Service history 'stolen' - all credit, that's original

[ejenner]

Hahaha... was reading this eBay advert and unbelievably the advertiser is suggesting we believe the service history for the car has been stolen.

"The car had lots of history but on the day of purchase which was sunny I had the roof down and some low life maggot nicked all my paperwork off the front seat when parked."

I've seen a lot of funny stuff in eBay adverts but that particular claim has to be one of the most ridiculous I've seen.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...

I wouldn't mind owning the car if it could be cleaned up and the rust was fixed... even without knowing the service history I'm sure it would be fine if it were the right price.

[ejenner]

I just think the idea of someone stealing a service book for a car they didn't own is so funny. Why would you make up a story about that happening? Bizarre!

People steal stuff all the time, scrap metal, car stereo's, mobile phones, other 'valuable' things...

[ejenner]

tunnels, acres and mountians. I see what you're sayin!

[ejenner]

thinfourth2 said:

ejenner said:

I just think the idea of someone stealing a service book for a car they didn't own is so funny. Why would you make up a story about that happening? Bizarre!

Oh for the innocence of youth

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Vehicle-Parts-Accessorie...

They're all new though. I can understand the point of selling those via eBay.

Why would anyone steal a service book with the registration number, chassis number, colour and model details written in + service history stamps with mileages for a car where the possibility of matching the details with their own car or a car they might have stolen is lower than that of winning the lottery jackpot?

Why go to the trouble if you could go on ebay and buy a blank one to fill in with all the correct details?

[ejenner]

mrmr96 said:

ejenner said:

They're all new though. I can understand the point of selling those via eBay.

Why would anyone steal a service book with the registration number, chassis number, colour and model details written in + service history stamps with mileages for a car where the possibility of matching the details with their own car or a car they might have stolen is lower than that of winning the lottery jackpot?

Why go to the trouble if you could go on ebay and buy a blank one to fill in with all the correct details?

To clone the car?

Buy a new one off eBay and fill it in or sell the cloned car without a service history are both better options than searching the length and breadth of the country for an identical car with the roof down and the documents you need sitting on the seat?

Leptons said:

ejenner said:

I just think the idea of someone stealing a service book for a car they didn't own is so funny. Why would you make up a story about that happening? Bizarre!

People steal stuff all the time, scrap metal, car stereo's, mobile phones, other 'valuable' things...

You need to open your eyes then. Thieves will steal ANYTHING given the chance.
I once had a face-off stereo stolen, except the face was off! Still have the face to this day!!

I've found other faces from other radios can work, even across model ranges. I only tried it once but it was a Sony face from an earlier stereo which fitted fine and worked on a later Sony stereo.

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All reasonable possibilities raised; but in all honesty... does anyone really believe the scenario described in the advert?