Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey

Re: Dealer took my money and ran.

It may be possible to sue the owner of the dealership personally. Sounds like the dealer violated the NJ Consumer Fraud Act. If he can be located and sued, you could recover up to 3 times the damages, costs and attorney's fees. If you need additional info, feel free to call me at 973-659-9045.

Re: Dealer took my money and ran.

You can answer your own question...

Contact the Dept. of Community Affairs and Better Business Bureau to investigate them. Also go to the NJ Business website to see if they are incorperated (https://www.accessnet.state.nj.us/home.asp), and contact the local tax office to get the owner of the property. It may be the dealership or it's owner. If not, find out from the landlord who the owner on the lease was.

You may find so many judgments that suibg won't be worth your time. If you think is IS worth your time, then files suit, and as Mr. Chulsky stated, you can sue under the NJ Consumer Fraud Act. BEFORE YOU SUE,try to contact the company and ask they pay for the fix, and give you the warranty you paid for. This probably won't work, but ALWAYS try the easy way first!

Now, suing is NOT fun... do it IF it makes financial sense, not because you are mad. It might help is you knew if the dealer was an a__hole, or a guy with some bad luck, or is a bad businessman, but I don't know how you find that out.

Good luck to you.

Kevin J. Begley