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Ash Vehicle Sales Used Car RIP OFF Royston ASHLEY SMITH

Ash Vehicle Sales Used Car RIP OFF in Royston by owner ASHLEY SMITH

This is a follow-up to the report I`ve already submitted here about low-life, conman and rip-off artist, ASHLEY SMITH.

Copy below of a verifiable letter I got from another ebay victim of Smiths.

Stuart,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but I was out of the country.

I would be quite interested in passing on our difficulties in dealing with this conman on to the journalist as our story seems to have been quite similar to yours.

After test driving the car and paying for it at his shop, we drove into Cambridge proper for lunch. Within 15 minutes the car lights started flashing and shortly thereafter, the car died flat in a roundabout. We managed to push it out of the roundabout and I assumed at this point it was just a dead battery. We called the seller and he said he would be right out to give us a hand. After a hour and several more phone calls which led nowhere, we walked to a nearby auto store and were forced to buy a new battery.

This managed to get us to Lakenheath where the car died yet again after parking. Once again we phoned the seller and he said it was probably the alternator and he would send a tow truck to help us within the hour. After waiting 5 hours and several phone calls, we were forced to stay in a hotel in Lakenheath. The next two days followed much the same route as we had to drive up to Lakenheath to wait for him to show up as he promised, but never did.

At this point, he stopped answering our phone calls. The car required a new alternator and the timing belt was shot and just to get it running again, we were forced to get it fixed at a local auto shop.

Finally, to put the icing on the cake, the car completely failed its upcoming MOT, with the exhaust and catalytic converter being the most expensive of the issues, but by no means the only failures. At this point, the fixes were going to cost more than the car was worth and it was turned into junk.

Ian