Friday, December 23, 2011

Financing Repairs Raises Issues

The old buy-here, pay-here saying says, "If the car stops running, the customer stops paying." But keeping the car running proves harder than it sounds.

The common method is for dealers to finance a repair if a customer has a problem. Very few do this properly, however, said attorney Tom Hudson.


The first mistake comes in the contract's structure, Hudson told attendees at the recent National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers conference.


Any contract that requires four or more payments falls under the federal Truth in Lending Act.


Even those done in three or fewer


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