Selling multiple vehicles in Marketplace

[yourfather]

Hi,

Cartoon a registered user and a member is selling more than one vehicle at a time.

Purchasing repairable writeoffs, fixing them up and selling them.

There is nothing wrong with this practice, but in my opinion he is operating as a business and therefore should have a trader account.

Regards

yF

[mrwillz]

thanks for the heads up yf

[90LAN]

technically he can sell 7 cars a year before he needs to have a dealers licence
but he can sell and buy as many cars as he chooses it none of your business
what he does
what are we going to have car traders on here now too lol

[yourfather]

Well he didn't point out that these are repairable writeoffs until someone told him they found out on a revs check

[90LAN]

Well he didn't point out that these are repairable writeoffs until someone told him they found out on a revs check

well the onus is on the buyer to do all checks
thats why we have revs check available
you only buy the car when u are 100% happy with everything
its your own fault if u dont do all the checks
and buy the car

[Q_ball]

^ Perfectly put.
Not our place to intervene with sales.
It has always been up to the buyer to dig deep into the particular car.

And yes, regarding the number of cars for sale, i do think its a bit lower than 7 a yr here in NSW...

[yourfather]

this is bullshit.

the reason why you have issues with traders such as auto concepts is because none of you guys in green do anything to protect the users.

i've raised this many times and no-one gives a ****.

you just want to clean up pornography and a few naughty words.

and this is not a personal comment, because I know a lot of you personally and you are in most part nice people.

but for ****s sake, arent we meant to help each other out as part of a community.

"oh its the buyers onus" no its not, if we know what is going on and what is dodgy, we should put our hand up and say that this is bullshit

and until you mods pull your fingers out of your ass and do something about it, you'll see people getting ****ed out of their money

[Q_ball]

I see where ur coming from Luc... but you do realise that Ozhonda is like a soap opera waiting to unravel.
If we allow ppl to warn each other about car X or Y, then it opens the thread up to unwarranted bumps, and spam.

Perhaps if you can help us think of an alternative to get around this issue, i'm sure the other mods/admin will look into it further and discuss.

[yourfather]

i'll have a think and get back to you

[tseesinngwailo]

Surely if someone buys a heap of things, regardless what they are and are selling constantly (and its easily apparent they are not leftovers, or upgrades) maybe that person should have a trader account, there is a big difference between selling a few things to recover money after a build-up and using this place as a Honda-related ebay?

I have been interested in a few of those repaired cars that were for sale, but it does make me wonder just how much profit is involved, and how well the repairs have been done. Is this a potential law suite waiting to happen? (mr X who lost his son due to dodgey car sold on this forum, sues the forum as well as the seller...)

Maybe as long as the seller has a separate post for each car, and comprehensive details about the car?

My 2 cents la!

Mind you, if that seller has an EK bodyshell cheap, i might risk it!

[Mr_will]

it would be pretty simple to impose a limit on the frequency of vehicle for sale ads able to be placed by a user, would it not?

i mean anyone who goes through more than, say (for the sake of argument) two or three cars a year is either a) making money somehow or b) has enough money to be able to afford carsales ads.

at the end of the day this is a forum for people to discuss honda related things and help each other out.

we shouldnt be facilitating the sale of cars where buyers are being mislead, even where it is being done within the law. just because something is immoral but not illegal doesnt mean it has to be tolerated, imho.

[sassy_fit_vtit]

i think 90lan makes a good point, that at the end of the day it is the buyers responsibility to do their research about the vehicles, what difference does it make if it is say an ad in the trading post or ebay?

If someone was ignorant enough to buy a car without making the relevant checks then it is their own mistake. As is solution i think it might be a good idea to make it mandatory to post Vin #'s so it is there but ultimately it is up to the buyer.

In terms of selling multiple cars, as long as it is within the allowable amount that the relevant transport department allows then whats the problem.? And even if there was to be a limitation on OH's part it would be hard to monitor or cause more problems for those who genuinely go through many cars, eg my brother in law sold one of his car's bought another car, bought back his old one and now wants to sell both of them cos he is bored of them and has a 3rd car siting in the backyard that he doesn't even use and thats within the last 3months.

And correct me if i'm wrong but all oh traders need to be a registered business and supply an ABN number, hence they can't register as a trader, if you are suspicious of someones activities then by all means contact the ato for not declaring it on their income but .who are you to decide or assume that parts for sale aren't leftovers or items previously purchased with the intention of use?

At the end of the day this is a free forum, and wyn has added the privilege to sell. The mods don't get paid and do this for the honour of helping this community, what can you expect from a free service and what entitlement do you have to it?