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At my law office, I get phone calls every day international conference calls people telling me consolidate school loan they bought Chardonnay lemon. After expressing my sympathy, I begin my questioning process debt advice line see if there is validity to the potential client's case. The first question that I ask is whether the vehicle was purchased "New". When the answer is no, my next question is "how old is the vehicle"? The response, very often times, is "7-10 years old". I then retort, "OK, so I assume that you bought the vehicle 'AS IS', is that correct Mr. Potential Client?" "Why yes, I did buy the vehicle AS IS" is the standard response.

It is at that point that I typically tell the person on the other end of the phone that there is nothing that I can do for them. AS IS is a legal term that means that you are making a purchase of "something", and that "something" offers no warranties whatsoever as to quality, fitness, usefulness or value. What you see is what you get, and what you don't see is also what you get. net webhosting are accepting that "something" exactly as it sits before you with all of its defects, undisclosed problems and deficiencies. You are agreeing that you will not seek recourse from the seller if that "something" does not work correctly or it does not operate as you would expect it to. The only potential for recourse on an AS IS purchase is where the seller blatantly and/or fraudulently lies about a characteristic of that "something", such as making a statement that "The odometer on that vehicle is accurate, I have been the only owner and I know it to be true.", when the seller knows that the odometer was tampered with. In that instance, you may be able to pursue a fraud claim.

Where the purchase of a baseball is made AS IS, your potential loss/risk is very little because of the low price of the baseball. If there is a dilemma with the baseball, then its no big deal, you can simply cut your losses and buy another one. Unfortunately, vehicles typically cost a lot more than baseballs, so there is a much greater risk in purchasing one AS IS. You can spend up to several thousand dollars on an AS IS vehicle, and are doing so at great risk.

Before making a vehicle purchase AS IS, strongly consider the risks and benefits of doing so. I understand that there are circumstances where you may have no other choice but to purchase a vehicle AS IS, but if you can avoid doing so, your wallet will eventually thank you.

Greg Artim is a Lemon Law Attorney based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Please visit his website at www.ihatethatlemon.comwww.ihatethatlemon.com for more details on the Pennsylvania Lemon Law. If you think you have a Lemon and live in another state, Greg recommends www.50stateslemonlaw.comwww.50stateslemonlaw.com

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