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[Cooperman]

Are eBay aiding and abetting the sale of illegal items, be they stolen or intended to defraud HMRC? If they have been informed yet still do nothing one might expect them to be guilty of one of those offences.

[CityEPete]

Who's going to take on ebay though?

[Carlos W]

The problem is, with the cuts in Policing there isn't the resources to deal with stuff like this. 

[CityEPete]

Thats kind of why I was thinking of creating the thread, we can't police the ringer cars certainly not without having a poke around in the flesh and the odd legit car gets bought into question I agree with the naysayers there but if we know these registrations have been sold without a car then they MUST be dodgy, if they bought a brand new shell and sub frames it would still be illegal but I wouldn't actually have an issue with that especially if it came with all the invoices from the various parts suppliers, I'm sure we can all tell the difference between a car that pops up with one of these flagged registrations and a £15k new build.

[jackjewelljj]

anyone want to buy my spare log book? Would be perfect for a stolen car.... Or like alot of mini shells with no v5 would be even better for that. I don't get why every one thinks they would be used for stolen minis if a tax exempt one popped up forsale I would buy it.

[Broomer]

anyone want to buy my spare log book? Would be perfect for a stolen car.... Or like alot of mini shells with no v5 would be even better for that. I don't get why every one thinks they would be used for stolen minis if a tax exempt one popped up forsale I would buy it.

I have tried stealing minis before but they are so unreliable they break down before I even get them back to ring them.

[Cooperman]

anyone want to buy my spare log book? Would be perfect for a stolen car.... Or like alot of mini shells with no v5 would be even better for that. I don't get why every one thinks they would be used for stolen minis if a tax exempt one popped up forsale I would buy it.

Why would you do that?

You would remove the classic status of your genuine car because the configuration would not match the year of the car and you would also be guilty of fraud and run the risk of the car being seized by HMRC.

Where is the logic in that?

[jackjewelljj]

anyone want to buy my spare log book? Would be perfect for a stolen car.... Or like alot of mini shells with no v5 would be even better for that. I don't get why every one thinks they would be used for stolen minis if a tax exempt one popped up forsale I would buy it.

Why would you do that?
You would remove the classic status of your genuine car because the configuration would not match the year of the car and you would also be guilty of fraud and run the risk of the car being seized by HMRC.
Where is the logic in that?

I would do it because of the 1.8 in my car would save taxing it, its so far from original. What's the chances of getting caught? Fair enough if you had a 2000 mini and run it on say a 1963 plate chances are high but say a 1980s one with a 1972 plate would be surprised if police would notice

[Ethel]

The owners of genuine '63 cars might be justified in being peeved at fakes devaluing theirs, jeopardising the privilege of free road tax and  quite probably bumping up their insurance premiums. 

[CityEPete]

Don't feed the troll guys. Lol

[CityEPete]

Guess who has just found a very desireable v5 and loads of service/mot history for a mini!, got given it in a box of old books and manuals etc ages ago and just decided to put up a shelf for all my car books as the workbench was getting full of books instead of tools,lol.

Would I be a hypocrite to stick it on ebay? HA :-D

[Archived2]

Guess who has just found a very desireable v5 and loads of service/mot history for a mini!, got given it in a box of old books and manuals etc ages ago and just decided to put up a shelf for all my car books as the workbench was getting full of books instead of tools,lol.
Would I be a hypocrite to stick it on ebay? HA :-D

You will need an old picture of a scrap mini from google first lol

[CityEPete]

Nah I'll just stick it on a tahiti blue SPI and say I just bought it like that, lol.

I suspect it's long gone anyway, doesn't come up with anything on the checker thing.

I suppose I should actually put my money where my mouth is shouldn't I

GOM 660D 1966 Countryman 850 in red. If the other half turns up I'm happy to reunite it with the paperwork upon detailed pics of the vin and engine number at my discretion,