Autohaus Inc Fraudulent car dealer lied about car having no history of flood damage. Car actually listed as "Total Loss" by insurance due to flood damage Ripoff Naugatuck Connecticut

This is the second instance of the same person filing an unstubstantied claim. The person, calling herself "Fitch", has received more than the full reimbursement of her travel expenses, for which I had no obligation, but didn't bother to remove her remarks from this and other web sites. Please note that no one else has filed similar or any claims for the entire eleven year history of my business. I don't believe this sort of claim belongs to the ripoff category as the transaction never took place.

For further information the contact phone nr. is 203-729-4577


Here's the copy of our original response:

We feel sorry that this prospective customer has perceived our business in the way she did and that we have been misunderstood. All of our customers in the 10 year history of the business have been 100% satisfied. More than half of our business is from repeat customers.

In this case, we have answered all the customer questions honestly. We have also disclosed that the vehicle had not been damaged and the title to the vehicle was clean.

We have grown a successful business on honest dealing with customers and we will continue to do so. Since (legal name withheld) was not 100% satisfied we will reimburse $100 which more than the cost of the trip in this case.

I guess it pays to check out a vehicle BEFORE you purchase it and not take some lying car scum's word for it. Read an article a while back about how after some hurricane some 75,000 vehicle were "totalled" by insurance companies and of those 75,000, appox 37,000 or half made it back to the marketplace after they were suppose to be destroyed. With almost a million vehicle being totalled by katrina, guess there will be probably be 500,000 up for resale. Went to a local ford dealer who had a bunch of pick up trucks AT A REAL DISCOUNT that looked and smelled REAL funny, not too long after katrina.

Look at your paperwork. See if the box is checked that refers to the Clear Title, Salvage Title etc...

It is illegal to sell a vehicle with a salvage/rebuild title without disclosing it to the buyer, and the buyer has sign a waiver that they understand this is a salvage/flood damged car. Call the DMV and report the dealership. They will have license pulled in a heartbeat. Call the bank it was financed through, and ask them if they know they loaned money on a salvaged vechicle.

Don't take this lying down...You have the BBB and Attorney General's office to report this too as well.