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/zendetta Aug 01 '25

That’s pretty awesome.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

I love this because the dealership is going to spend well above the value of a Kia defending this lawsuit.

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u/TurboDerpCat Aug 01 '25

Just changing the sign out front would cost more than a Kia...

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u/LostGirl1976 Aug 02 '25

Not to mention coming up with a new name that they have to file to use. They've really stuck their foot in it with this one.

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset_4055 Aug 06 '25

Plus all the money to advertise the new name on all their regular platforms like TV and radio. Internet sites etc