Action 9: Woman Says Junk Car Buyer Didn’t Pay Her

A woman who sold her truck to a junk car buyer claims she never got paid.Mae Reed was driving when she spotted a sign saying, “We buy junk cars.” She said it got her attention because she had just wrecked her 2005 Dodge truck.“It was totaled in a car accident,” Reed said.She called the number on the sign and said a man from Tom and Jerry Salvage came to her house. Reed said the man gave her a handwritten note saying he'd pay her $1,800 for the truck after he sold the parts.Then, Reed said, he talked her into signing over the title, saying he needed it to be able to legally tow her truck from Monroe.“So if he were stopped by the police, he would need to have the title to my truck, so I gave it to him,” Reed said.Action 9’s Don Griffin said that was her big mistake because after giving up her truck, she was left with a worthless piece of paper.“He didn't give me anything,” Reed said.Reed said when she called the number again, no one answered.Action 9 went looking for the owner of Tom and Jerry Salvage at the Eastway Drive address he listed. The house was up for rent, but the landlord showed up and said in the year she's owned it, no one buying junk cars has lived there.Later, Griffin reached the owner of Tom and Jerry Salvage on the phone. A man who identified himself as Joey Miller said he was away in Florida for a month. He claimed he paid Reed $1,000 for her truck, but wouldn't give any proof.It's led the Better Business Bureau to issue the following warning about junk car buyers.“You have to make sure though that you don't turn that title over until you have certified funds,” said BBB President Tom Bartholomy.

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