Car sale Query

Pizzle79

Hey Folks,

Just want to know whats the procedure when selling a car privately.
I presume cash is the safest way of recieving payment , i have to
send away the transfer of ownership form, ( where can i get these).
Anything else i need to know,

Cheers
P

patrickc

Pizzle79 wrote: »

Hey Folks,

Just want to know whats the procedure when selling a car privately.
I presume cash is the safest way of recieving payment , i have to
send away the transfer of ownership form, ( where can i get these).
Anything else i need to know,

Cheers
P

cash is the easiest but be careful loads of dud 50's and good ones out there at the mo.
if your getting paid by bank draft or cheque, do NOT sign over the car until they clear into your a/c.

the change of ownership form, is on the back of your log book.

Pizzle79

Cheers Patrick , im in cork and will be traveling to Dublin with the car to hand it over. I think its a cash payment , anyone have any advice on how i can check notes on the spot apart from calling into a shop/petrol station where they will prob tell me to shag off anyway. im pretty sure i have the logbook , if not how do i get a replacement.

Saruman

UV light? You should be able to get a battery operated one. I had one but it died. Try a gadget shop.

patrickc

Pizzle79 wrote: »

Cheers Patrick , im in cork and will be traveling to Dublin with the car to hand it over. I think its a cash payment , anyone have any advice on how i can check notes on the spot apart from calling into a shop/petrol station where they will prob tell me to shag off anyway. im pretty sure i have the logbook , if not how do i get a replacement.

just give them a good feel, the hologram should be raised on them, would the buyer not meet you half way to cork?

theres a form RF134 you need to get stamped by the Gardai and return then with 12 euro, a new one will be posted out to you, can take a few weeks so hope you have the old one.

in any case the form is available from motortax.ie

Eoin

I think you can get pens that can test the notes. You could also just ask for a bank transfer, or even meet the buyer at a branch of your bank and lodge the cash there and then. Personally I wouldn't like to be carrying around a good bit of cash anyway, so this could be a safe option.

patrickc wrote:

do NOT sign over the car until they clear into your a/c.

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think it might initially clear but can be clawed back later if the draft is dodgy. This is how the scams work, so take care of that. You can ring the issuing bank with the draft number and ask them to verify it, but if that draft itself has been cloned, then it might still seem OK at first.

Absurdum

do the transaction in a Garda station