Vintage Car Collector

Having problems registering the vehicle. I have been to DMV 6 times now with no resolve. The seller Tom of Vintage Car Collector is less than helpful, he has issues with the registration that he should be resolving so that the car can get registrated. I have paid over $1,200 to try and get the car registered. He showed the car in his description with a California license plate with a current year tag. Once the car was received it no longer had the license plate. I went to DMV and discovered the problems with the registration. DMV has asked for documentation that Tom of Vintage Car Collector says does not exist. He told me on multiple occasions to just talk to someone else at DMV and trust him there is no issue with the registration. He also grossly misrepresented the condition of the vehicle in his description. He also operates his business on EBay as gr8dayca. Please take caution. I don’t want anyone to end up in the same situation as me.