Overseas vehicle purchaser..??

Oh. for an edit function!

........ why not ring your registration office .... etc

Mate- have you ever tried to get sense out of a NSW public servant- especially the RTA. You can speak to 5 different people and get 6 different answers !!!!!!

It used to be like that in Victoria too, an absolute nightmare!
I really can't believe how well they have cleaned up their act in the last 5 or so years.

Signman,
I would just get the money give him a receipt ,sign the back of rego papers as required & keep a copy then it's up to him to transfer & pay stamp duty.
Cheers Dave...

G'day David

Not sure you want to hear my suggestion...being an ex-public servant hahaha!!!

Firstly, I would 'never' accept a bank cheque...there are many fakes around and if you happen to get one there goes your money AND the vehicle! In the past I've gone with the buyer to 'my' bank where we have exchanged funds and it's immediately deposited in my account (didn't want to walk down the street with that much cash in my pocket as you never know who was watching the handover). Most banks have desks for customer use, so why not take advantage of them?

Give a written receipt to him/her (and keep a copy for yourself), sign the back of your regn papers, give him/her the main part and keep the Notice of Disposal which you can send to the RTA or I think it can be notified online these days...just check! Keep a note of his/her details for your own records if required in the future. Personally I would also check his/her passport and record the number.

Once the Notice of Disposal has been lodged to the RTA then you will NOT get any fines etc regardless if he/she has transferred the regn, or not.

I noticed you've exchanged your plates so leave the Troopy registered with the current plates attached. It's up to the buyer to transfer the registration...you can't force him/her to do that BUT you are covered as long as you lodge the NOD. Who cares if he/she transfers the regn, runs up umpteen parking/speeding/etc fines, that's not your concern.

If I can help further, give me a call.
Bronwyn ;-)

Of course it's his concern, if the vehicle is still in his name.

Shaker if the NOD (notice of disposal) has been lodged with the RTA then they will go after the new owner and any fines etc will NOT go to David.

Thanks Bronwyn- and all the other inputers (now there's a good word)..
OK to call in when I'm passing by ??

Sure, it's about time I met your lady? I should even be able to make you a coffee as I can actually reach the coffee machine again (since recent surgery). Instant coffee is Ok for a while but I was hanging out for a nice cup.

Bronwyn ;-)

In that case, it might prudent for him to take my second suggestion, as there is probably no incentive for an overseas tourist to pay our fines.

Didn't ya notice??? The plates have been transferred to the Wombat already !!
BTW- I got a diagram from H/Reece re: the project...may give us some ideas..
See ya..have a safe trip down South. I haven't got the HF mounted yet. A job for this weekend.

Sorry pressed the wrong button.
to finish, I got caught out once, it won't happen again.

Cheers
Lotzi

a bank cheque is no guarantee

didnt you put in the disposal papers? Otherwise how can they fine you and make you pay the transfer fee??

Even in todays day and age of computers, and "SCANERS", I would not axcept a "Bank Cheque",from anyone, it is cash for the item, and then do the transfer all at once at the Rego office in the state where you live, When i was in Murwillumbah in 2002 a tourist bought a camper van from two grey nomads who had finnished their travell around Australia, they were to trusting of the over seas byer,and he said he will pay for it with a B/cheque on the friday, which he did.....he took the c/van and he was "OFF".....So on the Monday the two old people went and deposited the so called bank cheque, and was told it was a fake (copy of a bank Cheque and filled in) those two people had lost their van, and wasn't paid for it,since then i have never axcepted a Bank Cheque,i dont do any transfer's on the internet,or internet banking, I pay cash for everything and people are a lot happier and better off that way, I do have a Visa debit card for paying airline tickets, and i never let it out of my sight.

Cheers for now...William H...Bunbury...WA.

With todays high resolution scanners etc. it's all too east to produce counterfiet Bank Cheques. I for one only ever touch a Bank Cheque when I'm the purchaser.

Bank Cheques also get stolen, then on sold.

Ian

As is the case with personal cheques, bank cheques can also have payment stopped by gutless purchasers.