Buying a car off someone that is not the registered owner?

GetInTheHole! · 04-10-2012 08:34PM #1

Hi,

A friend is looking to buy a car and went to see one this evening.

The seller arranged to meeting in a supermarket car park and then it transpired that the seller was not actually the owner.
The story given is that the owner has now returned home to Poland and the seller is now selling on her behalf.

My friend agreed on a cash price but has tonight to think about it.
Basically the seller has said that they will sign (forge) the change of ownership document and post it.

My friend really wants the car and the price is good but is worried that this all sounds a bit dodgy.

For example - what happens if the owner arrives back and says the car was sold without her permission??

My thought is that at the very least I would want to meet the seller at their house and get some form of ID.

Any advice please??

-Corkie- · 04-10-2012 08:36PM

Fcuk that run a mile..

Hogzy · 04-10-2012 08:37PM

It is dodgy. The fact you are on notice that the person selling the car to you isnt the owner, means the real owner can claim that the person selling it was not acting with their authority and can claim the car back.

ABajaninCork · 04-10-2012 08:37PM

If you had to ask, then you must know it's slightly dodgy!

I would pass that car like an exam...

SRFC · 04-10-2012 08:39PM

if its too good to be true it usually is,I'd walk away for piece of mind better safe than sorry.

the_syco · 04-10-2012 08:39PM

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

The story given is that the owner has now returned home to Poland and the seller is now selling on her behalf.

He buys it, the owner rings the Gardai and says it's stolen, gives your mates address, the cops take the car back, and your mate is down money.

If you are a good mate, you'll slap him with large portion of common sense, as it seems your mate has none.

Bpmull · 04-10-2012 08:41PM

How fast can you run. Dont give cash to some guy for a car which he doesnt own. Anyone can make up some story a forge a signature. Just sounds very dodgy to me tbh.

bazz26 · 04-10-2012 08:43PM

Run Forrest, run!

K.Flyer · 04-10-2012 08:43PM

There are hundreds of perfectly legit motors for sale out there. Tell him not to waste his time and possibly his hard earned cash buying something that one day the Garda may take away from him.
Not Worth The Trouble, Walk Away!
No Matter How Good The Deal Appears.

enricoh · 04-10-2012 08:49PM

in fairness i work with a polish lad and his mate got a really good job in london that he jumped at and the guy i work with got the job of flogging his motor - it can happen!
but supermarket car park would be enough 4 me. i know a guy who bought a jeep off donedeal with only 1 key, he went to main dealer to get a spare n the cops arrived to retrieve the stolen property:eek:

CiniO · 04-10-2012 08:51PM

All advice here are right, and I wouldn't go for it as well.

But how many people who buy car, actually ask the seller for an ID to make sure that he's the actuall car owner?

I really doubt many do, and that's pretty much the only way to make sure that you are really dealing with legitiamate owner..

OP - how did your friend found out that person selling is not a real owner?
If he really wants to get this car, why don't he ask the seller to put the car on sellers name first, and they he will buy it when all paperwork is legitimate.

ABajaninCork · 04-10-2012 08:56PM

When I sold my car, I wasn't asked for ID but showed my driving licence anyway.

bazz26 · 04-10-2012 08:56PM

It could well indeed be a genuine deal but there is a higher probability that it is dodgy too which is why I would walk briskly from it. It's simply too much of a gamble these days.

Buying a car off someone that is not the registered owner?

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