Remember when I sold Gypsy?

Beth54 · Guru

Remember when I sold Gypsy?

kandagal · Guru

When we bought our motorhome from a chap in Victoria he let us drive it back to Qld & we then immediately changed the rego & sent him back his plates. We appreciated that he let us do that

Beth54 · Guru

My son has done it in the past too, with no problems. But this bloke was a bit of a dimwit. He bought my camper trailer sight unseen, then bought a 4WD from Scarborough sight unseen too. That was rather risky.

milo · Guru

i bought a car once sight unseen but had a friend in victoria check it out for me,
worked out ok , but prefer person to person stuff

Beth54 · Guru

milo wrote:
i bought a car once sight unseen but had a friend in victoria check it out for me,
worked out ok , but prefer person to person stuff

Yes, that's okay, having someone check it out for you. My son did that too. But this bloke only had my word for it, and the photos of course. But those photos could have been dodgy.

Cruising Granny · Guru

I bought my van sight unseen off ebay. I made the decision because it was the exact layout I wanted, the size of the van was right and the price was negotiated to my offer. I even paid for it before I collected it, I was so confident it would be alright.
Just lucky I guess.
It's a very tricky situation.
It's a shame we can't use trust in these negotiations.
I'm pleased to hear it all worked out in the end Beth. It might take a long time, but it did happen.

Beth54 · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
milo wrote:
i bought a car once sight unseen but had a friend in victoria check it out for me,
worked out ok , but prefer person to person stuff
Yes, that's okay, having someone check it out for you. My son did that too. But this bloke only had my word for it, and the photos of course. But those photos could have been dodgy.
Beth, I don't know what you mean by 'those photos could have been dodgy'
good it all worked out in the end.

Oh yes you do! wink You're an expert at dodgying up photos!

Yes, I'm glad it finally worked out. Otherwise I would have had to just wait until October when the rego ran out. I spoke to the Transport Dept, and there was no way they'd deregister it without the plates.

-- Edited by Beth54 on Tuesday 21st of August 2012 08:39:53 AM

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Beth54 wrote:
milo wrote:
i bought a car once sight unseen but had a friend in victoria check it out for me,
worked out ok , but prefer person to person stuff
Yes, that's okay, having someone check it out for you. My son did that too. But this bloke only had my word for it, and the photos of course. But those photos could have been dodgy.

Beth, I don't know what you mean by 'those photos could have been dodgy' biggrin biggrin biggrin

good it all worked out in the end.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

What's this dodgying up photos! bit about biggrin biggrin

IF he had not sent the plates back to you, you would have to pay the next rego bill, bugga

Gerty Dancer · Guru

We are in the process of buying a house, and the owner had promised to rectify a couple of problems. But when the contract arrived for us to sign, the old clause "as is" was still in there... not good enough, we sent it back to include the promised improvements. If its not on paper it doesnt count.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Gerty Dancer wrote:
We are in the process of buying a house, and the owner had promised to rectify a couple of problems. But when the contract arrived for us to sign, the old clause "as is" was still in there... not good enough, we sent it back to include the promised improvements. If its not on paper it doesnt count.

very smart GD, that was your only option, ALWAYS get it in writing

Beth54 · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
What's this dodgying up photos! bit about

IF he had not sent the plates back to you, you would have to pay the next rego bill, bugga

No, they said I could just not pay, it,,let it run out.

Happywanderer · The Master

You wouldn't have to pay Beth. it would run out and be unregistered. People do it all the time.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Beth54 wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
What's this dodgying up photos! bit about

IF he had not sent the plates back to you, you would have to pay the next rego bill, bugga
No, they said I could just not pay, it,,let it run out.

but then they would hassle you for the plates which you do not have.

you said 'I spoke to the Transport Dept, and there was no way they'd deregister it without the plates. '

so the Transport Dept would keep sending you re-register papers, because you were the last owner on their books, you could always tell them what happened and maybe they would track the present owner.

Beth54 · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
What's this dodgying up photos! bit about

IF he had not sent the plates back to you, you would have to pay the next rego bill, bugga
No, they said I could just not pay, it,,let it run out.
but then they would hassle you for the plates which you do not have.
you said 'I spoke to the Transport Dept, and there was no way they'd deregister it without the plates. '
so the Transport Dept would keep sending you re-register papers, because you were the last owner on their books, you could always tell them what happened and maybe they would track the present owner.

Yes, I guess you're right there Wombat. confuse No matter, all's good now. smile

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

good that it's all fixed now