Buy With Confidence

Here at the Zanchin Auto Group we want to make sure our customers feel safe and have a comfortable buying experience. That is why we promote "Buy With Confidence" a government-regulated campaign to keep customers from dealing with unlawful vehicle retailers.

In October 2009, OMVIC launched the "Buy With Confidence" campaign - a program to help consumers identify Ontario-registered dealers.

The campaign provides information about the benefits of buying through a registered dealer and highlights the problems associated with curbsiders (illegal sellers).

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The Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC) licences and regulates motor vehicle dealers in Ontario and administers the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act on behalf of the Minister of Consumer Services. OMVIC's mandate is to maintain a fair, safe and informed marketplace by ensuring registration of dealers and salespeople, inspecting dealerships, maintaining a complaint line for consumers, conducting investigations and enforcing the Act and its associated rules and regulations. OMVIC is also responsible for administering the Motor Vehicle Dealers Compensation Fund on behalf of a Board of Trustees. Registration with OMVIC is mandatory for Ontario's motor vehicle dealers and salespersons.

OMVIC was created on January 7, 1997 and marked the first regulated business sector to move to self-management. OMVIC is non-profit and governed by a 12-member Board of Directors. Seventy staff members, a number of whom work from regional home-based offices, provide OMVIC's services.