You can get basic free information with the reg. on something like www.mywheels.ie or pay the fee and get further info if you are really interested in the car. Plenty of others sites also.
It may be an attempt to prevent "reg no cloning" whereby scammers find a car (say, Black VW Golf) for sale online, note its reg no, and put a different black VW Golf on the road with the reg no they've found.
Parking tickets, fines, (or worse!) end up at the door of the innocent owner or garage.
It may be an attempt to prevent "reg no cloning" whereby scammers find a car (say, Black VW Golf) for sale online, note its reg no, and put a different black VW Golf on the road with the reg no they've found.
Parking tickets, fines, (or worse!) end up at the door of the innocent owner or garage.
There was recently a show on UTV (i think) regarding reg cloning - i was very surprised to see how big an industry it was (in the UK) but i reckon its as big in Ireland: Have a look here:
The scams where someone posts a fake car for a low price are based on real regs, so this probably avoids real cars for sale being a source for these and this avoids any hassle associated for the real seller.