GP Auto Recyclers

I am a disabled Veteran and the manual transmission went out on my toyota. I filled out the stuff on a site to get quotes from places to get another trans that was A graded. GP Auto Recyclers seemed to be a good place according to a review site. Man was that a lie.
A person claiming to be David Brown emailed me. I called him back and he gave me a quote with tax and shipping. Because I am on a fixed low income from a kid running a stop sign I have to get help to pay for something like this as its over a grand and I am not allowed to have that much to get any help.. Told him I needed a quot sent to my email so my VSO could fill out an application to a Veterans group to help pay for this. So Dave sent me the quot but it had $45 added to the quot for a palleting fee. And this transmission was not only supposed to be tested and Graded A and have less than 68000 miles on it it was to come with a clutch plate, pressure plate and flywheel from the car that the transmission came out of. Dave told me in an email that when I got the checks to pay for this to send him pictures and they would send the trans right away. which I did when I got the help check on a Saturday. I emailed Dave when I got the other check and side I would be putting them in the mail on money. Got an email monday that said he wanted the tracking number so I had to spend more to get that and emailed him that and asked for the carrier name and what day it would arrive. Ended up having to call him about it and he said the trans. was still in a running car and would not be sent until they got the checks. So that is lie 2. they got the checks on that Thursday. Later that evening I get an email from someone else in the company and he sent a PDF of the invoice and told me to sign it and provide an ID to verify with. I have NEVER signed for something that is not there for me to physically pick up right then and there. Called the guy and we went round and around and he said we will send the transmission and not to sign anything.
Emailed Dave the next day to get the carrier, day it was to get here and tracking number cause I was tired of being lied to and played with and wanted proof the trans. was on its way. After the second time I emailed him he gave me a real carrier name and a Tracking number. Went to the carriers site to check the Tracking number and it said it was not a Pro tracking number so I called the company twice an hour apart. The 1st lady checked the number and said they didn’t have that number in the system. Called back later and explained things and she got their info and mine and checked into things and told me they had not picked up anything from that company, that the tracking number was the kind they would use but they didn’t have any record of that number and had nothing even going my area.
Talked to Dave AGAIN. And he said he could not give me a tracking number until next Wed. and we went round and round on that and then he was not to be found, or that was what I was told many times. Called on monday Dave supposedly took two days off and I went round with the guy I was talking to about the tracking number and carrier. He said they were using their own driver and truck and didn’t have a tracking number. FINALLy a lot later he gave me what was supposed to be his drivers number to call to verify that he had my trans and was on his way. That went to voice mail so I called the company back and he claimed to have called the driver with the same result which i do not believe. He says he cannot give me a tracking number and that it will be delivered on friday and he will give me the tracking number then. THAT DIDN’T happen either and when I called again he said there was no tracking number and it would be delivered on tuesday in their truck. Not able to get hold of Dave this whole week. FINALLY got the trans on Tuesday but not in their truck it was delivered by Speedy and it was not secured to the pallet and the box had clear damage and u could see the trans the whole trans from the damage to the box. And the clutch parts were not there at all.

Now they are trying to claim several things. Two days in a row when they said Dave was supposed to call me the next day he is supposedly at the doctor. 3rd day they claim that he has been fired because of me. Tell them he is supposed to be their Sr. sales specialist they would not do that and finally they put him on. and we go round and round and then I tell him he is to wire 200 to my bank today to pay for the parts that he said were a part of the deal and that he was the one that said that the clutch plate, pressure plate and flywheel came with the Trans and that I asked if they were new and that he said they came out of the same car as the trans if they were still in good condition and indicated if they were not in good condition that they would be new parts. So he agreed then to wire $200 to my account today and has not after talking to him twice in an hour and a half after that. Then the company is hanging up on me.
Then when they didn’t wire things after three hours I finally get to a person thats not Dave Brown but claiming to be him and he again tries to change things up on me and I will not allow it. He better wire the money today or they will have more than just the local police on their [censored] for fraud, attempted theft, trying to steal from a Veteran and not fulfilling what they claimed they were going to do which is wire me my money today.

Victim Location 93560

Total money lost $100

Type of a scam Other

GP Auto Recyclers claimed to have the engine I needed for over $700, which I didn’t have. So, they asked for a down payment of $100. He asked for my debit card over the phone. Fortunately, he didn’t suck my back account dry. The 100 came out without a hitch. Then, I found a cheaper, better engine from a private seller and bought that instead. At least, that engine was real. So, my husband called for a refund. That was a flipping month ago. Over the course of the month, he promised three times that he would refund the money. Still no refund despite the fact that I threatened to turn him in.