vicroads rego check

[Ext User(gcd)]

Hi all,
I'm disappointed with vicroads. They've embraced the new PPSR (Personal Property Securities Register) and now I can't see the
writeoff status without paying a fee. I consider the writeoff status a safety issue and believe it should be available to view
without having to pay. Fine with paying to find out if the vehicle is encumbered but I wouldn't even get that far if the
vehicle has a writeoff status even if it was a repairable writeoff. So now when I've got several cars to look at I need to pay
for each one just to then discount them as a contender.

Very disappointed.

Greg

[Ext User(D Walford)]

On 28/03/2012 5:46 PM, gcd wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm disappointed with vicroads. They've embraced the new PPSR (Personal Property Securities Register) and now I can't see the
> writeoff status without paying a fee. I consider the writeoff status a safety issue and believe it should be available to view
> without having to pay. Fine with paying to find out if the vehicle is encumbered but I wouldn't even get that far if the
> vehicle has a writeoff status even if it was a repairable writeoff. So now when I've got several cars to look at I need to pay
> for each one just to then discount them as a contender.
>
How much is the fee?
Passing on costs to the users of a service is not unreasonable provided
the fee is also reasonable.


Daryl

[Ext User(JONZ)]

On 28/03/2012 4:51 PM, D Walford wrote:
> On 28/03/2012 5:46 PM, gcd wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm disappointed with vicroads. They've embraced the new PPSR
>> (Personal Property Securities Register) and now I can't see the
>> writeoff status without paying a fee. I consider the writeoff status a
>> safety issue and believe it should be available to view
>> without having to pay. Fine with paying to find out if the vehicle is
>> encumbered but I wouldn't even get that far if the
>> vehicle has a writeoff status even if it was a repairable writeoff. So
>> now when I've got several cars to look at I need to pay
>> for each one just to then discount them as a contender.
>>
> How much is the fee?
> Passing on costs to the users of a service is not unreasonable provided
> the fee is also reasonable.
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Used the service yesterday to check the status of a car i am blue
slipping (nsw) got stolen and writeoff status for a whole $3.70 Good
value i reckon.....
>
>
> Daryl

[Ext User(gcd)]

OK $3.70 is cheaper than other revchecks type fees, but the point is writeoff status was FREE with vicroads but now is not. And
if there are 10 porsche boxsters to look at (and in the 1997-2000 range there are hundreds) then that's $37 to pay out when in
the past it cost nothing. Sort of forces you to a dealer when you want to browse and they have to tell you the history for
free.

Greg


"JONZ" <disco.v8@lotsafuel.com> wrote in message news:jkudbl$uav$1@dont-email.me...
> On 28/03/2012 4:51 PM, D Walford wrote:
>> On 28/03/2012 5:46 PM, gcd wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm disappointed with vicroads. They've embraced the new PPSR
>>> (Personal Property Securities Register) and now I can't see the
>>> writeoff status without paying a fee. I consider the writeoff status a
>>> safety issue and believe it should be available to view
>>> without having to pay. Fine with paying to find out if the vehicle is
>>> encumbered but I wouldn't even get that far if the
>>> vehicle has a writeoff status even if it was a repairable writeoff. So
>>> now when I've got several cars to look at I need to pay
>>> for each one just to then discount them as a contender.
>>>
>> How much is the fee?
>> Passing on costs to the users of a service is not unreasonable provided
>> the fee is also reasonable.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
> Used the service yesterday to check the status of a car i am blue slipping (nsw) got stolen and writeoff status for a whole
> $3.70 Good value i reckon.....
>>
>>
>> Daryl
>

[Ext User(D Walford)]

On 28/03/2012 8:03 PM, gcd wrote:
> OK $3.70 is cheaper than other revchecks type fees, but the point is writeoff status was FREE with vicroads but now is not. And
> if there are 10 porsche boxsters to look at (and in the 1997-2000 range there are hundreds) then that's $37 to pay out when in
> the past it cost nothing. Sort of forces you to a dealer when you want to browse and they have to tell you the history for
> free.
>
Nothing much is free these days, if I wanted to find a reason to be
annoyed with VicRoads it would be the recent rise in rego TAC fees
although Victorians can't really complain when our car rego is cheap
compared to many other States.
The rego/CTP for my Hilux went up by about $37.00 this year but at
$567.00 its still relatively cheap.


Daryl

[Ext User(tipsy@beerlover.com.au)]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:03:16 +1100, "gcd" <gcddeletemelbnospam@melbnospamiimetro.com.au>
wrote:

> OK $3.70 is cheaper than other revchecks type fees, but the point is writeoff status was FREE with vicroads but now is not. And
> if there are 10 porsche boxsters to look at (and in the 1997-2000 range there are hundreds) then that's $37 to pay out when in
> the past it cost nothing. Sort of forces you to a dealer when you want to browse and they have to tell you the history for
> free.

You would worry about $37 compared to the price of an older Porsche? Do you have any
Scots blood in you?