FILE NUMBER: Written Decision

HEARING DATES: October 5, 2005

IN THE MATTER OF THE MOTOR DEALER ACT R.S.B.C.1996 C.316

COMPLAINANT: REGISTRAR

MOTOR DEALER and/or SALESPERSON: MIRAGE AUTO SALES LTD. (Dealer #17022 & 30228)

ISSUE:

• Multiple Motor Dealer Act infractions and failure to refund the Motor Dealer Customer Compensation Fund re: claims of consumers.

OUTCOME:

• Dealer licences cancelled
• EXCERPT FROM THE REGISTRAR’S DECISION:

  "MDC staff have issued innumerable warnings and tickets for breaches of the legislation. Not withstanding this, Mirage Auto Sales Ltd. has continued (amongst other things) to sell unsafe vehicles; to sell vehicles without title first being properly transferred into their name; to regularly employ unlicensed sales staff; to improperly document sale transactions, to mismanage and misappropriate customer deposits and warranty monies, and most importantly, to offer little or no explanation for this type of ongoing conduct."

COMPLETE DECISION: Written Decision Mirage Motors Oct 19, 2005

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