air86

Ok so I picked up the car early February and to my surprise everything registration and title was going to be taken care of for me by Kerbecks title dept. This is a pro turned con to buying 2000 miles away.

Now I am not in any way blaming Kerbeck personnel for this, as this could be a tie up on the DMV end. however they gave me a 20 day non resident permit which expired late February. I am still waiting for my plates to arrive. I don't know where the error is because I called the dealer and they had to check up on the issue and get back to me in which they haven't yet and its been 3 days since then. So my car has been technically illegal to drive for the last 3 weeks even though my paperwork has been submitted and was told they sent it to the DMV. But the DMV website is showing no such transactions being made.

If I could have done it all over again I would have asked them not to do that and just given me the necessary documents and allow me to do it because the longest wait would have been the 3 hours in the DMV. Instead this process has taken over 3 weeks with no end in sight. I absolutely have to drive it to work as I have no other options.

So I was going to tell anyone doing an out of state sale that if allowed. Attempt to do the DMV stuff yourself. It will be easier and less painful that way. Then again I may be the exception to the rule here.

Once again I am not blaming anyone from Kerbeck, I am just frustrated that this is taking 3 weeks longer than it should and its irritating just looking at my car in the garage too afraid of taking it out for a ride because my luck a cherries and berries will pull up right behind me.

KenHorse

What state are you in, OP?

bluestreak63

Can you get another non-resident temp tag from Kerbeck until the issue is straightened out?

AORoads

Instead of going online and checking the website, is there a possibility you could physically connect with someone at DMV---such as going there in person? or, by phone? And explain your situation so they can actually check/look for it?

ONOFiveO

I too am buying out of state but fully expect to get my own tag after paying my local and state taxes, as I've done on previous purchases. I got a temporary 20 / 30 day tag from the dealer to use until I got my permanent tag. I think the OP may have misunderstood.

runutzzzzz

I've ran into issues with getting my plate from a out of state purchase but the purchasing dealership just issues me another temp tag.


Some states / dealerships that I have purchased from have "agents" that do title work in other states, possibly a network of them.

I've also had dealers from other states send me a check payable to the DMV as well as the transfer of title and I goto the DMV to register it.

Sin City

I had no problem with Criswell and Nevada is one of the more difficult states to deal with on this issue. Criswell even sent me a refund for an overpayment of taxes that I didn't even know existed.

I do think each state has different ways of dealing with it. I registered mine the second day I was in Nevada.

C7Joy

I bought my car out of state. A 20 day temporary tage was hung on the car to drive it home but I am doing the registration (and paying the whopping sales tax) at the DMV myself. I plan on doing this on the 27th, the day before my temporary registration expires.

VETJAZZ

I bought from Criswell in MD. They charged me AZ sales tax, license & registration, gave me a 2 month temp plate, then sent me a check for the AZ tax and registration made out to the State of AZ. I took it to the AZ MVD only to find out Criswell had charged me too much sales tax. AZ recently lowered the rate for new cars so the State issued me a refund. Pretty easy all in all.

Sin City

Same for me except Criswell sent me the check. Nice to see a check show up in the mail.

Mecholova

I purchased from Kerbecks and spoke to them about it. You're charged a registration fee as well as taxes at time of purchase. There's no misunderstanding.

My plates were delayed as well due to an issue with the DMV Insurance Department not updating records about something from 1993.

I had to call the DMV before anything could get moving and even after things were cleared, they said the registration had to be done manually. I.E. not online

jaimeleger

Bought my car in NH at MacMulkin. Gave them a check for the MSRP and trailered the car home with the temporary paper plate set to expire in 21 days. The following week went to the DMV in Rhode Island, paid them the sales tax for the car (7%), registration fee , got my plates and DONE. Mac couldn't register the car for me since I was in RI. Was a piece of cake. Love Mac - paid them for the car only - no upsell, no paperwork fee - MSRP and out the door.

sexmobile

Many states collect the taxes for the buyer's local county and pay those taxes to the state for the buyer. There's no choice, it's the law, in some states. A dealer in Georgia tried to charge me 7% for the whole purchase when my rate is 6%. Only the first 5000 is taxed at 7% in my county (Hillsborough, FL). So even though they must collect taxes they still make mistakes.

jaimeleger

No sales tax in NH so was easy for me and RI keeps all the money - as usual.

bearphoto

I've bought 6 vettes out of state while I was living in Ca. In each case the dealer did not charge me the sales tax or registration fees. I took care of that myself when I got back to CA. No muss no fuss. Something is not right here. Of course you did not indicate what state you live in ??

Stangslayer

MacMulkin rocks!
Since I am in Massachusetts, they registered the car for me - Lowell Ma registry is only a few minutes from them. All I had left to do is the inspection sticker wihin 7 days.
No Problems!

Stingray Al

I live in PA and bought from Kerbecks in NJ back in December. I had my PA plate in 2 weeks. I paid all of the taxes to Kerbeck. Smooth transaction..

Al

hope2

my knowledge is New Jersey dealer cannot issue another temp tag.

hope2

most likely scenario here is Kerbeck used a "service" to do the paperwork/tag and they dropped the ball.

LT1xL82

Isn't New York great! But just think of all the benefits you get for paying high taxes. Let me enumerate:

1. um...