Just curious, but what if the VIN plates had not been switched. i.e.
they were still Alpine numbers, but on a conversion? If this guy's a
first time Tiger buyer he might not know an Alpine VIN from a Tiger
one. Would that still be fraud? Just another gray area.
Mark
Bob Palmer wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> While, as we all know, there are many different perspectives on the Alger
> question, I think the sale of one in Monterey last Friday provides an
> opportunity to focus on a specific and tangible case rather than just
> throwing around philosophical points of view. Now I think even Brock agrees
> that switching VIN plates becomes illegal if done for the purpose of
> perpetrating a fraud. My dictionary defines "fraud" as: "A deception
> deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain." So, the
> first question is: Does the buyer know that he/she is buying an Alpine with
> the VIN, etc. switched; i.e., was there deception.
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