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[old original]

My Sidewalk was valued at £625 Also when I do a insurance qoute it's always listed as a ERA turbo If only!.

And webuyanycar doesnt have 621 AOK on there database

I wouldn't get too excited about the value, I tried my ERA on there about 18 months ago and got offered £690

oooh decisions, decisions

[Spiffingly Good]

My Sidewalk was valued at £625 Also when I do a insurance qoute it's always listed as a ERA turbo If only!.

And webuyanycar doesnt have 621 AOK on there database

I wouldn't get too excited about the value, I tried my ERA on there about 18 months ago and got offered £690

oooh decisions, decisions

I'd hate to see a fellow mini owner get ripped off, so I'd like to take this chance to offer you a very reasonable £903.01 For your ERA (minus £50 admin fees and subject to veiwing).......

[AVV IT]

Be careful. They are well known for giving fairly good offers to entice you in.

Fairly good offers!!!!

Yeah we've seen a lot of the "fairly good offers" that they have made on this thread!! (£690 for old originals ERA turbo probably being the most "fairly good" of them all!! )

Edited by AVV IT, 20 January 2012 - 10:46 AM.

[SqueakyCooper]

I'm sure my '66 was £50 when I put it in.

[bcjames]

£980

[LeaLeaCooper]

They can tell me the colour of my car But nothing else. . .
When I try to search the registration year it starts from 1992. . .Thats just rubbish!

[pierres]

I got an E-mail today reminding me that I only have 6 days left to take them up on the offer of £470 for my 1993 Rover Mini Sprite..... had better get my skates on then!!

Just phoned DVLA and We Buy Any Car.com is not linked to there web site and my car is a 998cc austin mini mayfair NOT a ford combi diesel

Well that's good news then.

But whilst Webuyanycar.com might not be directly linked to the DVLA website, I'm fairly sure that the vehicle data they use still originates from DVLA (As I believe it does for insurance companies, car part suppliers and the AA etc.) Otherwise where would they all get all the vehicle data info from?? I mean who else holds the information of what make and model of car is registered to which vehicle registration number?


..... or maybe it's just magic???

Motor factors ??

[AVV IT]

I got an E-mail today reminding me that I only have 6 days left to take them up on the offer of £470 for my 1993 Rover Mini Sprite..... had better get my skates on then!!

Just phoned DVLA and We Buy Any Car.com is not linked to there web site and my car is a 998cc austin mini mayfair NOT a ford combi diesel

Well that's good news then.

But whilst Webuyanycar.com might not be directly linked to the DVLA website, I'm fairly sure that the vehicle data they use still originates from DVLA (As I believe it does for insurance companies, car part suppliers and the AA etc.) Otherwise where would they all get all the vehicle data info from?? I mean who else holds the information of what make and model of car is registered to which vehicle registration number?


..... or maybe it's just magic???

Motor factors ??

Yes, motor factors!!..... also known as "car part suppliers"...... I believe I mentioned them above as one of the many users of vehicle reg data???

..... or do you mean that motor factors are responsible for holding and compiling all the vehicle registration data?? If so that might explain why it appears to be wrong so often, particularly if it's the responsibility of Halfrauds!!

[Al the Biker]

But the data originally comes form the DVLA. One of the ways the government makes money is by selling the database to interested parties. Same with the post office and your address and postcode.

[giner88]

But the data originally comes form the DVLA. One of the ways the government makes money is by selling the database to interested parties. Same with the post office and your address and postcode.

i dont know why but that sounds a little dodgey.

[AVV IT]

But the data originally comes form the DVLA. One of the ways the government makes money is by selling the database to interested parties. Same with the post office and your address and postcode.

Yes that's what I was getting at. I wasn't actually serious about Halfords compiling the data by having spotty youths stood at the doors of their stores writing down the make, model and registration numbers of their customers cars!!

i dont know why but that sounds a little dodgey.

Something the government does to make money sounds dodgy!! Surely Not??

If you're injured in a road accident, they also sell the details you give to the Police to "No win No fee" solicitors so that legal firms can make money out of encouraging you to make compensation claims. Now if anybody else did that sort of thing, it would be considered a breach of the data protection act, but the government can do whatever they like. The irony is that the government now have the nerve to want to pass legislation preventing people from pursuing whiplash claims, because the surge in compensation claims is pushing insurance premiums up and making them unaffordable!!

Edited by AVV IT, 20 January 2012 - 03:52 PM.

[Steely]

Mine didn't find my car, but knew it was beige!

How do I put an 86 in? There's no Austin!

Same here. They know my car is silver but thats about it, I guess they can't have our cars lol.

[racingbob]

they prey on the desperate needing the money, full stop

[giner88]

hmmm everyday i find a New reason to hate the government, seems all they do is sell out on the general public.

anyway lol best not open this can of worms. slightly off topic.