Business ProfileforBest Deal Auto Sales, Inc.

On August 26, 2023 I spoke with with ************************* at Best Deal Auto Sales regarding the purchase of a 2015 *** X5. My current car, a 2015 Buick LaCrosse, was in the shop so he was not able to appraise it at the time for a trade in. ******** requested I give Best Deal a $1000 deposit to hold the *** until such time as he could appraise my car. The form he had me sign stated that if financing was not obtained I would get the deposit back. It also said that in the event the *** was sold and I chose to purchase another vehicle, the $1000 deposit would apply to the purchase of a different vehicle.I asked ******** what was the most Best Deal would give me for my car, and he would not say anything other than he needed to look at the car. When I brought the car in, which is in pristine condition, he told me he would give me $7500 for the car. I told him that was too low, as I already had an offer of $12,000 for the car at ********************. He declined to give me my $1000 deposit back and said I forfeited it because I was not willing to go through with the purchase of the *** when his offer on my Buick was too low. I owe $7500 on my car, and accepting his offer would mean giving the car away for free, which no reasonable person would do.Ironically, Best Deal Auto Sales has a nearly identical vehicle to mine on their Auburn lot for $16,295. They would be making $8795 off my Buick based on this price and what he offered to purchase my car. Clearly, Best Deal could have met the offer of $12,000 I had from ********************, and they still had room to make a profit off my vehicle if traded in. I believe Best Deal Auto Sales engaged in unfair business practices by getting me to make a $1000 deposit on the ***, knowing they intended to low-ball me on the Buick, and then expected to keep my deposit. This is a scam, and was perpetrated to defraud me of either my car by paying a low price, or the deposit by failing to return it.