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Into the Red With Luxury
The sticker on the window of a 2006 Range Rover Sport HSE parked inside Rosenthal Jaguar at Tysons Corner lists a few choice selling points: a child seat sensor, voice-activated controls and heated windshield washer jets -- all for an asking price of $59,350. A more comprehensive list for buyers to consider might read something like this: $1,741 for a new headlight, $600 to replace a cracked windshield -- and the instant respect of valets and your little brother's friends. Call it the unconscious cost-benefit analysis of the luxury car buyer. It's a calculus more of us find ourselves making. Luxury vehicle sales
One Stop Car Shopping Online
Car buying can be a chore regardless of whether you're buying a new or used vehicle. But now the Better Business Bureau is trying to make the whole experience a lot easier. They're teaming up with J.D. Power and Associates on their website to create a one-stop shopping center for car buying. You can use the J.D. Power information to view their ratings for a vehicle. Then you can check up on a local dealership with the BBB's ratings. Once you've decided on the kind of vehicle you want from the Power ratings, you type in your zipcode and indicate how far
Lexus requires all certified cars to include histories.
Starting Monday, May 1, Lexus Division will require sales of its certified used cars and trucks to include vehicle history reports from Carfax Inc. Executives of the luxury brand say the policy will help its dealers comply with a new California law called the Car Buyer's Bill of Rights. Other states are considering similar measures. The California law takes effect July 1. Among other things, it seeks to...
Roadside Distraction: The Trouble With RVs
Mary Lou and Herb Humphries sold their home in Massachusetts last July to travel the country full time in a new, nearly $500,000 motor home. But so far, they haven't gone much farther than the dealership lot. Since they bought the luxury Beaver Patriot Thunder, made by Monaco Coach Corp., they have faced problem after problem, including burned-out fuses, mold, misaligned doors, and a broken alternator that caused a breakdown on the highway last fall. Since buying the motor home last August, the Humphries, who live in the coach, have split most of their time between the dealership and the manufacturer's
More bends in legal road for Benz case.
The price of your typical Mercedes-Benz CL55 ran about $120,000 just five years ago. And it was the price Akron resident Tom Ulrich paid for his new ride in 2002. Today, Ulrich's car is worth about $500,000, although most of that could go to Ulrich's attorneys. For nearly five years, Ulrich has battled Mercedes-Benz in court, contending his luxury sedan is really a lemon dressed in high-gloss paint and a rich interior. This week, the...
Revolution or Evolution for Law Libraries?
We have read and been told that the old days of beautiful, comfortable, completely stocked law firm libraries are gone and are being replaced by electronic, streamlined "convenience store" special libraries where attorneys go just to look something up quickly. The conventional wisdom is that online, compact libraries are much more cost-effective for the firm. That may be true, but there is one big problem with this scenario: Attorneys and administrators don't always share the same opinion about how a law firm library is used and what types of resources make up the tools of the trade today. How does
A new car shouldn’t need repainting before it’s sold
QUESTION: About a month after I purchased a new luxury sedan, it got dinged in a parking lot, resulting in a small dent and chipped paint in the left rear quarter panel. I took the car to a body shop for repairs and learned there that the left rear door and quarter panel had been repaired previously. I contacted the dealership and was told the car had arrived with defective factory paint. The dealer had the left rear door and quarter panel repainted at a collision and paint center at a cost of $551.65. I was not told about that
Buying and Selling a Car
Mary Butler is managing editor at cars.com. She has more than a decade of automotive and personal finance experience and looks to empower auto shoppers so that they can make smart financial decisions. Very much a consumer advocate, Mary was part of the site development team that launched cars.com in June 1998. This discussion was about buying and selling a car. The transcript follows below. Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. _____________ washingtonpost.com: Good afternoon! Welcome to this
U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia case summaries
A Virginia plaintiff who is suing a Subaru dealership over a vehicle allegedly purchased in Virginia but inadequately serviced in Kensington, Md., has his consumer protection suit transferred from federal court in Virginia to federal court in Maryland. Plaintiff sues under the Virginia lemon law, the Magnuson-Moss Federal Trade Commission Act, the Virginia Uniform Commercial Code and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. He seeks damages in the amount of the "full purchase price" of the vehicle, plus collateral charges and finance charges; incidental and consequential damages; treble damages under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and costs and attorney's fees. It
The Orange County Register, Calif., What’s Your Problem column.
It's no fun getting a lemon for a car. Just ask Marci Shumaker. A few months after buying a Ford Explorer in early 2004, the SUV's engine would rumble and lurch forward seconds after acceleration, she said. Honoring the new-car warranty, the dealer tried to fix it. But a few weeks after getting her car back, the SUV hiccupped, again. The "hesitation and surging" of the vehicle almost caused an...
CONSUMER'S WORLD; Amending Lemon Laws
Lemon laws, enacted by 43 states since 1982 to protect owners of unrepairable vehicles, have themselves proved defective, according to attorneys general in several states that have amended these laws. Lemon laws, enacted by 43 states since 1982 to protect owners of unrepairable vehicles, have themselves proved defective, according
Home-builder crackdown urged.
With thousands of victims, New Jersey's home-building industry -- and the regulators who police it -- is in need of a massive overhaul, a 2 1/2-year state investigation released yesterday concluded. Consumers throughout the state have moved into defective homes, often as a result of both unscrupulous builders and
Court Denies Automaker's Bid For Sales Tax Refund
Maine's highest court ruled Tuesday that DaimlerChrysler is not entitled to a refund of sales tax reimbursements it made to consumers when it repurchased their defective vehicles under the Maine Lemon Law. The Supreme Judicial Court denied the automaker's bid to recover the nearly $51,000 in sales tax it refunded
Lawyer promotes passage of computer 'lemon law'
It is not always happy times for vendors showcasing their latest wares here at Comdex. Hardware makers, in particular, may run into a few surprises with consumer rights advocate Craig Thor Kimmel roaming the streets. Kimmel, an attorney with Kimmel & Silverman P.C. based in Pennsylvania, came here to
Candidates make their cases
In the crowded race to become the state's top lawyer, Wednesday offered an opportunity to shine. The result during a debate Wednesday at the Seminole campus of St. Petersburg College was lots of promises from four Democrats and three Republicans. First, it was the Democrats, who pledged everything from
Used Cars, Used Stocks
Is common sense running on empty? Maybe it's time to pull up to the pump and take in a tale. Did you hear about AutoNation's (NYSE: AN) $500 million stock repurchase plan last night? As the country's largest retailer of new and used cars, you can probably imagine why the
Kennel in Berks accused by state
The state Attorney General yesterday filed suit against a Berks County woman for allegedly selling sick dogs and deceiving customers under Pennsylvania's "puppy lemon law." The suit alleges that Traci Murai, a licensed kennel operator in Douglassville, sold imported English bulldog puppies to consumers around the country and required
Consumer Affairs Unit Toughening Up
AFTER years of accusations that it was more interested in quieting consumers than in protecting them, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs appears to be responding more forcefully to complaints about businesses - and about itself. AFTER years of accusations that it was more interested in quieting consumers
A tale of two consumers
Once upon a time there were two Punta Gorda consumers. Each had a problem with a retailer doing business in this area. Each asked me to be "in their corner." Both stories could have ended happily ever after. Lareen Albrecht wrote that she bought a refrigerator from Sears a little over
Customer Service - Customer relations serve as a telltale PR barometer.
A growing number of companies are now fully aware that their reputations - good or bad - are often directly linked to customer-service efforts. Can a single incident of bad customer service affect a corporation's reputation? You better believe it. Every day, consumers talk to friends, family, and coworkers about