I Fell for the Auction "Corvette Scam" and it nearly Cost Me $30,000
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I've been looking for a C6 Z06 for the longest time, so when I won the bid on this later year, high trim car for a huge discount, I couldn't have been more excited. That all changed when we went to pick it up...
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You made this video because you were called out for being a scammer Mr. Scamcrac
You need to out that dealer so no one else is scammed by them
1000%. Also - put the auction on blast. They are scumbags.
The auction house ultimately got scammed. They will deal with the dealer. It is what they do. Sam does not have to risk a legal battle, he obviously is shouldering enough risk as a buyer.
@@beerwrenchgarageProbably Co-Part
If he doesn’t out the dealer, then it’s a useless video
@@gh4121-b5n he doesn’t want to be sued . That’s why . I don’t blame him . But Sam knew the car had frame damage . Car has 2 previous accidents with structural damage announcements on carfax
"GM engine in a GM car" so by that logic, a 4-pot Ecotec would be fine in a Z06.
I was thinking a 1.0 Vauxhall Nova engine.
Their "arbitration" system as worthless. I had a car show up with no title. seller had 30 days to produce. the back and forth went on for MONTHS before a title was finally produced. Car had losts 1000s in value (covid died down along with pricing) they didn't care. I ended up selling it for less than we paid.
My 2.5 iron Duke S10 engine is just as potent as your fancy LS
Gonna throw a Cadillac 8-6-4 in there now😝
Has GM made an sub 1L i3 engines?
Edit: Answer is yes. We need to convince him to source a Daewoo engine.
This arbitrator sounds very shady. Definitely not a neutral party. Glad you got away from this vehicle fairly unscathed- though quite a headache.
Most likely went according to the guidelines which this car seemed to fall under.
Arbitration sounds like they 100% sided with the seller, no evidence it was broken by the driver, no chance it was a 4.7 grade, frame damage + wrong engine (it's a GM so meh?) + no clutch.... hmmm .... interesting on the Fluid Motion video a previous owner popped up and confirmed it had the wrong engine in it when they had it, all in all a blessing it had the deal shield on, a good outcome was finding Fluid Motrorunion's channel :)
Dealer committed criminal fraud. They knowingly misrepresented the car. Good thing they took it back, the next step would have been for Sam to involve the DA and police.
@@spazoqActually the seller got out of it because of the auction policy. The auction will resell it and lose whatever amount.
I was extremely surprised. This entire story would take me 2 hours if I had to go over every angle, but the arbitrator that I got assigned couldn't have cared about anything here. In my experience, arbitration has generally been fair. After the fact here, I forwarded all of this to management, and they did call back apologizing and agreeing that the engine issue should've been sided on my behalf. The dealshield thing is interesting because ultimately the Auction House will own the car, and they'll dump it for literal peanuts, while at least marking the car red light and likely disclosing the engine swap so at this point its a safe sale. But it opens up the potential to get this thing back on the market as a great deal on a Z06 😵💫
Is this mechanic friends with LST?
1.7 to a 4.7 sounds like that dealer has an inside guy.
Someone 100% got a brown envelope.
That dealer's inside guy was the arbitrator who was doing everything he could to rule in the dealer's favor and against Sam.
@@td_kdname5197 it's a well known fact. Auctions need sellers more than buyers.
Sounds like to me someone from arbortration should be sent home without a job.
Sounds to me like someone from arbitration got a little kickback from the sellers.
Not home, sent to jail for fraud.
more flood cars from hurricane sure to be on copart within 6 months
true. I'm okay for right now
Yep so so many.....
There are going to be A LOT! Just one of my friends lost three, one a Porsche Panamera. Luckily, his good cars (911 GT3, 911 S/T, 1970 Shelby GT500, a couple of Vipers, a couple of Ferraris, and a few that slip my mind) were kept in a different location farther from the Bay. Then there are all his neighbors, people on Davis Islands, on the coast. His beach house in Redington Beach had four feet of water in it, so there's going to be some big-money cars out there.
Maybe if we're lucky it will be another P1.
Going to be a ton of them from the Carolinas
When you buy tires online is a great savings UNTIL you find your local tire shops prices for mounting and balancing!
Well, if you don't want to buy your tires from me, I'm gonna charge double for M&B. 😂
@@ManMountainMetals ur a loser 💀
That’s why you mount them yourself at the junkyard and pray they’re balanced enough 👍🏾🤣🤣
There's like 4 dozen tire shops in any given 5 mile radius here in Florida
Arbitrator knew the car had the Deal Shield and figured "IDGAF."
I don't disagree
Yeah, sounds like an insurance company was involved somewhere. Deny everything three times, then settle.
@@Samcractake a look at what happened at MMTLP stock... SEC... allowed the sale of counterfeit stock..and then shut down trading....and kept everyones money...65000 traders..lost 💯 percent of their money..USA a scam..market. A scam
Why do UA-camrs NEVER call out the guilty dealerships. It’s so annoying
Don't want to be sued.
@@leonidastg Very true. You know this dealer would sue him if he said their name. And then he would have to hire an attorney to defend himself, and in the end be out a bunch of money.
Because dealers are usually part of big ownership groups that can be very litigious. Not worth spending the money.
He could of put the dealers name on a 3rd party site and then told viewers to check that unrelated site to find out who the dealer is.
Because the US is a very litigious society and is one of the few countries in the world that does not have loser pays laws.
Well, we going back to buying dominos pizza cars
Wondering if you have a theory as to why the arbitrator was so biased. Perhaps some thing you're not willing to write but I am curious
Bribery comes to mind.
The dealership broke the clutch dogging out your Z06. They came up with this story to coverup.
this is the second time something like this has happened, yet you refuse to name the auction house OR the seller. Sam, if you are actually interested in protecting consumers, you wouldn't run cover for the people who tried to rip you off.
Caveat Emptor Auctions are SCAMMY SCAMMY business! there is so much shady crap that goes down. KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING BEFORE YOU BID! Buyer Beware!
Tbe auction & the seller owe you conpensation , dont you have trading standards in the US? 🇬🇧🏴 They would have their assets seized in germany until they paid all costs & times , they would be allowed to trade till they paid
You should name the dealership that tried to scam you.
Need to drop the name of the dealership! This is insane.
Don't buy a car you can't inspect...
Dude I saw the fluid motion Union video and all I could say was OMG!! over and over again, Their video and yours can be considered a big-time wake up call for anyone considering to do the same thing and what steps to do.
I'm very reluctant to buy a used car anymore. Too many people doing things to them just to make a buck.
Arbitration is NEVER in the buyers favour
Now you only have one job left. broadcast the name of the dealer and arbitrator tk the world so that there practices are made public.
Great video. Nice to see an exposé of the potential reality of buying auction cars.
Excellent video this month. My guess is the dealer has done this many times, and this time got caught.
This wasn't bad luck, this was blatant intentional deceit.
If you didn't get it with the deal shield, what would your next move have been? Was there a higher authority you could appeal to? Or would the only way forward be through civil court?
Guaranteed dealer had a backhander going on with auction
I'm in charge of doing arbitrations at the used car dealer I work at. The #1 thing to consider is that it's the arbitrators job to keep the deal together, they will do everything they can in order to make that happen. #2 escalating arbitration decisions to management works quite well as well. #3 fuck auctions and their arbitration departments.
You can also get similar damage by dumping the clutch after starting, while in gear, parking brake on. Ask me how I know.
Arbitration is often a joke - on the consumer. Which side do you think they're going to take - the company that sends all their claims there and keeps the arbitrators in business, or the consumer that will never be seen again?
I think we all have to admit that there are no diamonds in the rough left at auctions. Too many people are trying to play the game, so shitty people have shown up to screw them over. Just save and buy a clean car.
M*****m arbitration is a joke. I had a similar outcome on a Jaguar.
I’ll give you $1500 for it if you can cover shipping.
Can you out the biased arbiter and the crooked dealership? That is RIDICULOUS scam that they are BOTH party too.
Are you ready to fund the lawsuit he will be having to deal with as a result?
Hope you are alright Sam.
and i thought copart was dodgy sometimes.. wow
Guys, Only buy auction cars from insurance companies. 99% of dealers are scammers.
Insurance auctions are only a small fraction of auction sales. Also most people don’t want to buy a car with branded title. Also most people are not equipped or have the skill to repair a damaged car. Not to mention the cost of parts to repair modern cars
Why so many Audis on the salvage lot?
🤔
Yeah, you can't "Sign away" criminal fraud. They just kept hoping you'd be a sucker and cave. Glad you didn't. My next call if they had kept saying it was mine would have been to the police and the DA. The dealer would have had to admit how they bought it, and that they did NOTHING to it mechanically to "magically" take it from a "rough" low rated car to a desirable high quality used one.
Sounds like they were in each other's pockets trying to cover up and dump off a shitty car by any means so they don't lose more money than they already have. This definitely falls in the 'slimy used car salesman' category......
Yay! More Corvette content! The Corvette C6 Grand Sport Salvage Rebuild was the series that introduced me to your channel back in 2018 or 2019.
I love your Corvette content but this one was hard to watch... What a terrible story, this was not one of those cool laid back fun-to-watch stories, I was holding my head the whole time. F-in' scammers!
so why not name the dealer?
Doesn't want to get sued
AutoAffari LLC is the dealer name located in Sacramento California
Dealership may have thought of themselves as slick for duping another buyer. However, I hope when it came back on the auction that the dealership misdeeds do not go unpunished!
What auction was this, Manheim? Adesa? A smaller one? I'm guessing Adesa b/c of the Carvana linkage. I have a feeling we are going to see both go under before too long...
For those wanting to know the dealer, the VIN is in the video. You can easily find out the delaer name.
It looks like it sold in California for $43K in June of this year... was that before or after you had it?
Cleetus has the same with Ruby he got a 5.3 in a Corvette... it was the truck engine...
nobody on youtube segways into advertisements the soothe a** way you do sam....i never skip any...other content creators should take notes!!
Yeah, it sounds like whoever runs that auction is a scam artist. They even tried to double dip you with the motor swap and the clutch debacle.
Call them out. Name names. Burn bridges. F that auction company.
So the VIN doesn't show if its ZO6 frm factory?
The arbitrator was paid
Dude this is a scary story. How is the average Joe supposed to know where or how to look?! The fact that arbitration wasn’t really arbitration but rather them reviewing your case seems also sketchy. Good thing for deal shield but we’re not all this lucky. Wow. What a fiasco.
Average Joe should not be buying cars at auction.
Definately something crooked was going on.
Sam, they broke your car they need to either reverse the deal or get it back to how it was before the driver got there. I would take this lightly.
Shit car with that engine, thank god they broke it so it just was returbed in the end
Carvana. Lots of stories about them.
I usually just skip any deal that looks to good to be true unless I’m an expert.
I should've consulted you before buying this. Obviously everyone else had it figured out before I did
These dealer video's are the best!
Shady people . Glad to hear you didn't get bamboozled
As a fellow used car dealership owner the arbitration process fails me 99.9% of the time. It NEVER WORKS OUT for me. I always get screwed badly wether im selling or buying. They are 100% biased and shady as fuck.
OJ @Fluid Motor is a badass. Good people over there, 100% straight forward service, no gimmicks.
WOW..... this is really bad, the way you were treated by the auction house.
The question is: will you continue to do business with them?🤔
This is why the car industry has a shady reputation. You were line up to be screwed blued and tattooed. I just read your article out of curiosity.
For me I am an original owner of a 1997Honda Del Sol Si . So I admit quite freely I would never buy a Corvette with the exception of
a 1957 fuel injected car.
Did Sam get “ruby’d” like Cleetus McFarland?
Edit: OJ is a good ass dude. I was able to meet him at a Christmas event at Iron Gate in like 2017.
I can't believe this Auction acted so Un Professional From the Jump!
Also they Knew It had the Wrong Engine when they inspected it but they didn't expect the clutch too go out therefore the car being Thoroughly looked through
You should of put the Dealer On FULL BLAST
To me, under the hood looks very little like a 2009 Z06 LS7. A photo should have told you something was wrong.
I would name the auction house (Manheim I bet) and the seller. They are terrible on customer support.
What a consummate proficient professional. I’ve seen Fluid loads of times on Alex channel. A class act. Congratulations Sam. Glad you didn’t let dealers jam you up
Your Stepmom would have solved this in 20 minutes talking with these guys, and they would have bought you a new Corvette afterwards for your trouble. Just saying.
Hey Sam, if you're not too busy, Cleetus has an issue recognizing truck block swap 'vette's...
Good grief, I can't imagine how hard this would be to sort out for someone who is not a super-experienced buyer, refurbisher like you.
❤ thanks so much for sharing the video now I understand the chicken everything before buying if that's possible I'm so glad they gave you your money back
One best personaly i saw once nice Merc here in Europe with AMG badges and kit and so but engine was 1.6l i mean cmon go make jokes.
Man, so sorry you had to deal with all that. I've been buying cars from auctions for a couple of years, 5 total now. I've been burned bad on 1 so far. I'll be using it as a parts car nonetheless. Live and learn, great information for anyone wanting to get into this.
That was definitely some sort of scam with the seller, trying to make an unfair profit. Well done Sam for having the knowledge to get your money back and to stop the seller having one over you.
Sounds like the “ arbitrator” is in on the scam with the selling dealer. As a side note local enthusiasts that know better stay far far away from FMU.
My company buys tens of thousands of vehicles each year from salvage sales. There's so many scummy scams out there that you can't even begin to cover them all. The auctions love it because they get paid every time the vehicle sells. If it gets run through a dozen times then they get 12 times the money.
The auction game has always been dirty, but over the past few years, it has become almost to the point where it is too risky to even buy at auctions at all. Especially when you see the prices things sell for! These days, I will only buy at auction if I get a ridiculously good deal. Too many dealers are paying retail prices for crappy cars that the auction will "guarantee" but then decide in the sellers favor to close out the transaction.
I thought that garage looks fimiliar. My dad has been a tech at the carmax right next door since like 2006
Very suspicious circumstances with that arbitrator. I imagine you’d have some lawyers very interested in delving deeper into the situation.
Sounds like buying any auction car without a deal shield is a mistake, even for someone who likes to gamble.
How the hell does someone who buys cars sight unseen have money to buy so many? I don't understand the way people are living anymore.
Why all of a sudden in the same week are several car content creators producing "I was scammed, nearly scammed etc"
The fact that no one else was bidding is another flag.
They were distracting you with the “clutch”.
I don't understand why you don't mention the dealers name or the arbitrator. Heck the last thing I want to do is go to that dealer, Sam.
On a different note do you see your cars?
Would you have filed suit against the seller or auction had you not had Deal Shield? Those auctions sound as sleazy and scummy as stealerships.
Moral of the story buy your Corvette from a owner who wears New Balances and white socks 😂😂😂
And what did u do to alert authorithies about this scam so they dont do this again an recieve a fine or literally get close?
maybe nothing?
What was the name of the auction? I would NEVER deal with them again.
Wow shock horror that an Auction house and a dealer would collaborate to rip off an end user, scumbags of a feather
Arbitration should be illegal. It is almost always biased in the favor of people paying their salaries
Please fundraise for a legal defense fund if you need it but disclose the name of such shady dealers. They can't get away with this.
Name the auction house and dealer. Else it don’t matter and they will keep doing it.
That stinks. You know better than most, buying sight unseen is always risky.
To say that the dealership and the auction company have an ethics, problem is being too kind
Your videos how they go into ads are actually amazing its a seamless transition I actually watch your sponsors willingly lol 👌
Very unfortunate you had to deal with this glad to see it worked out. Hope you find another build that makes up for it.
I know this mechanic shop. I will never take any of my cars there anymore 😒
Is there any governing or licensing body the arbitrator could be reported to? There's something very dodgy going on there
I wish I had a guy like OJ around me to work on trouble cars.