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WarPig



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V5 logbook when selling car?
I helped my mother sell her Vauxhall Corsa yesterday for £1800, it sold within 6 hrs of putting the advert on auto trader Thumbs Up

The first guy that came to look at it bought it, and he said he was a trader (I didnt believe him). As such, we filled in the yellow traders section of the logbook which we will post to DVLA, giving him the rest of the form.

To be honest I wasnt happy doing this, as I didnt believe he was a trader, but my mother wasnt worried. Normally when selling private you keep the logbook and give the small green section to the buyer.

So, assuming he isn't a trader, whats the worst that can happen? Could he be a private buyer who just wants to sell the car on, therefore not adding another owner to the list of previous keepers? Could there be a more sinister reason he did this? Could my mother experience problems by doing this?
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Did you check his id if so then no issues
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WarPig



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No. We just took his money. It was a strange sale, he spent about 45 minutes trying to get us to drop the price from £1,800 to £1,750 Neutral We didnt like him so we refused. Eventually he paid up Laughing

Id bet all my money he wasnt a trader, so what would he gain from getting his hands on the full log book, instead of the little green tear off slip?

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I always ask to see proof of name and address so it matches what they are writing on logbook, had a bad experience once
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WarPig



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Perhaps we should have asked for ID, but we were happy enough just getting his money. I reckon he was a private buyer wanting to sell the car on for a profit. But who would buy a car from an asian man when the car is registered to an English woman Shocked I guess it takes all types!
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Warpig , did not realise you was an Asian man Rolling with laughter
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WarPig



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Not with a name like Warpig Shocked Mr. Green

The buyer was asian, he turned up with half his bleedin family. Glad I was there for my 70 yr old mother as she would have been a bit intimidated selling a car on her own with all of them turning up at her door. Rolling Eyes
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Hi Steve, sold my dads honda HRV a couple of years ago and a trader bought it over the phone for an agreed price. When he turned up he tried haggling with my 75 year old dad until i turned up and told him for every pound he tried to knock off i would add 2 pounds to the asking price Mr. Green . Because he had driven 150 miles with a trailer he got the hint that he wasnt going to get a vunerable pensioner to give him a free car so ended up paying what he originally agreed Twisted Evil
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Ey up Paul Very Happy . Cheeky f@@kers arent they Censored I just hope the £50 notes they gave her arent fake! I can see why folk trade their cars in, but the dealer supplying her new Fiesta only offered her £400 for it! We sold it for £1800 in the end.
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