A recent posting by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection helps provide the answer. Georgia law requires that certain documents be provided to you in completed form before you sign them. These include the Bill of Sale, The Retail Installment Sales...
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Dealer Fraud and the Finance Company
Many times I get calls from consumers who know that their dealer has defrauded them my misrepresenting the car, or by selling a car without a valid passing emissions certificate, or by selling a car that has title issues and cannot be registered. These folks are...
Fraudulent Use of a Carfax Report by Dealer
I have posted previously about used car dealers’ use of Carfax to fraudulently sell a wrecked car as not having been wrecked. In this report I want to show an actual example of how this occurs. A dealer sold the consumer a car as a clean unwrecked car. The dealer...
Auto Fraud and Emissions Testing
Georgia Law requires that all sellers of gasoline-powered cars and light-duty trucks (8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or less), regardless if they are a private party, dealership or auctioneer, must sell a vehicle with a current, valid passing Georgia...
Emission Testing Requirement Upheld-Dealer claimed “as is” sale
We have previously reported about Autofraud involving emissions testing. In a recent case involving the sale of a used car that did not pass emissions to a consumer that lived in a “clean air” county, the court upheld the consumer assertion that this was an unfair...
Secrecy in Settlements
It is our position that there should not be any confidentiality in settlements of auto dealer fraud cases. In the typical consumer case, the auto dealer will want to condition its agreement to pay money to the consumer as compensation or reimbursement for damages...
“De-horsing” The Dealer Coercion Technique
“De-horsing” is a known car dealer coercion technique designed to high pressure a consumer into buying a car NOW. I recently handled an extreme example of de-horsing. In this example the consumer allowed the dealer to take her keys, ostensibly to value her car for a...
Dealer “Does the Right Thing” and screws consumer
We get hundreds of calls a month from consumers who feel they have been wronged by a dealer. Sometimes there is nothing we can do. Today I received a call from a young lady who had purchased a car from a LaGrange Georgia dealership. The car was a piece of junk and...
Georgia Whistleblower Law – New False Claims Act
Georgia’s new state False Claims Act, effective July 1, 2012, extends well beyond most state “qui tam” laws. Qui tam laws are laws designed to allow citizens to make complaints on behalf of governments seeking to recover monies fraudulently obtained from the...
Recent Salvage Title Victory
Today I wish to report on a small victory for the consumer. My consumer client purchased a used car from a Gwinnett County used car dealer. She told the dealer she needed a reliable car. She asked if the specific car had ever been wrecked. She remarked that the paint...