Amazingly, the day after my Auto Trader ad expired, someone actually called expressing serious interest in my 5-series. He viewed it today and it looks quite promising.
One question for you Backroomers though... he didn't check the V5 at the time, but asked me to fax it to him - fine, he wants to carry out an HPI check. But after reading the "Nasty Ebay experience- bloke at the door" thread a few days back, it's enough to make one paranoid - I'm wondering whether I should cover up my address on the V5. I don't want to find the car's disappeared from outside my house one day. Mind you I don't know what the criminal fraternity would do with the precise knoweldge of my car's location.
Should I be cautious and not disclose this information?
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I'm not sure that it matters, although I do tend to worry about passing information on without knowing why.
Although, as you say, you would have shown it to him if he asked.
Presumably he came to your address to see the vehicle ? So he already knows your address. He knows the description and [potentially] the licence plate. Its not unreasonable to know the various serial numbers.
So, paranoia to one side, I can't really think what information he could gain that he wouldn't have obtained when he looked at the vehicle or that you would have told him if he'd asked anyway.
Where does he want it faxed to ? Place of work or home address might lead one to believe there is nothing inappropriate.
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All you need for an HPI check is the Registration Number. They tell you the chassis number, which you should be checking on the car itself as well as the V5. The other legitimate information on the V5 is the Previous Owner information if the purchaser wanted to chase them up.
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If someone sent me a copy of the v5 with bits covered up I would assume that there was something very suspect going on. I would wonder if the car was perhaps registered elsewhere - is the car then owned by someone else ?
If you want to restrict info I would follow Truckosaurus advice and provide the chassis no and prev keeper info.
As a buyer though I would want to see the full v5.
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Whenever I have called them they have asked me to read out the chassis number from the V5 AND asked me to confirm that I checked it to the plates on the car.
Has he done this?
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Not foolproof, but I'd just black out the street number.
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Male sure the keys are well out of reach of your letter box - and well hidden in the house. (i.e. not the usual places coffee table, sideboard, worktop.)
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Suggest you contact the chap and ask what information he needs and why.
If you explain your concerns to him, and he is genuine, he will most likely be very understanding.
I did read a post on here a while ago about someone who asked the seller to give all the details of the car. He did this and the car was stolen the following day.
It strikes me though that if you have met him, he has put himself at a disadvantage to carry out any crime.
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felix -
fax or give out only the reg.no. and the chassis no.
no more.
also for your peace of mind, ask for proof of id.
crimewatch last episode featured the case of a chesrished motorhome sold where the buyer agreed to be photographed in front of the vehicle. that mugshot came in handy on crimewatch (the cheque bounced and the buyer had done a runner).
interesting pdf doc - read at
www.thamesvalleypartnership.org.uk/vehiclefraudgui...f
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Thanks for the advice... fuelled my paranoia a little further!
However I have a land-line number and address for this guy, and it appears in the 192.com directory as well. And if the worst came to the worst I'd be able to give the police a pretty accurate description of him. So if he's disguising his identity he's being very subtle about it! I decided to send it and be damned.
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