[Tommy_Vercetti]

Hi all,

Basically I sold my car in January, twas advertised for months on Donedeal & Carzone. The guy was dodgy, but he paid cash and I wanted rid!

My old car has reappeared on donedeal 2 days ago, but its changed a bit since I sold it. The mileage has gone from 161000km down to 74000km

The most worrying thing from my point of view is that my name is still on the log book as it is advertised under my name, and a quick check shows that it is still registered to my home address. A friend of mine enquired and he used my name.

So I went to the guards, and he rang the guy and told him take it down and re register it. The guard told me to go to the tax office/department of envoirnment and get my name taken off the log book which I'm going to do tomorrow.

Where do I stand and what should I do?

Also, I don't want some poor person to buy this car thinking theyve gota a bargain when it is mutton dressed as lamb!

[serious3]

any chance of a link to stop anyone else getting stung? presume you gave him the log book then......

[cup of tea]

Tommy Vercetti, after all the hijacking and joy riding of cars I think karma has finally caught up with you

[coylemj]

He was dodgy but you still handed him the cert without posting it off to Shannon, serves you right that he's now using your name.

[Kristopherus]

Why did'nt you send the log book to Shannon?

[johnos1984]

Link the ad here.

Contact donedeal with your email address "hit the report button" and they will be able to compare ads and have it removed with minutes..............even at this time of the night

A similar thing happened another user here about two days ago and the ad was removed once they had his email address

Can you link the ad to warn others here

[Matt Simis]

Wait a second, when selling a car you are meant to take the buyers name and address, fill out the VLC ("log book") and post to Tax Office/Shannon. Not give the VLC to the buyer. Do you hand blank cheques to plumbers and painters too?

Assuming you did this one basic requirement, how would the car be in your name still?

If you did not do this, what did you think would happen if he ran through toll bridges, speed cameras, stole petrol from garage forecourts etc, with it in your name? Sounds like you handed the VLC to someone you identified as dodgy without any common sense at all. You are lucky all he is doing is scamming someone else.

Educate yourself for the next time:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056392340


The rest of your post is full of weirdness too:

- Sold under your name? So what, he is impersonating you on DoneDeal??
- "Quick check" shows it registered to your address? What quick check are you using to get the address of an owner from a Reg plate?
- Gardai told you to goto Tax office and remove your name.. what would it be replaced with? I suspect an Affidavit would be required here, but would love to know what the tax office say.

[Tommy_Vercetti]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3189723

Thanks for all the negitive feedback.

I was straight up when I sold the car. I had the money and he said it was for his wife who was there with him so that why I didnt take the log book.

[GrumPy]

How easy is it to clock these things? I wouldn't have thought a relatively new car like that could be clocked!

[puzzle factory]

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3189723
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3271468
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3250542
same number but a different name in each add
and
http://www.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/womenclothes/3253358
http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/wanted/cars/3198852
http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/3225910
plenty of more there too....

[Matt Simis]

Originally Posted by Tommy_Vercetti

I had the money and he said it was for his wife who was there with him so that why I didnt take the log book.

You dont take the log book, its your log book, he took it off you. Also, you gave it to him as he was married and she was there.. what are we missing here?

[ted1]

Report it stolen

[Tommy_Vercetti]

Originally Posted by Matt Simis

The rest of your post is full of weirdness too:

- Sold under your name? So what, he is impersonating you on DoneDeal??
- "Quick check" shows it registered to your address? What quick check are you using to get the address of an owner from a Reg plate?
- Gardai told you to goto Tax office and remove your name.. what would it be replaced with? I suspect an Affidavit would be required here, but would love to know what the tax office say.

My first name appears on donedeal.

If you ring him he uses my name.

Sorry, quick check was wrong, my address is not on it.

I'll write up tomorrow with the tax office response.

Clearly, I dont sell cars for a living and I was naive. I brought along a witness with me when I sold it and rang a guard to say I was selling it and he said once I had the money, what about it.

[Senna]

Originally Posted by GrumPy

How easy is it to clock these things? I wouldn't have thought a relatively new car like that could be clocked!

5 minute job, most new digital clocks are easier than the older cars were the clocks have to physically come out and be altered.

[johnos1984]

Originally Posted by ted1

Report it stolen

Don't do this