“Justin Bieber’s guy” rents Coachella buggies, drives them straight to Mexico
Turns out “I work for a famous person” is still one of the most effective business strategies around... especially when you don’t.
A Newport Beach rental company handed over four electric festival buggies to a man claiming to be part of Justin Bieber’s team. The story that held together just long enough for the vehicles to make their way to Coachella, and then, very efficiently, to Tijuana, where their tracking devices mysteriously turned off.
Marta’s wife got on the phone with the customer, who was inebriated while loud music playing in the background. He said he was at the festival, and everything, including the cars, was find, according to Marta.
But the cars were later tracked south of the border in Tijuana before the locations were turned off. The customer was nowhere to be found.
NBC Los Angeles reached out to the company that rented the cars but did not get a response. NBCLA also reached out to Justin Bieber’s team.
“It’s a punch unfortunately, and it hurts,” Marta said.
The invoice was made with a $20,000 deposit, but because the rental was last minute, the wire transfer for the deposit never went through, according to the rental company owner.
Turns out “I work for a famous person” is still one of the most effective business strategies around… especially when you don’t.