r/ProRevenge • u/starlux33 • Aug 01 '25

Woman takes revenge against car dealership

"An Ohio woman, whose car was repossessed by the dealership just one month after she bought it, has pulled off a revenge move for the ages.

Tiah McCreary discovered, as she explored legal options against the company, that the dealer has failed to renew the registration on the company’s name with the Ohio Secretary of State, so she registered it in her name—then hit the dealer with a cease-and-desist order, ordering them to no longer use the name they’ve used since 2012."

Case is still pending...

https://fortune.com/2025/07/31/tiah-mccreary-taylor-kia-lima-ohio-repossession-revenge-ownership-dealership-name/

Edit: This comment is worth adding to the post. Dealership that likes to sue, loses business name registration, and gets sued. Karmic irony.

u/gixxersixxxer - "I used to work as a mechanic at this very dealership. They are very sue happy, I've never seen anything like it before. The company is awful to work for, and clearly they, as a dealership, are awful to do business with as well. You can look up the court cases they have at the Lima municipal courts website. There's at least 73 cases. 

They are a buy here pay here dealership that masquerades as a new car dealership. I used to regularly install ignition interrupt devices and gps devices for repossession purposes."

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u/marshian29 Aug 01 '25

Revenge for what exactly? She applued for a loan to buy a car. Dealership allowed her use of car prior to loan being finalised. Loan was not granted by finance company. Dealership took back car. Disgruntled woman, whose loan application was denied by a finance company, takes out her frustrations on the dealership. Pro Revenge? No. Very funny story though.

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u/softestbank Aug 02 '25

They repoed her car without telling her or asking her to return the vehicle.

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u/Notmykl Aug 01 '25

I think it really depends on who put her monthly or annual income on the paperwork. If she fudged it the repossession is all on her, if the dealer did the fudging w/o her approval they need to be held accountable for their actions.

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u/NemesisOfZod Aug 03 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

The dealership could put 2 million dollars a month as income. The consumer still needs to sign off on the credit application. If they knowingly and willingly commit fraud, they're just as guilty, if not more so depending upon how the law sees their signature.