Thread: Dealership Charges Mentally Disabled Woman $63,000 For Used Mazda

A Canadian dealership allegedly conned a mentally disabled woman into paying $63,000 for an ex-demo Mazda6. Worse, she'd only gone to the dealership to get overcharged for a new set of tires.

Madeline Leonard, who suffers from an unnamed mental disability, visited Mazda of Orangeville to have new tires put on her 2004 Mazda3. By the time she left, she'd purchased a 3,700-mile, ex-demo Mazda6 for about 6,000 Canadian Loonies more than the sticker price of a new one. The ever-helpful salesman also threw in every package in the book, charging up to three times their book value for things like window etching and undercoating. All that meant Madeline paid roughly 25,000 Loonies ($24,000) more than she should have. Madeline lives on a $1,900-a-month government subsidy.

Despite falling for the con, it was Madeline that noticed lower sticker prices at other dealers in town and notified authorities. The dealership now faces a maximum fine of $240,000 and the two salesmen involved could face fines of $95,000 a piece.

"We didn't do anything wrong in the case of this transaction," said the dealer's business manager. "We made a little bit of money on the deal. I guess she was not happy with it."

Everyone involved in the deal should've been fined.

they clearly have no morales, they should be ashamed!

They should all be in prison let alone fined!

WOW....can't believe people can be so cruel..hopefully those d-bags get the full penalty and more.

really some people blow me away with the kind of sh1t they pull on people. they should just be shot, and save the world any more trouble with them.

Pricks like them give us all in the industry a bad name. They should be fined heavier and their dealer license suspended for a period of time.

i bet they thought it was a good idea at the time

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Pricks like them give us all in the industry a bad name. They should be fined heavier and their dealer license suspended for a period of time.

suspended? i say revoked!

The reaction of the manager is the worst part.

Originally Posted by RiseAbove

suspended? i say revoked!

x10000!

They should never be allowed to sell a damn thing after trying to pull something like this. How low can people stoop these days?