Posted on 07/13/2008 9:11:12 AM PDT by SandRat
Selling damaged vehicles. Breaking rules. Calling cops on customers who complain.
A Tucson car lot managed by ex-convicts did all those things and now is under state investigation for unlawful business practices. Regulators are probing reports that the dealership sold a wrecked vehicle that was legally unfit to drive, and that staffers repeatedly put inaccurate vehicle information on state records, violating Arizona law.
Wildcat Mitsubishi, 5200 E. Speedway, has been under state scrutiny since the Army banned local soldiers from buying cars there and at Wildcat's sister dealership, Ideal Automotive Group, 645 S. Highway 92 in Sierra Vista. The May ban followed complaints soldiers were threatened, cheated or misled.
Both dealerships also are under investigation for operating without state-required financing licenses for two years, as long as Wildcat has been open. The licenses help protect customers who disclose sensitive financial data in loan applications.
(Excerpt) Read more at azstarnet.com ...
He may give used-car dealers a bad name! Ya think?
It's like a premise for new sitcom.
They behave any worse and folks will start thinking they’re politicians...
That's the name I sumo wrestled under in the 70's. Think I can sue?
Hmmm...ya think ex-con management just might engage in unlawful business practices?
< /sarc >
I saw the title and thought it was something about the Grumman F4 Wildcat and Mitsubishi Zero.
OP, very interesting, entertaining article you posted. I cannot see how these guys can still be in the auto business? And it was funny reading all that their lawyer had to say about his ‘saintly’ clients.
I’m TORKED that big metal signs declaring these “businesses” “OFF-LIMITS!” like they used to do. Just to let everyone that passed by them know what low-lifes the are.
After reading the article I can’t help thinking this:
Why the heck is Mitsubishi allowing these people to represent them as a dealer?
It makes me wonder about Mitsubishi’s own business ethics, practices and attitude. Maybe people should think twice before dealing with ANY Mitsubishi dealer if Mitsubishi has no standards for their dealerships.
I was thinking it was sort of hybrid 1940’s prop fighter plane.....
Now you know why we refer to them as "Me So Bitchy".
That stems from a certain Southern Oregon delearship which (Thank God!) we never did business with, thanks to all the horror stories I got from friends and co-workers who had dealt with them.
They filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Friday (7/11) and a bank in Ohio claims that Ideal/Wildcat owes them in excess of $2 Million in loan payments and as much as $25 Million for liquidated collateral.
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