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BIG NEWS: An Australian Court has accepted authenticity of Japanese Registration Certificates provided by JOC


This buyer of a wound back car has received the original Japanese papers from JOC and then went on to win his case in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. This is a break-through!


Here is the text from the Daily Telegraph:


READER Apurva Mishra has prevailed in his car-clocking crusade. In April, Public Defender reported Mr Mishra was taking action in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, alleging the imported Lancer he paid Sydney’s Prestige Auto Centre $30,000 for had travelled about three times the 34,000km the odometer said.


The NCAT ruled Prestige Auto Centre had engaged in “misleading and deceptive conduct” and ordered it pay Mr Mishra $18,526.


NCAT senior member Sabine Thode said: “I am satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the odometer reading was changed by the respondent or that a third party changed the odometer reading with the knowledge of the respondent in order to mislead or deceive the applicant.”


The NCAT accepted the Japanese Registration Certificate Mr Mishra presented. This is important, as it was bought through a third party, not the registry in Japan, but Mr Mishra was able to demonstrate its authenticity. Until now there has been a question mark over whether such documentation is legitimate.


This result should serve as a warning to any dealer considering winding back odometers.



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GTR-N1 Grand Master

GTR-N1

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The dominoes shall fall thanks to the efforts of honest activists like yourselves and victims who are determined to become survivors!

We in the SAU.NSW Exec have been keeping a reference file called "Rogues and Villains" so we can advise Members who wish to receive information...

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nick_7g Proficient

nick_7g

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Even with an $18k payment to the car buyer? I think that would eat most of their margin on the sale of a $30k Lancer.But if only 1 in 5 people take them to court, I guess they may be undeterred.

GTR-N1 Grand Master

GTR-N1

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"Punishment doesn't fit the crime!" - I agree.

Before social media, when hard copy newspapers and tv offered the only exposure, any scamming company could simply pop up a new head like Medusa.

But now with fb and forums, methinks "their name is mud!" > shame, shame, shame.

It's even common knowledge that one of those scamming thugs left two dead rats at an activist's doorstep.

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r32-25t Grand Master

r32-25t

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We've all known it's been happening for years, this issue was with us early guys was there was no way of proving it. we just accepted that there was no such thing as an import with legit kms.

Times have changed and there are way to prove every thing now but it's still a case of buyer beware and do your home work and spend the extra time to find the right car

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