It's me 615 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) ha ha just come to send my cheque off late as usual and i see you now have to send proof of motor trade involvement that should sort the dodgies out Edited January 2, 2018 by s and b cant spull pruuf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mojo121 229 Posted January 2, 2018 Hardly. It's usually trade insurance as proof. Anyone can buy motor trader insurance and even the dodgies have insurance. Saying that alot of the legit traders I know now don't bother with trade plates... go figure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justina3 518 Posted January 2, 2018 I remember applying for my plates they wanted a zillion copies of everything to prove i was in the trade, i wonder how easy they are to get these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arfur Dealy 823 Posted January 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Mojo121 said: Hardly. It's usually trade insurance as proof. Anyone can buy motor trader insurance and even the dodgies have insurance. Saying that alot of the legit traders I know now don't bother with trade plates... go figure. To buy Trade insurance you need proof you are a genuine Motor Trader with purchase invoices & receipts. Gone are the days of buying a policy without genuine proof. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrC 142 Posted January 2, 2018 I just renewed my trade insurance and they wanted blood. They even wanted copies of licences even though I had given the license viewing codes. I remember a bit of a trauma getting plates, some guy from the local office came round to check me out. I guess that wont happen these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mojo121 229 Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Arfur Dealy said: To buy Trade insurance you need proof you are a genuine Motor Trader with purchase invoices & receipts. Gone are the days of buying a policy without genuine proof. In your experience that may be true but it doesn't tally up to what I've seen. I had my license viewed as MrC said. What kind of invoices and receipts did they ask you for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grantlfc81 88 Posted January 3, 2018 I bought trade insurance and they asked for nothing as I’m new lol. Result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHM 994 Posted January 4, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 7:33 PM, Arfur Dealy said: To buy Trade insurance you need proof you are a genuine Motor Trader with purchase invoices & receipts. Gone are the days of buying a policy without genuine proof. I’d of thought that too as every year I must send proof of trading to my insurance broker. However it can’t be the case because a few times a year I sell cars to people who state they’ll just put it in their trade insurance. Somehow some of these punters are getting insurance every year & are using trade policies as multi car policies. They’ve never traded in their lives, don’t have trade plates etc. - they just have a few cars lying around. It doesn’t make sense to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's me 615 Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, BHM said: I’d of thought that too as every year I must send proof of trading to my insurance broker. However it can’t be the case because a few times a year I sell cars to people who state they’ll just put it in their trade insurance. Somehow some of these punters are getting insurance every year & are using trade policies as multi car policies. They’ve never traded in their lives, don’t have trade plates etc. - they just have a few cars lying around. It doesn’t make sense to me. yes i see this too i wonder if its an agricultural policy you know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelerdealer1 91 Posted January 5, 2018 They don’t even do interviews for trade plates anymore hence why every trader wannabe and his mum have the red n white on the dash 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
