Fake stamped BMW Sytner service history books on ebay.

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Fake stamped BMW Sytner service history books on ebay.

Post by greenelekta » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:57 pm

Unbelievable!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-STAMPED- ... 4902.l9144
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Post by PhillV8S » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:06 pm

That’s why I always prefer a big wad of receipts for work done rather than a few stamps in a book!
Nice disclaimer in the advert stating buyers are only buying to replace a lost book. I’m sure no one would dream of passing of one of these as a fake service history :roll:
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Post by Sab » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:21 pm

That is bloody awful.

How can the seller be allowed to sell counterfeit service books.
They are so brazen it makes my stomach churn.

People spend good money to service their cars at the main dealers whereas owners of badly maintained cars are spending pennies to fool unsuspecting buyers that their cars have a full history. Great!
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Post by rc944 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:46 pm

no matter how its presented its criminal. either the stamp has been stolen or forged as has the book.
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Post by rc944 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:50 pm

ive flagged to ebay. if anyone has a contact at either of the dealerships it might be worth putting the call in as i can imagine bmw will not appreciate it.
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Re: Fake stamped BMW Sytner service history books on ebay.

Post by B10BRW » Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:27 pm

Redundant now, with the latest BMs & Alpinas.
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Post by Metrics » Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:10 pm

Anyone buying a high end car these days and not checking the authenticity of the history with the dealer network is asking for trouble.

Sad how the world has become...
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Post by Avtar » Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:15 am

Personally i would be very dubious of someone with a stamped service book with no receipts to back it up?
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Post by JASV8S » Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:40 pm

As much that this is criminal it really creates a huge amount of doubt on genuine cars with proper service books, as not everybody keeps receipts. I did not get many receipts when I bought the V8S but did check the car out and always felt I would pull out the deal if I had any serious doubts and it did not cross my mind years ago that the service book could have been false. At least with the F30 its all in the car and no book.
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Post by hap » Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:01 pm

If main dealer can be verified and they can supply copy invoices
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Post by BarryM » Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:17 pm

JASV8S wrote:At least with the F30 its all in the car and no book.
I’d be more worried about a history that was just computer based in the car, probably even easier to fake!
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Post by JASV8S » Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:13 pm

You might be correct BarryM but this eBay scam looks pretty easy.
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Post by Norrie » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:04 pm

Even more reason to get letter of authenticity from ALPINA
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