Ebay seller saying car has mot but not showing on dvla

Joe_Horner

NewUserHere wrote: »

Because clearly the 'system' is fool proof! And you knew it's perfect because you checked your own mot once.

An mot sheet will have mot number, testing station, tester etc on it. Thus easily verifiable with a quick phone call to the listed station.

Your comments are naive, also because of the systems down testing stations obtain a number valid for that day which they write on paperwork in cases where the systems are down - which was quite often at one point!
So are you saying a testing station who give you contingency paperwork are sending you on your way without an MOT? NO they are not. The car has a valid mot but won't be on the system until a later time.

Geeze some people

No, the system is far from fool-proof BUT, as it stands, the only proof of a current MOT is the record on the central database.

The "receipt style certificate" that you get is ONLY a confirmation that a test pass has been recorded on that database but is NOT proof of a pass in itself.

So if, for example you're stopped for no MOT and show a certificate you will STILL be found guilty if they can't trace that test on the computer.

It's an archive copy from before they turned gov.uk into a kiddies' bite-size joke site but note the wording 2 lines above "how to check your MOT" here:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121003034630/http://direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/DG_4022108

or here from the AA in the section "The certificate":

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/legal-advice/mot.html

or here from ukmot.com under "about the new certificate":

http://www.ukmot.com/yourmot.asp


It was done that way because they're now printed on plain paper that can be easily copied by anyone with a basic printer. They even provide an example online that you can uses as a handy template for printing them:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/431712/sample-mot-test-certificate-vt-20.pdf

So, as I said, if you rely on a seller showing you a "certificate" when there's no trace of that test on the database then you're very foolish.

Not only could it easily be faked, if it is faked, having it will be no defence if you're stopped.

Fat_Walt

NewUserHere wrote: »

Op careful what you read from posters around here... Most of them make things up as they go along

:rotfl::rotfl:

Some tool had a tall story about a jag yesterday.

Fat_Walt

NewUserHere wrote: »

Well done you have something called memory



Because clearly the 'system' is fool proof! And you knew it's perfect because you checked your own mot once.

An mot sheet will have mot number, testing station, tester etc on it. Thus easily verifiable with a quick phone call to the listed station.

Your comments are naive, also because of the systems down testing stations obtain a number valid for that day which they write on paperwork in cases where the systems are down - which was quite often at one point!
So are you saying a testing station who give you contingency paperwork are sending you on your way without an MOT? NO they are not. The car has a valid mot but won't be on the system until a later time.

Geeze some people

No need to waste a phone call. They vehicle will have a manufacturer and a registration number, it's all you need to look it up.

NewUserHere

Fat_Walt wrote: »

No need to waste a phone call. They vehicle will have a manufacturer and a registration number, it's all you need to look it up.

If you have a contingency test undertaken because of system downtime... Tell me how you can look it up then?

NewUserHere

Fat_Walt wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Some tool had a tall story about a jag yesterday.

Ye ? Proof it

Fat_Walt

NewUserHere wrote: »

Ye ? Proof it

Have a bit of trouble typing are we?

Someone will dig it out of the Google cache if you make it a challenge.

NewUserHere

Fat_Walt wrote: »

Have a bit of trouble typing are we?

Someone will dig it out of the Google cache if you make it a challenge.

I'm dimming my std of English down so my posts are inline with the quality of posts overall around here

BeenThroughItAll

NewUserHere wrote: »

I'm dimming my std of English down so my posts are inline with the quality of posts overall around here

No, don't pander to anyone. When one is capable of proper use of the language one should never stoop to the level of the illiterate.

arcon5

Fat_Walt wrote: »

No need to waste a phone call. They vehicle will have a manufacturer and a registration number, it's all you need to look it up.

Actually the other poster is right, MOTs don't always show up on the system straight away and paperwork issued during a contingency test is a legal document meaning the vehicle has a valid MOT but not yet recorded on the system

DUTR

arcon5 wrote: »

Actually the other poster is right, MOTs don't always show up on the system straight away and paperwork issued during a contingency test is a legal document meaning the vehicle has a valid MOT but not yet recorded on the system

But why can't the OP's just move onto the next vehicle for sale rather than be arguing with a seller?