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I FEEL ITS MY DUTY TO THE PUBLIC THAT I WRITE THIS AND EVEN THO ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL ONE OVER ME I FOUND THAT IT NEARLY HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WHEN PURCHASING MY NISSAN PATHFINDER FROM MOTORAMA GOODWOOD. I BEEN IN CORPORATE SALES FOR 8 YEARS SO I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT SERVICE AND INFORMATION. FIRSTLY RUI SPINOLA IS A NICE GUY WHEN YOU MEET HIM BUT THE AMOUNT OF HALF TRUTHS AND BLATANT LYING THAT TRANSPIRED AFTER OUR INITIAL MEETING IS ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE. I STILL WENT THRU WITH THE DEAL BECAUSE I HAD TO SEPARATE THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND DECIDE WHAT IM WILLING TO PUT UP WITH TO GET THE CAR THAT I BEEN LOOKING FOR A LONG TIME. RUI SAID THE CAR WAS IN FANTASTIC CONDITION AND THAT HE WAS GONNA BUY THE SAME ONE ETC AND DIDNT HESITATE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO MY FRIEND THAT WORKS AT NISSAN TO CHECK THE CAR OUT. THE CAR BODY AND LOOKS WAS IMMACULATE BUT THE FRIEND MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CLUTCH WAS ABOUT TO GIVE IN VERY SOON AND THAT THE FRONT BRAKES WAS WORN. HE SAID DO NOT TAKE THIS CAR IN THIS CONDITION AND INSIST ON A NEW CLUTCH AND FLYWHEEL WHICH WOULD COST R20 000 AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BE DONE. I NEGOTIATED THAT I WILL PAY AN EXTRA R5K ON THE PRICE IF THEY DID THE JOB IN HOUSE ETC AND THEY AGREED. THAT AFTERNOON I WENT THRU TO SIGN THE DEAL AND RUI SAID NA THE CAR IS IN THE WORKSHOP AND THEY STARTING ON THE WORK ETC, AS I WALKED IN THE CAR WAS STILL ON THE FLOOR - MAJOR WARNING SIGN BUT I LET IT SLIDE. IT TOOK MORE THAN A WEEK TO GET THIS DONE, ALL THE EXCUSES IN THE BOOK FROM THE WRONG PART THAT ARRIVED ETC. WHEN THE PART ARRIVED RUI SAID U WILL HAVE UR CAR TOMORROW, MY MECHANIC FRIEND SAID NO CHANCE IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 2 DAYS WHICH IT DID BUT RUI JUST SAYS ANYTHING, IM CONVINCED THAT HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT THE WORDS TOMORROW OR LATER ACTUALLY MEANS. MY TRADED IN MY POLO USED THE BALANCE LEFT AS A DEPOSIT AND ALSO REQUESTED THAT R4250 BE PAID TO ME. IT TOOK AAAAAAAAGES TO GET MY MONEY ALSO I WAS CHARGED R4500 ON ROAD COSTS BUT I ENDED UP HAVING TO GET MY LICENCE AND ALSO RECEIVED THE WRONG SIZE NUMBER PLATE FOR MY CAR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER SIGNING THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, MORE THAN TWO MONTHS!!!!!!!!! I DODGED A BIG BULLET WITH THE CLUTCH THRU MY DUE DILIGENCE. I WAS CHARGED ON THE ROAD COSTS OF OVER R4000 BUT I ENDED UP DOING MOST OF THE WORK. THE WORST THING OF ALL WAS THE LIES AND I CANT STAND THAT IN PEOPLE. LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE. NOT MAJOR LIES OVER MAJOR ISSUES JUST CONSTANT LIES OF WHEN THINGS WILL HAPPEN. I SAID I WAS IN SALES BEFORE AND AS SOON AS I SIGNED THE PAPERS, RUI ATTITUDE CHANGED THE MORE I GOT TIED IN THE DEAL THE LESS ATTENTION I GOT, LIKE A NOOSE AROUND MY NECK TIGHTENING. I WILL SEND ANYONE AN EMAIL OF THE WHATSAPP MESSAGED AND E-MAIL CORRESPONDENCE I HAD WITH RUI AND MOTORAMA AND YOU CAN DECIDE IF THIS COMPLAINT IS WORTH WHAT IM WRITING. I DONT NEED TO WRITE THIS BUT I FEEL ITS MY DUTY TO THE PUBLIC TO LET YOU KNOW. I WONT USE THE RACIST CARD CHEAPLY EVER, I THINK ITS SOMETIMES A CHEAP OPTION PEOPLE USE BUT FOR PERIODS IN THIS DEAL TOWARDS THE END I FELT THAT RUI ALMOST WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR I WOULD GO BECAUSE HE BLATANTLY DIDNT GIVE A DAMN TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE THE DEAL WAS DONE CONTRACTUALLY BUT EVERYTHING ON THEIR SIDE WASNT COMPLETE!!!!!! CONTACT ME FOR PROOF
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