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P.O. Box 2581
Westerville, Ohio 43086-2581

   

 New Ricart Scam-"Free warranty!" click here for the dirt!

 

 Rhett & Fred Ricart- How could they callously cheat, lie, steal and blatantly scam so many people? Even when caught, they continue their deviant practices and mimic ignorance & innocence.  Read this personality profile and make your own judgment.

Fred Ricart Curling Iron Story-click here

Ricart horror story of     the week

I am a sales manager at a Ford dealership in Ohio. While not in Ricart's trade area we do compete with them in certain market segments. I have been  hearing horror stories about them for the past twenty years and  have had to educate customers concerning fraudulent practices when the deal seems "too good to be true".  I am amazed at how long they have been getting away with these practices and the amount of business they do considering their reputation. This #1 bad apple gives us all a bad name! Good luck in your endeavors. I hope you are able to bring about change in their behavior or better yet, get them shut down.

Sincerely,
 
D.J. / Concerned Ford Dealer

 

 

 

PayDays' Trademark Before!

And After

    WDTN Story on PayDays' Obituary      

 

ColumbusConsumer.Com

Helping Ricart crime victims seek justice and remedy.

Top 10 Reasons why not to shop Ricart!

    Provides you with education & parody on the unethical and illegal business practices of Ricart Automotive and their PayDays/Central Ohio Credit Corp subsidiaries.

    Need help? Use the Class Action Registry to send a request for assistance or just get registered for future class actions.

    Did you or a family member buy from Ricart Automotive or their PayDays operation? Like many we have discovered, you may have been scammed and not even known about it! 

   Over 1000+ Ohio Attorney General complaints about Ricart reviewed for this page! Ricart spent $100,000 in legal fees trying to get this page down. You should learn why! 

Forgery, Selling Used vehicles as New, Fake warranties, Fake insurance, unauthorized add-ons, lease fraud, price gouging, failure to payoff trade-in scams, bait & switch, credit scams, odometer problems, failure to deliver title, lemon law violations, unsafe vehicles, repo issues, illegal debt collection procedures and numerous others!

   Did you buy Theft-Gard Insurance, Fidelity Warranty, National Theft Deterrent System, or Pro-Tec package? Harassed by Central Ohio Credit Corp?


Get Registered now! Check your contracts! We need you!

Shop at Paydays and get screwed....Ribbit! 

   

Picture courtesy of Ricart Family Photo album.

"I like Fred Ricart and his commercials. They make me giggle! The fact that he cheats so many Americans out of their cash makes me think he is on my side. What better way to weaken Americas' economy than hurt families financially . I understand ColumbusConsumer even has a list of American military personnel he's cheated. Here they are putting their life on the line for their country and one of their own is putting it to them. I love it! Keep up the good work Freddie"! Osama 

NEWS ALERT

Racketeering Ricart?

PayDays sales Mgr Deposition. Read below and you be the judge!

 Ricart panics about sales manager depo online at ColumbusConsumer! Ricart lawyer threatens to have public document censored. Claims stealing is a "trade secret." Wants page 11 down! Sales manager admits

 1)Ricart purposely raises vehicle prices higher to poor people. Same vehicle to to others is lower price? (Depo page 11).

2) Ricart has hidden Kickback operation against poor people that results in illegal rate of interest? Ricart owns both PayDays and the bank (Central Ohio Credit Corp). If customers finance through Ricart's own bank, PayDays kickbacks to the bank portion of the deal (Depo page 11). Ricart bank already charges maximum legal interest plus receives kickback funds taken from customers by  PayDays operation. Predatory, deceptive unconscionable and illegal! You be the judge.

3) Everyone who shops at PayDays automatically charged for bogus "optional" Theft Insurance that is worth $15 (depo pages 12 & 17). Ricart charges people up to $2,700 for this fake insurance.

PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP RESPONDS TO RICART! 4/8/03

 Judge Sargus ruling certifying the class action against Ricart! Federal court 6th district 3/27/03.  Impacts over 80,000 customers! Seeking $500,000 per person. Get registered NOW!

Judge's Ruling. 

NOT SURPRISING! Franklin County judge in Ricart class action#2 tells both parties, "I was a Ricart crime victim too."  Sends out letter and later offers to transfer case to another judge. 

Judge Johnson's letter to Ricart attorney.

 


I would like to acknowledge with thanks the efforts of my local attorneys, Eric Willison, Consumer Law;  Alvin Borromeo, Trademark & Intellectual Property; and out of state representation, Paul Alan Levy of The Public Citizen Litigation Group of Washington, D.C.. 

This is a banner for the Public Citizen litigation group and is also a link to them.

                                            

Consumers educated to date!
  Honesty.com.

NOTE: We receive over 450 unique visitors each week  entering through the 30 various pages in this web site and from over 50 different search engines. Ricart's sales are plummeting and the message is being heard by consumers. Please tell your friends and family about this site! 

SlayerOfCrookedCarDealer@ColumbusConsumer.com


Lease/Loan Auto Class Actions coming soon!

Looking for ex-Huntington Bank Employees who worked locally in auto lease/loan departments

Email HNBinfo@columbusconsumer.com

 

Read more about current lawsuits)

Vanland-closed

RVLand-closed

Ricart Delaware-closed

Ricart Chillicothe-closed

PayDays-closed

More Ricart class actions in the planning! (7/05) 

Ricart busted by WDTN Dayton investigative reporter swindling a "mentally impaired" individual.  Read the stories.   Part 1     Part 2 

Ricart short changes cash-strapped  local schools/government of tax revenues? Uses a offshore holding company in the tax-haven Nevis Islands in Caribbean. Sell here, scam here, but sends profits offshore?

 WARNING: Ricart now has customers sign ridiculous binding arbitration agreement when they purchase or lease a vehicle. Unheard of in the car business! Sales personnel can continue to scam more with less worry of lawsuits.  "We're Dealin only if you promise not to sue when we cheat you!" Read more. Article#1  Article#2

Ricart Scam of the year 2004

Senior Citizen buys NEW 2003 Airstream recreational motor home with bells & whistles for $181,326.36 from Ricart RV. Turns out Ricart forged paperwork and it is a USED 2002 instead! Man instantly loses $30,000+.     Info courtesy of Ohio Attorney General.

They never stop scam

Consumer submits complaint that he was cheated on 3/31/04. Informed Ricart he didn't want fake $15 Theft Gard. Consumer finds out he was charged $795 only one week after Ricart settles Theft Gard fraud case for miilions! 

"Equal justice under law is not just a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building.  It is perhaps the most inspiring ideal in our society . . . It is fundamental that justice should be the same, in substance and availability, without regard to economic status." 

          United States Supreme Court Justice  Lewis Powell, Jr.

 

 

 

"Ricartautoripoffs.com is taking street justice onto the Internet in a uniquely and time-honored American tradition. This car dealer should remove the plug from his exhaust pipe, go home, clean up his car selling act, and let this young muckraking webmaster do his job."                               Michael Sweig,  Editor and Publisher of E-Commerce Law Source. (ColumbusConsumer was formerly RicartAutoRipoffs). Read the full article.

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· Ricart & Betty Montgomery article
· Trial Lawyers for Public Justice 
· Public Citizen
· File an Ohio AG Complaint
· Ohio Landlord-Tenant Law
· Ron Burdge Law-Dayton
· WBNS Consumer 10


Uh Oh! Ricart pursuit of greed puts family in danger! Ricart mechanic says car can't be sold because of being unfit for the road. Ricart demands car be put on lot anyway. After vehicle is sold, Ricart prevents his sales staff from notifying the customer that vehicle is unfit for use and dangerous. Thirty days after sale, car is in accident because of the identified safety problem. Ricart threatens sales staff to be quiet or be fired! Sales staff sue because of continuing threats and on the job harassment. Read more..

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