Stranded in style: Fancy rental car place leaves customers in limbo
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.
@Lovelysoul423
10 ай бұрын
These people are pathetic
@FartMansion
9 ай бұрын
That will never happen 😂
@Uncledarrell
9 ай бұрын
It’s time to burn down his house
@boobyhill6921
9 ай бұрын
Bro it's Detroit, I'm surprised ain't no hood nigga shot him in his head.
@gwanael34
9 ай бұрын
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
@williamm-lb3ml
9 ай бұрын
Soros money runs deep………🤪
@codingvio7383
9 ай бұрын
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.
@DavidBryant
9 ай бұрын
@@williamm-lb3mlwhat world you live in? Like seriously
@DavidBryant
9 ай бұрын
This is criminal system that whites have set up
@michaelm4597
9 ай бұрын
@@DavidBryantMaga moron world..lol
Is it really that hard to run a honest business? My goodness!
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
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.
@MikeAnvil
9 ай бұрын
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
@RazorRamonElJefe
9 ай бұрын
I'm 3 years running a squeaky clean business. I'm broke but happy I don't have people who hate me.
@alanluscombe8a553
8 ай бұрын
@@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
@snowflakehunter
4 ай бұрын
Innocent until proven guilty.
Someone is going to knock his top off and they are not going to know who because she has ripped so many people off. 😮😢😂
Why is he not in jail??? He is out and continues to scam!
@zelbongrimmage3770
11 ай бұрын
Facts
@snipz127
10 ай бұрын
Liberals
@Grippybananas
Ай бұрын
@@snipz127lol clown
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
@aquila1993
9 ай бұрын
Dude, that's genius lol
@mrlong6267
9 ай бұрын
Punisher!
@AssetAddict
9 ай бұрын
Cool story.
@cashcowcommissions6790
9 ай бұрын
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!
@David..
9 ай бұрын
@@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.
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.
@buster7618
11 ай бұрын
Exactly. Chargeback
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
Exactly!! him wanting cash is a RED FLAG & NOT normal in this day & age! he's a horrible, sociopathic demon, he has no soul!
@doccentralstation2592
10 ай бұрын
And that’s why businesses don’t accept that because of people like you. Ready to do a chargeback for anything.
@lawsonjames1639
10 ай бұрын
He probably offers a discount for cash and that's what triggered these lower IQ people to give him cash.
@kenpalmer4256
10 ай бұрын
@@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.
Im glad hes being exposed for the fraud he is. I hope they have shared their experiences on social media & seeking to sue him.
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
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.
@jadenpark7943
10 ай бұрын
not enough. long harsh prison sentence
This is how people get killed playing with customers money
@laurabrandao7246
9 ай бұрын
@empressmarie4027
9 ай бұрын
I didn't Wana be one to say that
He's the kind of guy you'd do starter missions for in Grand Theft Auto
@leoaguilera832
9 ай бұрын
The reporter is the crazy side quest guy who was right the whole time. 😂
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.
cars and building would be on 🔥🔥🔥 the next day michigan let’s people like this get rich
@backshotbarbie2035
11 ай бұрын
That’s exactly what I replied
@manyogurt4645
11 ай бұрын
Most definitely. At a certain point, he can keep the money, but his BS is going to cost far more than he owes.
@barhartt989
10 ай бұрын
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 😂
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?
@mike4402
9 ай бұрын
Because in US corporations are people, and you can't send a corporation to jail.
@RazorRamonElJefe
9 ай бұрын
Free market, b***h
@glitter_fart
6 ай бұрын
There are laws for this sort of stuff, the problem is the DA's in the area don't care.
Revoke his immigration papers. Deport him.
@eddyqwe1320
Ай бұрын
How did you know he is an immigrant? Or we are now simply spewing racist comments based on family names!?
The biggest scammers
Someone is gonna have Sam popped off, he needs to stop. A d people need to read reviews and there contracts
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😂😂😂😂😂
@orbscorbs
11 ай бұрын
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.
@itrollthetrolls28
11 ай бұрын
Amen!
@99sentcoins
10 ай бұрын
Ever stick a needle in a paintball, suck out the paint and replace it with lighter fluid ? 🤣
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
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.🤷🏾😐
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
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.
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 .
@jool7793
9 ай бұрын
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.
@TEverettReynolds
9 ай бұрын
@@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.
That's why all the cars look so pristine, they never leave the lot.
@RossMKF1
9 ай бұрын
Or don't exist
@Pedro_del_Rod
9 ай бұрын
@@RossMKF1It's a dream. Hence the name of the business.
@RossMKF1
9 ай бұрын
@@Pedro_del_Rod 🤣
@mireillepioger92
3 ай бұрын
Not sure if they even start.
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
Put this guy out of business please con artist
Just watching this video boils my blood, let alone being one of these swindled customers
@RedSixMustang
9 ай бұрын
@@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.
Well he’s gonna get away with it he expunged 8 felonies at the same time. 😮
@fishonj2319
9 ай бұрын
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
@yonatanaraya4779
9 ай бұрын
He snitched 😂
@BrianSmith-yq7ys
3 ай бұрын
@@fishonj2319lawyer prob knew somebody how much money can you make deleting felonies from a computer system and whose going to complain about it
I dont even understand how places like this are in business to begin with!
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.
@manchesterunitedakamrtread8317
11 ай бұрын
Even in his native country
@E-101-Beta
9 ай бұрын
@@manchesterunitedakamrtread8317 In his home coutnry he would get cut to pieces after being brutaly beaten for a few days.
I’m glad I NEVER attempted to rent a car from him or them or whoever. I thought about it once but naw
@slantblant1
9 ай бұрын
I’m glad for you
Every single person that got screwed by this guy should actually show up with Rob
@pegcity4eva
6 ай бұрын
Just gonna say that
It would be a real shame if his business and cars all burned down one day. Real shame.
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.
@justiceexodus7801
10 ай бұрын
Pulling up on a mufuka’s house around the time the wife, and kids get home is far more effective.
@tonysopranooo1
9 ай бұрын
@@justiceexodus7801 thats a good way to end up in a bodybag lol... u not pulling up on anybody tuff guy
@justiceexodus7801
9 ай бұрын
@@tonysopranooo1 Where do you live? Y’all really be talking that shit on the internet, but call the police when the fade pulls up.
@tonysopranooo1
9 ай бұрын
@@justiceexodus7801 ur not fading anyone outside of GTA goofy .. sit behind ur keyboard and cry
@SomeGuyNamedTex
9 ай бұрын
@@justiceexodus7801That would have been my first instinct. Maybe with a couple boys to make sure he knows shit is serious.
Class action lawsuit on the way!
@utah2nyc250
11 ай бұрын
He got many lawsuits nothing has happened so he wins welcome to the new America
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!
@DonZenOfficial
11 ай бұрын
Preach
@agelessbeauty9136
11 ай бұрын
Same thing happened to my Daughter..Guy was the same nationality as this Guy..scammers!!
@PSICK1234ikillallracistrolls
11 ай бұрын
Don't buy from them
@adatshhc
11 ай бұрын
Scammer isnt a nationality. What nationality is Sam?
@scott8193
11 ай бұрын
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
Nobody pulled up on Sam?!? Maaaaan. Hands and feet. 🤛 🦶
@PUGGDAD
11 ай бұрын
Seems they only got smoke for their own people. Anyone else gets a free pass
@dontworryaboutit5751
11 ай бұрын
@@PUGGDAD who is they? They literally showed examples of him scamming people from every race, age, tax bracket, gender and ethnicity equally.
@PUGGDAD
11 ай бұрын
@@dontworryaboutit5751 Its in Detroit which has a high black population. I understand they showed victims of other ethnicities, but a lot were black.
@slimpickens01
9 ай бұрын
@@PUGGDADspoken like a true jackass MZUNGU SIMP
Sooner or later, Sam the scammer will be scamming the wrong person.
I sure hope no one else does business with this guy
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.
@anthonystech1016
9 ай бұрын
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!
@Limitedonathios
9 ай бұрын
He also keeps changing the name of the company. A new company with no name has no record
Only country in the world where foreginers can come scam us and nothing happens
2:47 😂 Everyone should ask Patrice what she did to get her money back 🧐 I bet she took some GOONS(Bad Guys)lol 😂 🤣🤣
@Moes_Prep_and_Tech
11 ай бұрын
It looks like she's from Inkster, Inkster folk don't play around
@lamentation0078
11 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing!!!!
Definitely a sinner! Once a thief, always a thief
@jeanniesherman3591
11 ай бұрын
Dudes a pig
I'm honestly surprised his building is still standing. One would assume it would be a smoldering heap by now.
great reporting work. need more like this 💯💯💯
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…
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.
@user-rx4ce9hl3r
11 ай бұрын
The state and government does the same thing LOL
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.
@kittkatt8180
7 ай бұрын
He paid off someone 😂
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.
Just burn all his vehicles so he can’t rent to nobody else
@zelbongrimmage3770
11 ай бұрын
Or worst pow pow pow
He's been operating since 2013!! that's insane
I drive by this place 3-4 times a week. Always seen the nice cars but recently haven’t seen them.
@nanjones3973
9 ай бұрын
Because people have probably threatened to vandalize the cars. I don’t blame them. He has gotten away with stealing too much money.
Never give deposit to anyone
My hero!! I love this show.
Young Henry from Goodfellas needs to pay this place a visit.
Yeah, people are crazy, he wouldn't even have no business to walk into if he played with me like that.
This news reporter is amazing
Why are people renting luxury cars in Detroit anyways.
what a scam shut them downr and track every buisness the owner a1nd main employees go into
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.
@mastermind.det313
11 ай бұрын
@GeneGene-ct7tl lol
@Desertrose77731
11 ай бұрын
What ? Proud camel here + towel he@d too You wish to be and live like a camel
@mastermind.det313
11 ай бұрын
@@Desertrose77731 Do you have one hump or two humps. From one 🐫 brother to another. Lol
@Desertrose77731
11 ай бұрын
@GeneGene-ct7tl Are you okay ? I just want to make sure that you are okay
@davidjohnson36st
11 ай бұрын
Your dyslexic get that fixed before you do violence to someone
LMAO the driver at the weeding shirt!!
Anyone dealing with this guy give me a call. You need a proper lawyer to seize his assets.
Stay away from this business! 😢
Guy should be wearing a track suit and a little gold necklace 😂😂😂
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.
@DiandraStarShine
10 ай бұрын
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.
@superjoe3502
10 ай бұрын
Yes but that’s a victim blaming thing to say
@dashcamandy2242
10 ай бұрын
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.
@melissawarner6528
10 ай бұрын
Because most don't feel like doing any form of reading which explains why they were easily duped
@Limitedonathios
9 ай бұрын
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
At this point , I’m just going to work hard to buy my own rollz
These people needed to use Turo😂😂😂😂😂
*Stranded in style: Fancy rental car place leaves customers in LAMBO. Missed opportunity, Fox 2 🤣
There’s only one way to stop him from doing this to customers. And I can’t wait to hear about it.
Why isn’t this man in jail !!!
Crook, it's in his DNA him and his cousins a like😅
*why wait for sam to return your deposit when you can just go to his shop and damage all his cars?*
All these people got swindled trying to cap!😂
I wish I could put Fox 2 in the Hall of shame, I've contacted you are regarding Coach House taking people's money and saying that they damaged property you all are right down the street and y'all ain't got there YET!!!!
@lt3074
11 ай бұрын
Wow!
@nowens4060
11 ай бұрын
AMEN!!!! FOX 2 NEWS DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN!!!!
I just love watching you all.
Do this to me and I’ll rent one of your cars and not bring it back!
H E S A C R O O K...STRAIGHT UP.....
Me and Sam can fight .... Give me my money and dont give me no attitude . Sam will get the breaks beat off him .
@grumpyazzkatt9969
11 ай бұрын
😂
@grumpyazzkatt9969
11 ай бұрын
You wouldn’t wait 3 years for your $6000?
This is so messed up
The difference between an armed robber and Sam is that an armed robber uses a......gun to take your money 😀🤣😂
As long as the deposit is from your credit card, you are good to go.
@sowhat599
11 ай бұрын
Common sense would tell you if their fighting tooth and nail to get a deposit back odds are they paid cash.
@davidjohnson36st
11 ай бұрын
@@sowhat599no common sense here 😆
I'm sick of criminals in this country scamming people
Dirt. Just dirt. Build. The. Wall.
Thanks Rob! Keep up the great work!
👨💼🏬 ~ This is what’s wrong with corporations and LLC legal protection. It is very easy to set up businesses in a way that makes them “judgment proof” which means no matter how much you sue them they never actually have money that stays in their bank account or any assets. So the lawsuit never actually goes anywhere. You set up the main company to handle the customers, and the main company rents all the cars from a second company. That way when the first company has sued it never has any assets for people to go after. And the main company never keeps money in the bank account, they always instantly transfer any money out that way you can’t garnish their bank account either. And another issue that’s wrong about companies and LLCs is you can’t sue the owner of an LLC. Because the owner is protected. There are some situations where you can get around that and you can sue the owner, but it’s extremely difficult. But there’s kind of ways around that as well. And the other problem is you can easily shut down one business and start up another front business if the heat gets too much. That’s why government regulation is necessary, but there’s not enough regulations for crooks like this.
These people would be ended ...straight up ended ..his business would be burned down. Everyone involved would be ended.
How does a person get away with not paying after they lose a lawsuit? Isn’t that an arrestable offense?
The fact that he still has legs is baffling to me 😂😂
Sam would of got a phone call from his nearest Fire Department at 3am asking do he know his Bussiness and Luxury vehicle are engulfed in flames 🔥
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.
Stop trying to LIVE LARGE
@truhaboutme
11 ай бұрын
There you go !!
Omg 😲 this is ridiculous!!!😤😤😤 He's definitely a scammer.
If you’re ever being investigated for fraud and they ask you questions. Maybe don’t make your reply “none of your business”. Automatically guilty lol
I’m looking at this guys rental business on Google maps right now and as I write this, more than 10 5 star reviews have been posted within the last hour or so, so either he’s paying people to post positive reviews about his business, or he’s creating fake Google accounts to write them🤔 and the weird thing is that the “owner” is replying to each and every 5 star review minutes apart, very strange and what a coincidence🤔🤔🤔
@prettykayy8327
9 ай бұрын
Yup that's exactly what he's doing and they can actually delete a customer bad reviews.
This thievery should is not acceptable and the guy should be in prison he’s a disgrace and shameful
He keeps changing the name of the business so they cant sue lol
And with interest, lollll
Somebody should of been messed every car on that lot
They gave a guy $82.000 up front. They must be stunned . Why would you just give somebody that much money with no reassurances .
Damn And not 1 customer didn’t take one of the cars for ransom? Unbelievable
Somebody needa scam his ass😂😂😂😂
How did he expunge 10 felonies when the new law allows max. 2..that needs investigation ..is there Corruption in the courts?
$923 I can do,but I can’t give $6k to a agency that’s not a major like ENTERPRISE or HERTZ.
Sometimes violence IS the answer.
@laurabrandao7246
9 ай бұрын
😘😘😘😘😘
I don’t hope he falls down the stairs, one day and brakes both his legs. That would be a shame.