Right Choice Automotive has an interesting way of attempting to misdirect/redirect a reader when looking carefully at my 1/6/15 review. I'm sure this is only another attempt to move further from the facts of my original posted review of your dealership, in hopes that other readers can be manipulated. Educated consumers don't like to be manipulated. The FACTS as stated in my review of Right Choice Automotive are:
#1) Stated clearly on your website in the second paragraph of the home page; "We price our cars using Kelly Blue Book to save you money".
The FACT is you have the car listed for $3,000. Kelly Blue Book (that you state that you use to set the price) indicates the vehicles "Fair Purchase Price" to be $2,114 & the "High Retail Price" to be $2,564. These figures are taken directly from KBB using YOUR ZIP CODE, YOUR STATED MILEAGE, YOUR STATED OPTIONS & YOUR STATED CONDITION OF THE CAR. Any elementary math student can easily tell you that 3,000 is more than 2,114 or 2,564.
If you actually used KBB to price your cars as you claim on your website, the price should be currently no higher than $2,564. So, it appears to be FALSE ADVERTISING! And to be completely sure I did not make a mistake on the KBB website, I also called their customer service dept (800)258-3266 & had them look up the used car dealer price.
#2) Stated clearly in the first paragraph & first line of your home page website; A family owned used car business with over 35 years experience. With that in mind, ignorance of the law should not be used as an excuse. You claim that Arizona State Law prohibits you from selling to a CASH retail buyer & releasing a clean/ clear title at the time of sale, after the appropriate taxes are paid because of Arizona State Statue #28-4421. That Statue only applies to NEW car sales, you sell USED cars! And if you don't believe me, maybe you should use the same verification that I did, your own District #24 State Senator, the Honorable Katie Hobbs. She has considerable experience with Arizona State Laws, as she was previously in the State House of Representatives District #15 before successfully running for the Senate District #24 seat. Why did I use District #24 you may ask, because that is the District your business is in! I will attach a quote from the Honorable Katie Hobbs:
Mr. Kernan, The statue you have cited, as you correctly surmised, only applies to new car sales. I can't speculate as to why the used car dealership with which you are working refuses to issue you a clean title, but they are required to have the vehicle title completely in their name before attempting to sell the car.
Right Choice Automotive claims that because of Arizona State Statute #28-4421 they can't give the retail consumer the title at the time of CASH purchase & must charge, according to that same Arizona State Law, $295 to process & mail the title to the retail buyer. THIS INFORMATION IS FALSE, as proven by my calls to the Arizona MVD (800)-251-5866 & the Honorable Katie Hobbs. Right Choice Automotive is just trying to put more money in their pockets & claiming it's the law, when it's not!
#3) Right Choice Automotive claims they must charge the buyer an additional $28.75 for a 90 day in transit plate. They also claim this is an Arizona State Law. You can check the same resources I did, Arizona MVD (800)251-5866 or http://azdot.gov/mvd/hours-and-locations to find locations & third party authorized offices to purchase a 90 Non-resident registration for $15.00. I also had this information verified by the Honorable Katie Hobbs, Arizona State Senator.
So thus far with the $295 & 28.75 you are overcharging customers by $308.75 when they pay CASH, & you are doing it claiming it's a state law. FALSE!
#4) Your attempt to misdirect readers from my original review comments by stating, "We are not allowed to waive tax" is simply FALSE. You are trying to imply that I asked Right Choice Automotive to not charge sales tax. In fact I clearly indicated that paying any & all local taxes wouldn't be a problem. That if you would issue me a clear/clean title at the time of the CASH purchase with a PAID sales receipt I could take the car back to Iowa, purchase my own temporary transit plate ($15, not $28.75 as you want to charge) & present the proof of purchase, clean/clear title reassigned to me, to my local MVD & I would pay them directly for the new title, registration & plates (which I would transfer from my old vehicle & get credit for) & issue proper payment to the Iowa Dept of Revenue for the sales taxes.
I also indicated in our earlier communications that if Iowa & Arizona had a reciprocal sales tax agreement I could pay all the taxes there at time of CASH purchase, just as long as Right Choice Automotive gave me written proof of sales tax paid. read more