An Upstate woman claims she is having a hard time getting what the court says she is owed from a business. It comes after she says she saved up to buy a vehicle, but the deal she thought she had turned out not to be so sweet. “It didn’t even last 24 hours, and the man would not return my money,” said Patricia Scott. According to Scott, in September 2025, she purchased a trike from Mr. Abercrombie at Hotshot Cycles in Anderson.”It was going to be my way to the grocery store, it was going to be my way to work, it was going to be my way,” Scott said. Scott said she paid around $2,000 for it.”I went hungry for a year to save up, and he gets to steal it in the day by selling me trash,” Scott said. “That was a death trap.” Now, Scott is out of a ride and money. In October, she said she took the business to court after first pleading with them to give her a refund. According to documents from the Anderson County Clerk of Court, Scott won the case and was to be paid over $2,000, which she said she never got.”I’m almost 50 now, that walking can hurt, and the heels hurt,” Scott said. WYFF News 4’s Miya Payton spoke to Abercrombie on the phone and asked the following: “Do you have any feelings about her not being able to ride on what she purchased and hoped would take her to work and to the grocery store?”WYFF 4 also asked about the money he was court-ordered to pay. “We’re going to give her the money, tell her to come by there and get it,” Abercrombie said. “When can she come get her money?” Payton said. “We’ll be there tomorrow,” Abercrombie said.An hour after the call, Abercrombie told WYFF 4 he would be taking the money to the courthouse instead.”I’m an old lady, and I should be able to trust the business that I’m buying from,” Scott said.
An Upstate woman claims she is having a hard time getting what the court says she is owed from a business. It comes after she says she saved up to buy a vehicle, but the deal she thought she had turned out not to be so sweet.
“It didn’t even last 24 hours, and the man would not return my money,” said Patricia Scott.
According to Scott, in September 2025, she purchased a trike from Mr. Abercrombie at Hotshot Cycles in Anderson.
“It was going to be my way to the grocery store, it was going to be my way to work, it was going to be my way,” Scott said.
Scott said she paid around $2,000 for it.
“I went hungry for a year to save up, and he gets to steal it in the day by selling me trash,” Scott said. “That was a death trap.”
Now, Scott is out of a ride and money. In October, she said she took the business to court after first pleading with them to give her a refund. According to documents from the Anderson County Clerk of Court, Scott won the case and was to be paid over $2,000, which she said she never got.
“I’m almost 50 now, that walking can hurt, and the heels hurt,” Scott said.
WYFF News 4’s Miya Payton spoke to Abercrombie on the phone and asked the following:
“Do you have any feelings about her not being able to ride on what she purchased and hoped would take her to work and to the grocery store?”
WYFF 4 also asked about the money he was court-ordered to pay.
“We’re going to give her the money, tell her to come by there and get it,” Abercrombie said.
“When can she come get her money?” Payton said.
“We’ll be there tomorrow,” Abercrombie said.
An hour after the call, Abercrombie told WYFF 4 he would be taking the money to the courthouse instead.
“I’m an old lady, and I should be able to trust the business that I’m buying from,” Scott said.
