Zip Auto Sales

I absolutely hate leaving negative reviews on businesses but this place deserves Zero stars. I had a similar experience as the review from «Chastity M. 9÷25÷2013 «in the filtered review section.
I contacted a guy named Sean/​Shawn about his 2004 Subaru Impreza off of a craigslist ad on July 27 2013 and asked about the car. It had Nevada plates which I thought was going to be a hassle but was in the area and decided to check out the car anyways.
Upon arrival it was clean and I asked about the Timing Belt/​Clutch/​Spark Plugs and when it was replaced. He told me all of them were replaced recently at 105k miles and that he had the paperwork for all of it at his fathers office. So there he tells me the car is his personal car but must be sold under his father «Ike» at Zip Auto Sales in Whittier. He also offers that if I buy the car from them they will transfer the car registration to California and handle all fees if I pay the agreed price. We made a deal on July 29 2013 the following Monday.
From that day forward it was a 6 month HEADACHE. Initially they lied and told me they needed the pink slip etc to handle the title transfer and that I will have my pinkslip and plates in less than 90 days. Being that it was a car dealership deal that came with contracts I figured it would be safe to leave without the pinkslip in hand. Coming close to 90days later I called back to see an update on the title and plates as my temporary tags were overdue. The owner IKE kept telling me that it will take a bit more time and that they are waiting from approval of transfer from Nevada DMV… I continue asking about all of this for the next 6 months. By the time October comes I was very angry and knew something was up and wrong. Every single time I went they gave me the same excuse.
On top of all this… Shawn, Ike’s son NEVER gave me the maintenance paperwork that was promised and after taking it to a Subaru Mechanic it showed that the Timing Belt, Waterpump, and Spark plugs were NEVER REPLACED. Also the radiator gave out months after the purchase. So not only
do I not have my pink slip and plates, I had to deal with all of these issues that the car had.
Finally I hired an attorney to handle and get my plates and title from Zip Auto Sales for the car… The end result showed that Ike from Zip Auto sold me a car in July that they themselves did not have the full title to. Results also showed that the car was barely paid off by Zip Auto on October 31^st… I don’t understand how they BARELY paid off a car when I gave them the FULL AMOUNT initially. I finally got the title and plates on December 13 2013. I picked up the plates and title pinkslip from their 3^rd party auto-​registration processor who told me that an out of state title transfer takes about a month and that Zip Auto Sales never contacted them about my car until the previous week. Therefore all this time that Ike was telling me the plates and paperwork is on hold from the registration place was a complete LIE.
Upon going multiple times I have recorded and proof of the owner himself admitting he was lying to me all this time. What type of crooked business is this? If he was upfront about the situation I would have been lenient. But after spending so much time to drive to the shop in Whittier and only getting lied to I wasnt happy.
So this was my personal legitimate experience. I advise all to avoid this place but you’re more than welcome to try your luck.

W A R N I N G !!!
Let me inform you on what a TERRIBLE used car dealership this is! In February of this year, 2013 — my husband and I went to this dealership to purchase a used car. The owner sold us a car on fraudulent terms and a contract that never had any validity whatsoever.
I received a fix it ticket in April of 2013 and it was for no registration. I called the owner a number of times, more than I can remember and he either dodged my husband and my calls or he would answer and say «don’t worry, the registration should be in in a couple of weeks.» Long story short it is now September and they still didn’t have the registration, not to mention the car we had was repossessed from a prior Finance company that the previous owner dealt with, NOT the finance company I had been financed from.
The prior finance company repo’d our car because the title was still in the previous owner’s name and the OWNER of ZIP AUTO SALES owed money on this vehicle. So this OWNER knowingly sold us a car that he still owed money on. Up until the car was repo’d because of fraudulent activity the OWNER was doing with that car we were making our monthly payments to our finance company. After the car was repo’d because of the owner, I refused to make a payment until the REGISTRATION was in my name. We never received the registration. And the dealer had the finance company tow and repossess my car while I was at SCHOOL.
To end this stress-​filled, horrific review — PLEASE DO NOT DO BUSINESS with this fraudulent ass BOOTLEG ass dealership. They have given my husband and I nothing but problems and LIES from day 1. It was an inconvenience and hardship to have the vehicle versus us ever enjoying the vehicle.
The owner is a damn CROOK. And according to the prior finance company that repossessed this car on his behalf, we aren’t the first case that he has dealt with that this has happened to. He is a crook, a liar, a thief, and best believe I will be taking his lying, fraudulent ass to Small Claims Court !!!
ZIP AUTO SALES in Whittier is the absolute worst dealership to get a car from. Save yourself the hardship and stress — Buy somewhere else!
p.s– This bootleg ass dealership does not even deserve a star for their rating. But since Unilocal forced me to rate, they got a star which was they certainly do not deserve!
WORST DEALER EVER.

this dealer suck the people are asses and they try to pressure you to buy a car that’s worth half the price in other places never buy here warning stay away from this place would screw out of 3 cars they show me 2 needed to be jump with jumping cables and one had a bad noise coming from the motor don’t buy here