How can Peel owners protect their marque from fakes? Bit of a tall order..?
I don't care how many reps there are. Nothing to do directly with me. I suppose you do have to be an expert to suss what's kosher but a few calls etc should establish what's what... I asked about my P50 and Trident and got the same answer. A bit stinky but correct.
I think you're right about millionaires though being the punters of the future. I couldn't afford my cars (or my house come to think of it) today.
Finally I wouldn't say trousering a profit through flogging a rep as though an IOM car is a "job well done". In my books that makes him a shyster.
In one message you say its none of your business and you do not care about it and yet the guy is a shyster so you must care. Sounds like you want it both ways without the effort of responsibility. Very British and a reason we are in our financial mess and rather Spot Botish. I can think of plenty of things I could do about it but I have no motivation as I do not own a Peel nor do I desire to particularly without effort. I always enjoy a successful scam if I am not involved as it shows imagination and an element of devious skill which deserves reward if people are stupid enough to let it happen.
The clear question is who owns the construction rights? Then we have factory records. Both form a basis of exposing fakes. When looking for my nicked Messerschmitt several arrests resulted from my watching Messerschmitt adverts on eBay for a few months and reporting clearly devious adverts to the police who reacted. Not sure if that is counted as difficult but even if so it demonstraits apathy from Peel owners rewarded by lots of fakes that have to effect the value of the mass of Peels for good or ill. However lets be clear that there a fakes and fakes. An accurate fake can be passed off but a new body underpinned by differing machanicals is only going to fool a twit. There is no challenge to getting money out of twits but to gain a deal from a 'expert/collector shows skill. Bon chance Mr Hewett, looks like you free and clear.
What utter drivel. The facts are thus.
What is the crime in contructing a replica? of anything? C type, D type or whatever? if you cannot afford the real thing then a facsimile is utterly fine. Closer to original to the better.
HOWEVER WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO PASS OFF YOUR GOODS AS BONE FIDE FOR DECEIPTFULL REWARD THEN YOU ARE A THEIF,FRAUDSTER AND SHYSTER.
What are we to do AL? ban replicas? What imbecile would buy an AC Cobra made of plastic with Cortina running gear thinking it was a Shelby '65?.
"I always enjoy a successful scam if I am not involved as it shows imagination and an element of devious skill which deserves reward if people are stupid enough to let it happen." I suppose there is something to be said for a man who engineers his scam so well. You can be good at what you do. It's not laudable if it involves blatant deception. Do you admire a highly profitable benefit scam ring? Keep paying those taxes old boy.
If's one's intelligent then it's not hard to hoodwink mere mortals. Getting ripped off's a fact of life for some but I subscribe to karma. Darius Guppy got tumbled. Lord Brocket too.
Fools whilst being fools do not automatically deserve to be ripped off. With the likes of you thus after deriving pleasure from their misery. No true clued up expert/collector would buy this Peel. Only a novice..
Perhaps the UK's in this "financial mess" due to your angle rather than mine. Screw 'em over. If you get away with it, job's a good'n.
Nice.