Wichita Car Dealership Banned From Kansas Due to Shady Business Practices
A Wichita car dealership has been banned from selling cars in the state of Kansas.
Midwest Wholesale, which was doing business under the name Kansas Motor Company, was hit with complaints for things such as not providing customers with titles.
"The dealership also failed to pay off the outstanding loan balance on the trade-in resulting in the consumer having two car payments and no title," the Sedgwick County DA's office said in a statement.
Apparently, the dealership also sold a traded-in car without paying the balance.
"In both transactions, Defendant failed to deliver title within 60 days in violation of Kansas law resulting in both consumers being unable to register and legally drive their purchased vehicles," the DA said.
The store was also hit with a $54,000 fine for restitution and $30,000 in civil penalties for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Other costs were incurred, as well, and the dealer's license was revoked. Not to mention the ban on selling cars in Kansas.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Isn’t Hoovie from Wichita? Just wondering…
I guess their dealer markups weren't high enough to cover the gaps. /s
I wonder how long it took to reach this point of justice. Months, maybe years.
"resulting in the consumer having two car payments and no title" I usually do that the other way around.
Looks like your typical BHPH lot. (Any dealer with a Chrysler 200 on the front line is instantly suspect.) Like it or not, when you're a credit roach you're essentially chum for the unscrupulous.