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‘Fake’ Sales Trick Customers at Major Stores, Study Says – NBC News
A consumer group says some well-known stores seem to have perpetual sales on certain items, so the “discounted” price is really the regular price.
Source: ‘Fake’ Sales Trick Customers at Major Stores, Study Says – NBC News
The 10 Most Common Consumer Complaints – ABC News
We all have had bad experiences with companies before — a bank that charged you a fee in error, a package that never arrived, a mechanic who doesn’t seem to be charging you a fair price for your repairs.
Credit Forget It and the NYS Attorney General
It appears as though the New York Atty. Gen. has clamped down on a number of large, franchised dealerships. It appears as though the New York Atty. Gen. has clamped down on dealerships selling a product which is produced, distributed and presumably created by a company called Credit Forget it. In June of last year the New York State Atty. Gen. assessed a tremendously large fine against the company called Credit Forget It. It appears as though the fine assessed against this company was in excess of $14 million. The New York State Atty. Gen. apparently considered the product improper and should not be sold with an in conjunction with the financing of automobiles.
After the New York Atty. Gen. shut down this company they then proceeded against all the dealerships were selling the product. It appears as though the allegations are that the dealerships were improperly selling the product, asserting that it was free one was not and selling a product that was in essence worthless. This is my take from the articles which have been published on the Internet. The following is contained in one of the articles:
DANGEROUS CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CARS SOLD BY FRANCHISE DEALERSHIPS
DANGEROUS CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CARS SOLD BY FRANCHISE DEALERSHIPS
It appears as though General Motors was cited by the Federal Trade Commission with regard to selling certified used vehicles are certified preowned program which had open recalls the actually dangerous. In addition, the selling dealer’s also appeared to have been cited and find by the FTC. It is unclear what extent General Motors is responsible since they did not sell cars only their authorized, franchise dealers sold the vehicles. Under the certified preowned program selling dealer is obligated to inspect the car pursuant to General Motors standards. It would be the duty and obligation selling dealer to check for recalls and make sure that the vehicles have been repaired and recall something. I’m assuming, if the vehicles were owned by General Motors previously, it would be the responsibility of General Motors to repair and or for recalls. It is unclear to what extent the liability is based directly on General Motors were the liability is based on the actions of their authorized dealers. The complaint appears to indicate that the vehicles were sold with open recalls. It appears as though the FTC is holding the manufacture responsible for authorize, franchise dealers selling vehicles with open, dangerous, active recalls. I would guess, the ultimate, it is responsibility factor to make sure that these recalls are prepared at the authorized dealers in the CPO or certified preowned program. The following was contained in the complaint
Auto Check and CARFAX
I have reviewed the Autocheck site and have attempted to determine the difference between Carfax and AutoCheck. This is difficult to see and certainly difficult to understand and the plantation of the reporting of the data. In simple terms it’s hard to see the difference between the reports from an AutoCheck and report Carfax. Ultimately, it would be in the experience of the user as to the difference in these two services. The only real differences in the services appear to be the corporations behind them. Think that AutoCheck since it is backed and owned by Experian would have significantly more information. In my experience I’ve not found this to be true. Most of the time I have found Carfax to contain more, relevant, up-to-date information. However the certain his varied case-by-case circumstance. Just by looking at the list of the sources for AutoCheck it appears as though there is one major difference, in my opinion. It appears as though collision shop to report to AutoCheck. In my experience I’ve not seen collision shop reporting to AutoCheck outside of accidents. This means that if there is an accident in the history then I might find the report from a collision facility. Very rarely have I found a collision facility reporting outside of a please reported accident. My personal experience. However you need to review the AutoCheck website to see the nature and extent of their data sources. If you are attempting to purchase the vehicle it might be a good idea to purchase the AutoCheck and Carfax and compare them. Even before you run the Carfax or the AutoCheck on the vehicle you intend to purchase you might want to try running AutoCheck and Carfax and other vehicles in your household, family or friends with their permission. Then you might have the opportunity to see the difference between these 2 reports and determine which one is more useful with regard to wiring a vehicle and attempting to determine the nature and extent of the history of this vehicle.
Remember these are two separate companies and have similar data sources to be careful when using one over the other