Hubcap & Wheel Store

I just want to give everyone a heads up on this place.
Last year, prior to the Good Friday Tornado, a friend of mine had some wheels in layaway with this store. They were custom wheels ordered to fit his truck. There were major problems.
Of the $ 4000 purchase price of the wheels, he had paid all but $ 700. He took his truck in to have the wheels fitted for his truck and the shop claimed the wheels were not there. He returned a week later to find that the wheels the shop had sold him, and assured him would fit on his truck, did not fit on his vehicle. He left and sought the expertise of other local vehicle customizers to find that the wheel size the shop owner had ordered for the vehicle were the wrong size.
My friend, J, was back in tough with the owner/​manager of the Hubcap and Wheel Store and advised that based on his research, the wheels were ordered in the wrong size. The shop owner became irate and sent J and his truck away.
A few weeks later the Good Friday tornado struck St. Louis and destroyed the building the Hubcap and Wheel store was located in. At this point the shop had $ 3300 of J’s money, and J had nothing to show for it.
Since then he has contacted the BBB, filed complaints, attempted to file a claim with the stores insurance policy, etc. and still has not had his money, nor the wheels he purchased (although they didn’t fit) given to him. It is my understanding the owners of the Hubcap and Wheel store have applied for another business license in Bridgeton.
J will be taking the store to court in an attempt to recoup some of the fund this business and it’s owners have stolen from him.
For those readers out there, I hope you are cautious in your dealings with these unscrupulous business owners and do not allow them to take your money too.