to get them to pay to have the AC installed in the car.  Now, an AC system may cost at least $1000.  So you would get your money back but just in a different way.