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General => General discussion => Topic started by: andy_k on 18 July 2013, 23:36
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Today I had it pointed out to me by a local Trading standards Officer (somebody had complained about my ad in a local paper) that it is illegal to sell second hand tyres!
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/advice/advice-business-sfsum17.cfm
Apparently this also applies when you sell them on rims :shocked:
I knew about traders supplying part worns but had no idea it applied to Joe Public as well
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So what about when you sell a car? :huh:
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if you sell a car you are (just about) OK as long as you don't use the tyres as a selling point (such as 'new tyres fitted 3 weeks ago) and you recommend to the buyer that they replace the tyres as soon as possible.
The main thrust of the law is that only people licenced to sell part worns can sell tyres that have all the required documentation.
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Wow...didn't know this.
Ebay best remove all of those tyres have on there for sale!
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it seems to be one of those things that Trading Standards leave alone until somebody complains and I have to admit it isn't something I'd given any thought to but when you stop and think for a minute, the only thing keeping you on the road is a few square inches of rubber - why would you trust your average ebay seller to describe them honestly :)
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Reading that link it says it is illegal to sell part worn tyres UNLESS certain criteria are met. So surely meet the criteria and its legal to sell?
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The criteria being that you are a registered business and only sell properly marked (and presumably tested) 'part worn'.
I'm guessing that taking your tyres off the rims and selling them isn't meeting those criteria :)
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Still not gonna stop me from selling my 200 mile old yokohama parada spec 2s :whistle:
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Still not gonna stop me from selling my 200 mile old yokohama parada spec 2s :whistle:
it didn't stop me selling mine but it was pointed out to me that what I did was illegal - it seems to be one of those stupid laws that only gets enforced when Trading Standards receive a complaint.
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TBH i don't understand all the fuss over S/H tyers
tyers are sriously tough things, puting an obviously damaged tyer on is a really stupid idea but a tyer that less than a year old with lots of tread and no damage or repairs i have no proble with.
I've had more problems with new budget tyers over the years, i've had a frount and rear blow out at the same time going round a roundabout on tyers less than a day old. and quite a few delaminate or deform.
the trailer seems to manage to rip the hell out the plys so they deform in some really funky ways. or give me a set of margoni zetas on hatch back with more than 100 bhp and can make them fall apart on demand pritty much on van they are letahal if theres any weight in there
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TBH i don't understand all the fuss over S/H tyers
I do see the fuss over private sellers selling second hand tyres. I've read adverts for car stuff and it's blindingly obvious that 90% of sellers couldn't tell the truth if their live's depended on it.
To me a second hand tyre is a stupid investment - my life depends on 4 very small points of contact - why would I want somebody else's cast offs?
Every time a tyre has been curbed, run under/over inflated, spun up for effect damages it - second hand/part worns etc are a false economy
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if your reading adverts for stuff it's likely on ebay, threfore the 1st rule of buying 2nd hand things online applys.
if there is any possoblity that it can be knackerd it will be knackerd. ebay is basicly like dial a pikey. bung scrap on there and pikeys collect it.
it all depends where te part worns came from :smiley:
would you turn down a set of 4 continentals from a car that left the showroom that week and only had delivery miles.
most part but not very worns i fit have 6mm tread and decent brands
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One way around this is to simply put new tyre labels on old tyres as surely that makes them 'like new' doesn't it?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mini-bmw-jcw-18-4x-alloy-wheels-and-tyres-john-cooper-work-genuine-split-rim-/321171764287
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Sold as SCENE