Car thief pretends to be customer, drives Jeep off Puyallup dealership lot

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I posted this in Current Events because prior to this occurrence seeing people going into stores in downtown Seattle and shoplifting while hired security and store personnel were told "hands off" is one thing. Then the criminals got to the point where it wasn't just drug stores, 7-11s & mom/pop establishments that they were hitting. They also began taking large shopping bags into the malls and stealing from the larger & higher end retail establishments, still with no repercussions to speak of.

Going onto a car lot, getting the keys and driving off AFTER an employee has run a credit check on you seems really bizarre to me, especially in context of this customer's behavior in the weeks prior to this incident. To me it sounds as if this woman had her mind made up that she was going to purchase the Jeep that she had her heart set on and was not going to let a failed credit check deter her, not taking "no" for an answer.

Is it just me but if someone has enough information on you, including your check stub from Amazon, doesn't it seem kind of stupid to just drive off with the vehicle? I guess she can always "claim" that "the paperwork went through?!?

Crazy looking eyes though ...

Woman accused of pretending to be customer, then stealing Jeep off Puyallup dealership lot

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Everything she provided might have been fake too.

I knew a man who took his Porche to be washed. When the guy drove it to the drying area, he just kept on going. My friend just watched his car drive off. No one ever found it either.

 

[skye]

Everything she provided might have been fake too.

I knew a man who took his Porche to be washed. When the guy drove it to the drying area, he just kept on going. My friend just watched his car drive off. No one ever found it either.

Hope your friend's car was insured!

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Hope your friend's car was insured!

A PORCHE of course it was insured.

 

[skye]

A PORCHE of course it was insured.

Okey dokey then

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Thieves have been hitting car dealerships hard this past year.

More than 40 were stolen over the July 4th weekend

More than 40 cars reportedly stolen in Pierce County over Fourth of July weekend

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. NOW TO PIERCE COUNTY WHERE THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WAS A BUSY ONE FOR CAR THIEVES. (second cg here)

komonews.com

and another 39 just last month.....

Nearly 40 cars stolen in Pierce County in single day amid rising auto thefts

 

[whitehall]

In my experience an employee of the dealership rides along for the test drive. I guess the keys could be mishandled during the sales discussion but the vehicle should be on the police hot sheet in minutes.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

The Wife and I sold our Mercedes and the guy that bought it ran a car lot.
Same thing happened,the owner of the car lot let a black dude take it for a test drive and he never came back.
There's a lesson to be learned here...never let a black dude test drive a car you're selling and never buy gold from a Network. Mod edited for clarity as the only 7 letter noun starting with "N" that fits. Please post in English.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

The Wife and I sold our Mercedes and the guy that bought it ran a car lot.
Same thing happened,the owner of the car lot let a black dude take it for a test drive and he never came back.
There's a lesson to be learned here...never let a black dude test drive a car you're selling and never buy gold from a Network. Mod edited for clarity as the only 7 letter noun starting with "N" that fits. Please post in English.

LOL...

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

LOL...

Oh...go fuck yourself.