The only thing that could improve this place is if the state of Washington shut this man and his business down. The man who owns this shop Jeffery Collin's is a scammer and a full time thief ! He will lie with zero shame or guilt. I was on the hunt for a used vehicle and came across Jeffery on Facebook and he was selling a 03 Highlander (which I know are reliable vehicles normally). I set up a time to come test drive the vehicle and give it a look over. From the looks of things from what I could tell the vehicle was in decent shape. Then again, I am no mechanic and had no one I could bring with me to verify if the vehicle was mechanically okay. I had to trust this man Jeffery's word. I used every dime I received back from my tax return to purchase this vehicle and buy new tires for it. I explained to Jeff that I needed something reliable that was not going to cost any money for maintenance for a while because I am broke broke. He assured me this vehicle was his wife's and was meticulously cared for. The vehicle only had 159k on it. I opened up to him and stressed to him my financial state and explained my situation and why I needed to find a reliable vehicle and the importance of looking for a honest person to buy from. Long story short, this car is a lemon and he swindled me good (every time I trust anyone I get burned, EVERYtime). I have boughten not only all 4 new tires, I had to replace the water pump because I broke down, the catalytic converter needs to be replaced (is the newest issue) along with finding out that this vehicle had 215k miles on it back in 2015 (looked the vin up after all the problems I was having), put new brakes, rotors and calipers on the vehicle (he tried to tell me it didn't need them but YES it did). I tried to discuss the brakes needing to be done with him and he agreed to do them for me. I paid for the parts for the rear and his tweaker worker put it on for me. When I saved enough money to do the front and I gave him a call and told him I was ready to get the front brake set up done (parts cost out of my pocket). He told me he never agreed to that. I messaged him the messages between us where he stated he would do this for me. He blocked me. Now I'm not a racist person but boyyyyy he sure acts his color! He completely ripped me off. Now my kids and I are stuck without a vehicle and no money. I can't sell it because no one wants to buy it and I am completely screwed. I have no family or friends to lean on for support and or help me and my kids to get around and I am so furious and disappointed in myself for letting my guard down and trusting anyone (which is something I don't do normally, but I said I gotta trust someone sometime). I don't understand how anyone could do this to someone knowing their situation and completely and heartlessly take advantage of them. This guy is a REAL POS! Karma is a real thing and I know this man will eventually be humbled by life on life's terms eventually! Do not buy any vehicle from this person!
From what I can tell looking in hindsight, he has some tweeker guy who pieces cars together for him from other scrap cars so he can sell them and make money by jacking people. He himself doesn't know sh!t about cars himself but the tweeker guy does and it's all about making something look just okay enough to sell and get over on people. Well, he definitely got over on me and my kids! Total effing LOSER! read more