Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net??

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Sat 5 Feb 2011 09:03
Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net?? - fredthefifth

Paranoia or good parctice?

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Sat 5 Feb 2011 10:52
Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net?? - bathtub tom

I did.

I suppose it may help to prevent the one you're selling being cloned, but if you're flogging it, do you care if it's cloned?

If anyone's seriously interested in buying, then you're going to give them the full V5 details for an HPI check.

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Sat 5 Feb 2011 20:36
Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net?? - Roly93

Good practice..

Anything that makes life a tiny bit harder for car criminals has to be a good thing. Otherwise all the have to do is look thro autotrader for a similar car to the one they have just nicked for the new reg number.

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Sun 6 Feb 2011 21:10
Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net?? - Mike H
Paranoia, unless you have something to hide. It's easy enough to walk down the street and find a reg number if you're into cloning.
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Mon 7 Feb 2011 17:12
Obscuring the number plate if selling on the net?? - starfield

I think it is completely stupid to blur the number plates

If you are really interested in buying that car, you will need to ask for the reg. mark to do your HPI check. Blurring does not make it any harder for criminals, it just further the suspicion that the car being sold is cloned.

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