Ultra Auto Body

On Tuesday November 1 2011, I visited Jimmy at Ultra Auto in Franklin Square ny after seeing an add on craigslist. I was interested in buying a van for my painting business, so he showed me the van that I saw on craigslist. I loved it, but I knew that I didn’t have all the money that he was asking for it, so I explained that to him and he asked me to put money down on it. I put $ 200 dollars on it and explained to him that I will have the money within a week. I left with a reciept with all the information (VIN) number need to start the insurance process. When I got home from meeting with Jimmy at Ultra Auto, I wanted to make sure what I was buying, so I went to car fax. Looking into the car fax, I saw somethings that were a little funny (different mileges) that were not on the vehicles odmeter, so I called Jimmy and explained to him what I read on the car fax. Jimmy said car fax is full of crap, they don’t know what they are talking about. I was stunned, didn’t know what to do. Within an hour Jimmy called me back and said that he gave me the wrong (VIN) number. He gave me one of the same year van and that was a mistake. He was so sorry, so I felt a little releaved. Jimmy asked me to bring him the car fax that I purchased, so he can dispute the car fax with the persons he bought the van from. I brought him the car fax and told him to continue to give me sometime to get the money. On Saturday November 5 2011 at 11am I called Jimmy and said that I wanted to stop by the shop to pick up my money. I no longer was interested in the van, because I found something that was cheaper. Jimmy was fine, but then within 5 minutes he called me back with an attitude, and said that he wasn’t going to sell the van to me anyway. Then Jimmy started to call me Fat F and a whole bunch of names. I said to him please have a check cut out to me for the $ 200 dollars and that I would never do business with him again. He contiued to call me names. I pulled up to his shop and he was standing outside saying, what are you going to do you P word. I told him please give me my money back! This is not neccessary and how dare he conduct business like this! I stepped my foot into his office and he physically pushed me out of his office. I started to get upset and stood there demanding my money. He continued his rant. Finally after 20 minutes of verbal and physical abuse he gave my money. I drove to the bank and deposited the money as fast as I could, worried that he could stop the check. Then I thought about calling the police, so I did. The nassau county PD came, and I explained everything that happened. The police officer explained to me that there was nothing that he could do, because he would need to see him lay a hand on me. I’ve done some research on the business and didn’t see any positive feedback. Also I didn’t see this business registered with the BBB.