Georgia Consumer Lawyer

01/16/2026

“We need Greenland for national security”

“We need Greenland for natural resources”

“Greenland is in our backyard”

“The people of Greenland aren’t governed well”

Now replace “Greenland” with “Crimea” and you have Kremlin talking points about Ukraine.

This is a problem.

11/22/2024

Tonight I spoke on WSB TV about consumer purchase of used cars. I sue used car dealers for a living.

Howard warns stepping foot in a dealership without a plan could leave you with a huge bill and sometimes without a working car.

07/24/2023

Republican House overrules FTC protection of consumers against car dealers bait and switch and advertised price gouging.

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03/02/2023

We have been getting calls about this situation from customers asking what they should do. Here is a helpful article regarding American Car Center.

The metro Atlanta car lots include locations in Chamblee, Conyers, Marietta, Riverdale, and Stone Mountain.

10/27/2021

Thousands of consumers with good credit are overpaying for their car loans because they've been put in subprime loans, Consumer Reports found. Many others may be at high risk of default.

10/27/2021

Make sure you know what your interest rate should be. Don't believe a car dealer. From Consumer Reports:
"Dealers and lenders may be setting interest rates based not only on risk—standard loan underwriting practice—but also on what they think they can get away with. Studies show that many borrowers don’t know they should, or even can, negotiate the terms of a loan, or shop around for other offers.

Discrimination could be part of it, too. Other research suggests that people of color are more likely to be offered high-interest car loans, even when they have similar or even better credit than whites. "
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Thousands of consumers with good credit are overpaying for their car loans because they've been put in subprime loans, Consumer Reports found. Many others may be at high risk of default.

09/17/2021

With the recent storms and flooding, it is more important than ever that consumers be careful avoiding flood damaged cars. With inspection experts already cautioning dealers because of inventory being so difficult to get, CARFAX shared data about how many vehicles potentially have been damaged in the wake of Hurricane Ida and other intense storms across the United States in recent weeks.

CARFAX said on Thursday that widespread flooding from Hurricane Ida — centered around New York City, New Jersey and Louisiana — potentially damaged as many as 212,000 vehicles.

The vehicle history report company pointed out that amount is on top of 378,000 flood-damaged cars that CARFAX data shows were already on the road in 2021.

CARFAX indicated Texas continues to lead the nation in the number of flood-damaged vehicle on the road today, but its data also showed water-damaged vehicles appear even in states where flooding isn’t common.

While flood-damaged vehicles are in use in every state, CARFAX data noted that these 10 states have the most:

1. Texas: 66,500
2. Florida: 34,000
3. Kentucky: 23,800
4. Pennsylvania: 19,000
5. North Carolina: 15,300
6. California: 14,000
7. Illinois: 13,500
8. South Carolina: 11,400
9. New Jersey: 11,200
10. Michigan: 10,400

“Our data suggests that unsuspecting buyers everywhere are at risk of winding up with a previously flooded car,”, CARFAX spokesperson Chris Basso said in a news release. “The real danger is that these cars may look fine and run well for a while, but sooner rather than later major problems are likely to occur.

“Flooded cars literally rot from the inside out and the damage is often difficult for untrained eyes to detect. Together with our dealers, CARFAX is making the necessary resources available to help ensure consumers avoid unknowingly buying one of these waterlogged wrecks,” Basso continued.

Similar to what the team at AiM Mobile Inspections shared, CARFAX offered these seven “telltale signs” of a flooded vehicle, including:

— A musty odor in the interior, which sellers sometimes try to cover with a strong air-freshener

— Loose, stained, or mismatched upholstery and carpeting

— Damp carpets

— Rust around doors, in seat tracks, under the dashboard, on the pedals, or inside the hood and trunk latches

— Dried mud or silt in the glove compartment or under the seats

— Brittle wires under the dashboard

— Fog or moisture beads in the interior lights, exterior lights, or instrument panel

07/26/2021

The consumer federal of America lists Top Ten Complaints in 2020 with Number 1 Auto: Misrepresentations in advertising or sales of new and used cars, deceptive financing practices, defective vehicles, faulty repairs, car leasing and rentals, towing disputes. This is why we get so many calls about deceptive practices by car dealers.