Category: Consumer bulletins

With many digital options available, it can be easier to get the information you need, right at your fingertips. To improve convenience for vehicle consumers, automotive businesses have started using mobile apps to provide service and repair estimates and work orders. Whether you’re clicking through screens or scanning over paperwork, it’s important that you take … Continued

Have you ever gone into an automotive business and, after test driving a car or asking that a specific model be brought in, you were presented with an “offer to purchase”? The document might state terms and conditions about the purchase or order of the vehicle and require some sort of upfront payment. Sometimes this … Continued

AMVIC is a free and trusted consumer resource. Whether you’re a seasoned car-buyer or getting your first vehicle, we have helpful tips for automotive consumers in Alberta. Visit amvic.org for more consumer resources.

Changes to AMVIC’s vehicle sales levy, business licensing fee, as well as the rules around the Compensation Fund means AMVIC can better help consumers. AMVIC is funded through business licensing fees, salesperson registration fees and the AMVIC vehicle sales levy. As of April 1, 2024 the AMVIC sales levy per vehicle sold or leased will … Continued

For Fraud Prevention Month, AMVIC has once again partnered with the Competition Bureau’s Fraud Prevention Forum, acknowledging two decades of collective effort against fraud, with the overarching theme of “20 years of fighting fraud: from then to now.” AMVIC joins other Fraud Prevention Partners to raise awareness on fraud and educate consumers and industry on … Continued