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Service and repair: preparing your vehicle for winter

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With colder weather on the way, you may be thinking about winterizing your vehicle. You may not know that Alberta has legislation regulating automotive service and repair businesses, meaning an automotive service and repair business operating in Alberta must be licensed by AMVIC. If someone is offering prices that are too good to be true,

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Finance-only sales can be paid off immediately

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AMVIC receives many consumer questions and complaints about finance-only purchase options. Some automotive businesses choose to only sell vehicles through their own in-house financing. Automotive businesses can decide how they accept payment, just as some retailers will not accept certain credit cards and some won’t accept cash. Essentially, an automotive business can have their own

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What to know about off-site sales events

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Did you hear about a special vehicle sales event held in a parking lot? When an automotive business or group of businesses holds a sale in a location other than their automotive business, it’s called an off-site sale. Automotive businesses or groups of businesses can hold off-site sales events if they notify AMVIC in advance.

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Service and repair: know what you’re signing

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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

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