Just following this thread and did not know if all of you were aware that this sort VIN tag swapping is a Federal offense. You can do time. "Caveat Emptor" Chargin'Charles. > > From: Tuff Shift <nitekatt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2002/05/09 Thu AM 10:49:44 EDT > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Missing VIN Tags > > That being the case, I would think that is would be a "Caveat Emptor" > situation for anyone considering doing business with this fella on EBay. > But then, like Mr Svalbard suggested in a previous post, maybe it is I who > is the naive one, not realizing this sort of stuff goes on all the time. > > It just makes me wonder, how many of our prized Mopars are not really what > they seem to be due to these sorts of shenigans? I guess it all boils down > to what we don't know won't hurt us, right? > > Karl > '61 300G (maybe?) :) > > > >From: "Stragand, Dave" <Dave.Stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: "Stragand, Dave" <Dave.Stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Missing VIN Tags > >Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:33:18 -0400 > > > >Likewise, the same thing goes with titles. They're known as paper cars... > >People buy, sell, and trade titles like baseball cards... Eventually they > >sell the titles to people with stolen cars who change the VINs to match. > > > >-Dave > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: JLSAVARD@xxxxxxx [mailto:JLSAVARD@xxxxxxx] > >Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:27 AM > >To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Missing VIN Tags > > > > > >I have an aquaintance whose ethics I don't agree with on several subjects. > >He's a friend of a friend of a friend. > > > >Several years ago he operated a one-man wrecker business that specialized > >in picking up and selling junkers for scrap metal. > > > >He recently mentioned that it was routine for him to harvest and sell VIN > >tags. I guess that I am more innocent than I thought I was. Somewhere > >long the line the rule book must have been rewritten..... If there ever was > >one. > > > >Joe Savard > >Lake Orion, MI > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages > of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at > > http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm |