Vitu offices will be closed on these holidays:
- Monday, December 25 — Christmas Day
- Monday, January 1 — New Year’s Day
Support is always available to you 24/7.
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Ben’s passion for cartoons began early! Starting in second grade, he drew Disney characters and sold them to his classmates for a quarter. Since then, his love for drawing cartoons hasn't changed, but his fee has increased a bit — haha.
Ben grew up in Marlboro, NJ and attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, majoring in Animation. After four years of eating cheesesteaks huddled over his animation light table, Ben moved across the country to try his luck in the fast-paced and fickle animation industry of Los Angeles. He spent over 15 years as a professional animator — selling two animated children's shows, working in Visual Effects for feature films, creating animation for hit shows like "The Office," and "Community," owning his own studio for 7+ years, and even creating original animation for Sir Paul McCartney, which the former Beatle thought was, "quite nice."
In 2018, Ben left the world of animation to explore his new passion of branding for product companies. Now, Ben lives just outside of Seattle, WA with his wife Mary, and is the Chief Brand Officer of a MedTech company out of Boston. Spending time every month creating comics for Vitu (since at least 2011) keeps his cartoon muscles strong and brings him much joy.
From Vitu Marketing Team — BTW, Ben also has a great cookbook available!
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A major hurdle that can come up when processing through the EVTR system is the state blocking deals older than 30 days old with no lien stamp from being processed — but no more! You can now process deals older than 30 days regardless of whether they have a lien stamp or not, and even cash deals older than 30 days can be processed.
This good news is meant to help certain dealers catch up on paperwork; however, the state will still keep track of dealers that don’t abide by the Colorado statute set forth on timelines for paperwork submission. In fact, if you enter a deal in Vitu with a lien that is older than 30 days without a lien stamp, you will see an acknowledgement field pop up on the Title & Reg page before you submit.
The state is keeping track of who uses this acknowledgement, so financed deals consistently submitted past the 30 day mark without a lien stamp will put you on the state's radar for not abiding by the statute.
The acknowledgement will not pop up for cash deals, only financed deals without a lien stamp. Again, it's perfectly acceptable to use it when you need to catch up on old deals, but the state doesn't want anyone making a habit of late submissions.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your Account Executive.
The acknowledgement appears in a yellow note within Vitu as seen below.
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Every day, your dealership sees a new buyer or acquires a trade-in, making it essential to be on the look-out for red flags in a transaction — Vitu has three powerful tools to make it easy to protect your dealership against fraud:
Verify out-of-state buyers with DLDV
Driver License Data Verification — or DLDV — is your go-to when verifying that your in-state and out-of-state buyers are who they say they are. A quick check is all it takes to get easy-to-read reports.
DLDV pulls data from 41 states (through AAMVA), making it reliable and secure wherever you are.
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Avoid surprises with NMVTIS
Save your dealership from headaches with one of the best tools at your disposal — Vitu’s NMVTIS inquiry summary page and exclusive, easy-to-read formatting gives you crucial information to protect your dealership, including any “brand hits” on the vehicle like junk, salvage, flooded and more.
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Stay aware of theft and lien history
Before you receive a trade-in, you need to know if a vehicle has any theft or lien history that could impact its resale value. This exclusive report shows if a vehicle was previously reported stolen or if there are any outstanding liens on it — and as always, it comes in an easy-to-read format.
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The power is in your hands
With the power of these three reports at your fingertips, you can rest assured knowing you have everything you need in order to make the right decisions for your dealership.
To learn more about the powerful protection that these reports provide, just visit our website.
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Send your entry to cofunfacts@vitu.com, along with your name and contact information. We will randomly select one winner from the current entries. The winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.
Submit your response no later than January 5, 2024. The winner will be notified by January 10, 2024. Please limit responses to one email per person. Allow up to one week for delivery of the prize to your email address.
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Use the link below to view the last five month's Quick Tips on the web.
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7830 W. Alameda Ave, Ste 103-160
Lakewood CO 80226
Call toll free: 720-600-4252
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