Stranded in style: Fancy rental car place leaves customers in limbo
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2023
- Rob Wolchek's latest Hall of Shame investigation is a luxury car rental dealer that offers vehicles like Rolls-Royce, but some customers just feel rolled instead.
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It’s time the community take action against this crooked man.
These people are pathetic
That will never happen 😂
It’s time to burn down his house
Bro it's Detroit, I'm surprised ain't no hood nigga shot him in his head.
Do you note something from most of the customers hes scamming ? The guy is clearly a complete racist too.
Why hasn’t he been arrested? Seriously those are crimes
Soros money runs deep………🤪
Loopholes, him being able to change the name of the company and being able to clear felony records from his permanent record allows this anarchy to exist.
@@williamm-lb3mlwhat world you live in? Like seriously
This is criminal system that whites have set up
@@DavidBryantMaga moron world..lol
Why is he not in jail??? He is out and continues to scam!
Facts
Liberals
@@snipz127lol clown
Is it really that hard to run a honest business? My goodness!
obviously it IS that difficult for a sociopathic demon pretending to be a human being to run an honest business, that's his m.o.
No, it’s just easy for businesses to get away with stuff like this and even MUCH MUCH easier for them to change their name, file new ppwk, and rinse & repeat
I'm 3 years running a squeaky clean business. I'm broke but happy I don't have people who hate me.
@@RazorRamonElJefesame here my friend. I don’t get how people can live like this. People after you every day, being on the news. It is insane. It seems way to stressful. My business is clean and people respect it but I don’t make much at all but peace of mind is priceless in my opinion. Best of luck to you
Innocent until proven guilty.
Im glad hes being exposed for the fraud he is. I hope they have shared their experiences on social media & seeking to sue him.
you should have watched the whole video because suing him didn't do any good. he still hasn't paid the person who win the case.
not enough. long harsh prison sentence
Someone is going to knock his top off and they are not going to know who because she has ripped so many people off. 😮😢😂
Revoke his immigration papers. Deport him.
How did you know he is an immigrant? Or we are now simply spewing racist comments based on family names!?
This is how people get killed playing with customers money
I didn't Wana be one to say that
The biggest scammers
What a sleezy thing to do to people during their important life moments. What a slime ball.
If I was Rob, I'd ask about one of the times he said a car had just got into an accident and after his answer mention a different car to see what kind of excuse he had if any.
IT'S FREAKING DUSGUSTING HOW HE GETS TO STAND THEIR AND TALK CRAP...HE SHOULD BE IN HANDCUFFS......SHOWS ANYONE CAN DO THIS AND GET AWAY
I dont even understand how places like this are in business to begin with!
This is why you put deposits on credit cards and get receipts for things so you can dispute them later. Never give someone cash until after a service has been rendered.....this should be common sense but apparently not.
Exactly. Chargeback
Exactly!! him wanting cash is a RED FLAG & NOT normal in this day & age! he's a horrible, sociopathic demon, he has no soul!
And that’s why businesses don’t accept that because of people like you. Ready to do a chargeback for anything.
He probably offers a discount for cash and that's what triggered these lower IQ people to give him cash.
@@doccentralstation2592 and by anything you mean the business keeping money they aren't entitled to? Did you think about that comment before you wrote it? There isn't any reputable business out there that doesn't accept credit/debit cards.
The reason that this keeps happening is because there are no laws to protect people from being defrauded. And why not? What if I stole from someone I go to jail. Why wouldn’t this guy?
Because in US corporations are people, and you can't send a corporation to jail.
Free market, b***h
There are laws for this sort of stuff, the problem is the DA's in the area don't care.
He's the kind of guy you'd do starter missions for in Grand Theft Auto
The reporter is the crazy side quest guy who was right the whole time. 😂
I read this story about a dude who got some friends together, hid his license plate, wore some masks and got some pellet guns. Then they drove by a shady used car dealer who scammed the community a lot and busted every single window and damaged every windshield. Without even getting out the car. They hit every car on the lot. Dude barely had 5 cars insured and his insurance dropped him and didn’t cover majority of the damages and he went out of business 😭😂😂😂😂😂 this dude deserves that
Dude, that's genius lol
Punisher!
Cool story.
I will never understand why some of these people don’t use old school street justice!
Old school street justice would also help other people from having to deal with these crooked pieces of SHXT!
People are soft and weak!
Get real justice
The corny hall of shame bullshit at the end is worthless!
I appreciate the publicity that these piece of shxt get, but it’s not enough!
@@cashcowcommissions6790hard working people aren’t going to risk having a criminal record for a few thousand dollars. These folks should have booked rentals with a major credit card then filed chargebacks after he re-negged on the services he was supposed to render.
My cycling club had that happen with a kit order where the guy was using money to float other stuff. Once we found out he got hit with a flood of chargebacks he was scared of losing the ability to take credit cards so he refunded everyone’s money. Worked a lot better than waiting for him to declare bankruptcy.
Put this guy out of business please con artist
Just watching this video boils my blood, let alone being one of these swindled customers
@@UserName92149 there’s levels to “unhappy”.
You forgot to put the sauce on the side = unhappy. The accounts being referred to in the video are well beyond “unhappy” or common level of business failure to please. Nice try though.
I think this is the craziest one I've seen out of these ...plus the fact that he should still have 6 felonies on his record and they somehow vanished means somebody needs to be investigated .
These people who are ripping others off for thousands need to be in jail .
He’s a snitch and he’s snitching on someone big. He’s being protected by the feds, that’s how he doesn’t get arrested for any of the recent crimes.
@@jool7793 Yea. He's got friends in high places, or dirt on friends in high places... or he is just a snitch for the Feds and they still need to keep him around for a while longer. But eventually, it will catch up to him, and not in a good way.
It would be a real shame if his business and cars all burned down one day. Real shame.
cars and building would be on 🔥🔥🔥 the next day michigan let’s people like this get rich
That’s exactly what I replied
Most definitely. At a certain point, he can keep the money, but his BS is going to cost far more than he owes.
I’m sure he has insurance & burning the place down is just giving him money for another business 😂 sound cool. But life is chess not checkers. Ppl do stuff like this for the simple fact they know it’s like a loop hole & nobody cares. To get someone to care you gotta pay more money 😂
Well he’s gonna get away with it he expunged 8 felonies at the same time. 😮
I got one sealed and another charge on my record that won’t leave but I was arrested but not chargedD my lawyer can’t get it off because he said he can only do one so how the fuck did he do eight
He snitched 😂
@@fishonj2319lawyer prob knew somebody how much money can you make deleting felonies from a computer system and whose going to complain about it
Every single person that got screwed by this guy should actually show up with Rob
Just gonna say that
That's why all the cars look so pristine, they never leave the lot.
Or don't exist
@@RossMKF1It's a dream. Hence the name of the business.
@@Pedro_del_Rod 🤣
Not sure if they even start.
Someone is gonna have Sam popped off, he needs to stop. A d people need to read reviews and there contracts
A guy like this in Puerto Rico won’t be able to do this kind of damage. He just would not last that long. Lucky crook.
Even in his native country
@@manchesterunitedakamrtread8317 In his home coutnry he would get cut to pieces after being brutaly beaten for a few days.
Class action lawsuit on the way!
He got many lawsuits nothing has happened so he wins welcome to the new America
I sure hope no one else does business with this guy
I’m glad I NEVER attempted to rent a car from him or them or whoever. I thought about it once but naw
I’m glad for you
Sooner or later, Sam the scammer will be scamming the wrong person.
The most effective action when dealing with "tough guy" business owners like this is to pursue legal recourse through lawsuits. This business owner is probably involved in money laundering activities connected to other enterprises.
Pulling up on a mufuka’s house around the time the wife, and kids get home is far more effective.
@@justiceexodus7801 thats a good way to end up in a bodybag lol... u not pulling up on anybody tuff guy
@@tonysopranooo1 Where do you live? Y’all really be talking that shit on the internet, but call the police when the fade pulls up.
@@justiceexodus7801 ur not fading anyone outside of GTA goofy .. sit behind ur keyboard and cry
@@justiceexodus7801That would have been my first instinct. Maybe with a couple boys to make sure he knows shit is serious.
Definitely a sinner! Once a thief, always a thief
Dudes a pig
Y’all are a whole lot nicer than I am. insurance is touchy for this kind of business. if every single night someone were to throw a brick through the windshield of his most expensive cars eventually he’ll be out of business because the insurance will go through the roof and he will not be able to afford it. 1 gallon can of bright pink paint drizzled over his entire inventory😂😂😂😂😂
No one represents the average consumer, no one. If you follow the law and sue this type of conman, you "win," but get nothing. The only way to stop this predation is to destroy the business. This swine will leave when a few of his pricier cars are burned to the ground. The courts and the police laugh at us as they cash the paychecks that we provide. When both the criminals and the "justice" system are against you, you must defend yourself.
Amen!
Ever stick a needle in a paintball, suck out the paint and replace it with lighter fluid ?
🤣
you're being much too logical. remember it's the demon-jin Sam we're talking about. he probably doesn't even have a legit business license and probably doesn't even insure the cars.🤷🏾😐
your name must be Sam..because your reply is illogical & almost irrelevant to the topic & not even remotely funny, you don't know what a real 'joke' is. so, clearly you, too, are a danger to society.
and any sabotage to the cars puts customers in danger but for people like you & Sam, that's the feature of any situation, not the bug.
Only country in the world where foreginers can come scam us and nothing happens
I'm honestly surprised his building is still standing.
One would assume it would be a smoldering heap by now.
He's been operating since 2013!! that's insane
I bought a car from a guy the same nationality as Sam paid 3200 cash and for a 19 year old working at McDonald's that was a lot of money. Car was a complete lemon. I dont understand ripping off customers. Im the type, if service is good I'm telling everyone I come across how amazing your product/business is. Why take someones money once and leave a bad impression when u can leave a good impression and have them spending money with u for a lifetime. Thats gotta be a rule of businesss.
Edit: To the butt hurt people that want to argue I said what I said you can feel however you feel I'm not going back and forth with anybody over the internet! Especially about someone that steals money from people who work hard to provide for themselves and families!
Preach
Same thing happened to my Daughter..Guy was the same nationality as this Guy..scammers!!
Don't buy from them
Scammer isnt a nationality. What nationality is Sam?
Damn sorry to hear that man. I’m surprised nobody in Detroit ain’t knock his head off? I guess if he was black then the hood would do it’s job. Sad truth
Just burn all his vehicles so he can’t rent to nobody else
Or worst pow pow pow
2:47 😂 Everyone should ask Patrice what she did to get her money back 🧐 I bet she took some GOONS(Bad Guys)lol 😂 🤣🤣
It looks like she's from Inkster, Inkster folk don't play around
I thought the same thing!!!!
Nobody pulled up on Sam?!? Maaaaan. Hands and feet. 🤛 🦶
Seems they only got smoke for their own people. Anyone else gets a free pass
@@PUGGDAD who is they?
They literally showed examples of him scamming people from every race, age, tax bracket, gender and ethnicity equally.
@@dontworryaboutit5751 Its in Detroit which has a high black population. I understand they showed victims of other ethnicities, but a lot were black.
@@PUGGDADspoken like a true jackass MZUNGU SIMP
The fact that you can wipe a record of from someones' "Permanent" record because they have "Changed" shows why detroit is so close to anarchy. The politics are an absolute mess.
He paid off someone 😂
It's important to Google and other review sites, because good reviews with pictures and details really help and will make people go elsewhere. Honest vendors and business may charge more but if they deliver than that is what is important. True reviews can be faked, but when enough people take the time to give their opinions and comments online, no business like this can survive.
If you look at this dudes business on Google maps, there’s brand new 5 star reviews being posted with fake Google accounts, I’m not kidding, and literally the owner is responding to each and every review to make it look legit, he’s such a fraud bro!
He also keeps changing the name of the company. A new company with no name has no record
Never give deposit to anyone
This company knows who to play games with. I promise you that it would not be me or my people. Detroit I'm ashamed for you.
Why isn’t this man in jail !!!
This thievery should is not acceptable and the guy should be in prison he’s a disgrace and shameful
Why are people renting luxury cars in Detroit anyways.
Yeah, people are crazy, he wouldn't even have no business to walk into if he played with me like that.
Stay away from this business! 😢
This news reporter is amazing
Young Henry from Goodfellas needs to pay this place a visit.
Note that all this people who got scammed are straight poor, and because is a civil matter you have to paid the lawyer to take the case. Most probably the lawyer fee is higher than your refund. This guy have the scam figure it out.
The state and government does the same thing LOL
He did the same thing to me this yr for my daughter’s prom..only the RR was being shipped & never made here to Michigan…
great reporting work. need more like this 💯💯💯
what a scam shut them downr and track every buisness the owner a1nd main employees go into
A good question is why don't these people check out customer reviews before they pay their deposit and give that company their businesses. It's one of the common senses called due diligence.
of course they should have..but you're assuming his customer base knows about review sites & apps. believe it or not, there are still millions of people who don't live on the internet & who are unaware of such things.
hard to imagine, I know but that's the truth and seeing the demographic of his customer base, it would make sense they didn't know. and they obviously didn't know or they would have done that.
Yes but that’s a victim blaming thing to say
A bad review sometimes results in the auto shop's owner posting your street address - with map - and phone number - on a Craigslist ad for free pygmy goats (with photos downloaded from elsewhere) simply because you had the audacity to complain about the shop's mechanic having "car problems" every single time we had an appointment for auto repair work (four separate times) and you hanging up on her when she complained to you over the phone about the 4th time.
So there is a definite social pressure now to NOT leave bad reviews, because if they lack the ethics and morals to be an honest business, they likely lack the ethics and morals to be a rational human being.
The day this incident happened I went through all their Google reviews. A handful of glowing, over-the-top, exclamation-point-laden reviews, and a few about the cars they purchased being poorly-rehabbed auction cars with mismatching VIN numbers, and tons of serious post-sale problems not being covered under warranty. My favorite was a review from a guy that bought a used Land Rover that, within ten days and while still under state-mandated warranty, required more repairs than the Land Rover was worth (bent frame beyond allowable tolerances, engine, transmission, and transfer case failures, pretty much everything mechanical was shot and wiring damage was poorly-repaired) but that review has since been deleted.
My mother's review, where the owner responded that we had never had our vehicles worked on there, and then later in the same comment, described the "deal" he "cut" me when he replaced the wrong wheel bearing on my truck and "ate" the cost of the labor for the PROPER work, forcing me to pay for the additional part, has also been memory-holed... The only reviews remaining are 4-star and 5-star now.
The TL;DR is you can't always trust reviews. Word-of-mouth recommendations are still the best manner of determining worthiness.
Because most don't feel like doing any form of reading which explains why they were easily duped
Go on his google reviews right now. It has a lot of 5star reviews from bots that drown out the real ones and skew the results. And when the previous names get bogged down by bad reviews, he changes the name and business on google, floods the page with good reviews, and the cycle continues
There’s only one way to stop him from doing this to customers. And I can’t wait to hear about it.
My hero!! I love this show.
LMAO the driver at the weeding shirt!!
H E S A C R O O K...STRAIGHT UP.....
Anyone dealing with this guy give me a call. You need a proper lawyer to seize his assets.
These people needed to use Turo😂😂😂😂😂
I drive by this place 3-4 times a week. Always seen the nice cars but recently haven’t seen them.
Because people have probably threatened to vandalize the cars. I don’t blame them. He has gotten away with stealing too much money.
At this point , I’m just going to work hard to buy my own rollz
This is so messed up
Dirt. Just dirt.
Build. The. Wall.
Crook, it's in his DNA him and his cousins a like😅
These people would be ended ...straight up ended ..his business would be burned down. Everyone involved would be ended.
If I was you guys. I would go to him throw gasoline all over him and tell him you'll ignite him if you don't get your money.
@GeneGene-ct7tl lol
What ?
Proud camel here + towel he@d too
You wish to be and live like a camel
@@Desertrose77731 Do you have one hump or two humps. From one 🐫 brother to another. Lol
@GeneGene-ct7tl
Are you okay ?
I just want to make sure that you are okay
Your dyslexic get that fixed before you do violence to someone
Stop trying to LIVE LARGE
There you go !!
As much as I hate crooks, if you blow that much money on a rental car you are insane!
I'm sick of criminals in this country scamming people
Do this to me and I’ll rent one of your cars and not bring it back!
And with interest, lollll
As long as the deposit is from your credit card, you are good to go.
Common sense would tell you if their fighting tooth and nail to get a deposit back odds are they paid cash.
@@sowhat599no common sense here 😆
All these people got swindled trying to cap!😂
Guy should be wearing a track suit and a little gold necklace 😂😂😂
Sometimes violence IS the answer.
😘😘😘😘😘
*why wait for sam to return your deposit when you can just go to his shop and damage all his cars?*
The police should be arresting this guy for his safety. These people can afford high end rentals and there are thousands of drug users in this country that would do a lot for $50. It only takes one.
I don’t hope he falls down the stairs, one day and brakes both his legs. That would be a shame.
The difference between an armed robber and Sam is that an armed robber uses a......gun to take your money 😀🤣😂
I just love watching you all.
Me and Sam can fight .... Give me my money and dont give me no attitude . Sam will get the breaks beat off him .
😂
You wouldn’t wait 3 years for your $6000?
Omg 😲 this is ridiculous!!!😤😤😤 He's definitely a scammer.
*Stranded in style: Fancy rental car place leaves customers in LAMBO.
Missed opportunity, Fox 2 🤣
Somebody should of been messed every car on that lot
Damn
And not 1 customer didn’t take one of the cars for ransom?
Unbelievable
as the old saying goes, the more expensive the wedding, the shorter the marriage.
The fact that he still has legs is baffling to me 😂😂
How does a person get away with not paying after they lose a lawsuit? Isn’t that an arrestable offense?
Thanks Rob! Keep up the great work!
He is a crook and he needs to be investigated again and go to jail 🤷🏾♀️
You can tell he's a con artist/scammer!! He IS NOT the largest business in Michigan !!!! Does he have a driver that you all gave big tips to named MARIO L. GREEN if so they are both scrammer..Some other people got taken too. Wow.
This video needs to be played on-air on a monthly basis, until no one uses his services ever again....
The wrong company , what a joker
*Sam Is The Real Simeon Yetarian From GTAV* 😭
They gave a guy $82.000 up front. They must be stunned . Why would you just give somebody that much money with no reassurances .
He knows something about someone that’s the only way his charges keep being dropped. Smh
yea its de dc swamp..all blackmailed shitheads
$923 I can do,but I can’t give $6k to a agency that’s not a major like ENTERPRISE or HERTZ.