| You hear them on the radio and TV
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| | a little fender scratch (complete repaint
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| everyday. Some have outrageous ads and
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| | from a 50mph accident) or new upholstery
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| sales gimmicks. "Push, pull or drag your
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| | (due to a flood and complete submersion).
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| trade in for $4000 minimum trade", "Best
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| | These repossession sales, like Repo Joe,
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| price in the world!" "Best bumper to
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| | do a media Blitz and claim they have all
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| bumper warranty ever - we cover
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| | repossessed vehicles for a great buy.
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| everything." "Repo'd car sale today."
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| | When in fact they probably don't even
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| Bet you didn't know that these ads can be
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| | have one repossessed car that is for
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| and usually are very misleading and can
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| | sale. Most car dealers get their cars
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| be illegal.According to Leslie Anderson,
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| | from either trades or local
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| AAA, Misleading advertisements and
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| | auctions.Regardless of what they claim
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| deceptive marketing from car dealers has
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| | they most likely do not know the vehicles
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| been on the rise in recent years. Car
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| | history. You can't even rely on Carfax
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| dealers, due to a struggling economy are
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| | 100% as many vehicles are repaired
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| resorting to grey market sales tactics
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| | without full salvage disclosure or even
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| and ads. Many of these ads are either
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| | any repair history. A carfax report is
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| borderline or even illegal in nature.
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| | only as good as the information that is
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| With all the publicity in recent years of
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| | actually entered into the system. Before
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| scams and illegal business activities by
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| | you rely on that Carfax or what the
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| businesses from every state you would
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| | dealer says is the cars history listen to
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| think most states would have toughened up
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| | this - Tennessee attorneys Frank Watson
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| their laws and started to crack down on
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| | and David McLaughlin charge that Carfax's
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| bad car dealers. Only one state, New
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| | ads promise more than it can deliver.
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| York, has really done anything.There are
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| | "Carfax fails to disclose the limitations
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| laws already on the books that make many
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| | of their database," says Watson. "People
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| of these advertisements and such illegal,
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| | think they have a little insurance policy
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| but few states will even look into these
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| | on their Carfax report, and it's just not
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| activities. In New York, if you run a
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| | accurate," says McLaughlin. Carfax is an
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| Push, Pull or Drag sale the odds are you
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| | online company that searches databases
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| will get fined. The thinking behind New
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| | for a vehicle's history, claiming to be
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| Yorks laws is that if you promise someone
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| | "your best protection against buying a
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| a set figure for their vehicle it should
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| | used car with costly, hidden problems."
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| not be factored into the discount or
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| | But, critics say when it comes to many
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| markup of the newer, replacement vehicle.
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| | accidents, online reporting companies
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| This is deceptive advertising. Yet I
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| | fall short. A class-action lawsuit
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| hear these same ads, with even higher
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| | against Carfax claims the company doesn't
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| amounts promised on the radio and TV in
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| | have access to police accident data in 23
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| North Carolina and South Carolina all the
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| | states.This article should be a wake up
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| time. Then there's the matter of
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| | call to car buyers to be more on the
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| expressed and implied
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| | alert to car dealer scams, lies and
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| warranties.Expressed and implied
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| | untruths. It should also be an alert to
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| warranties are actually covered under
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| | states from Oregon to Florida that more
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| federal laws. Every car dealer must have
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| | needs to be done to curb bad car sales
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| a federally approved warranty disclosure
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| | tactics. Most car dealers aren't small
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| placed in the window. This is to show if
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| | mom and pop organizations. They are
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| a warranty exists and what is actually
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| | large million or billion dollar companies
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| covered. This was done as there was too
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| | that will do anything to make a dollar.
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| much discrepency in the past with car
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| | Even crossing the line or blurring what
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| salesman blurring the line of what is
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| | is legal and what isn't. And according
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| really covered and what isn't. On a
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| | to one big dealer in Charlotte, North
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| recent drive from North Carolina to South
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| | Carolina whom didn't want his name or
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| Carolina I saw 11 used car dealerships
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| | dealership mentioned for obvious reasons
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| that did not have these in the windows -
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| | - "its all about that bottem line and if
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| at one we found they were in the glove
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| | we get caught, thats what our lawyers are
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| compartment. When we asked the
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| | for. Per another car dealer, "it's a
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| salesperson why it wasn't in the window
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| | buyer beware market: Buyers must beware
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| he said it wasn't necessary. In New
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| | and be detectives too."David Maillie is
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| York, every car dealer you drive by or
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| | an alumni of Cornell University and
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| visit will have these prominently
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| | specializes in biochemical synthesis for
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| displayed.Then you have the usual lies -
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| | public, private, and governmental
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| car dealers advertising a repossession
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| | interests. He holds numerous patents
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| sale, cream puffs, etc... They will lie
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| | including his recently awarded patent for
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| about the origination of cars just like
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| | headlight cleaner, repair and restorer.
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| in a recent Carfax ad. Oh that was just
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| | He can be reached at M.D.
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