Just had a customer come in asking if i can make rubber stamps, he showed me what he needed and it was a nice Lexus logo and phone number underneath.

He runs a taxi rank, so we all know what the story is here

but is he actually breaking the law? and at what point?

and where do i stand, i have no intention of doing it, but he will only go somewhere else and get it done so is it up to me to report him, and if so, who do you report to?

a weird one!

not sure on the legalities but i could do with a rubber stamp for when i do a service.

can you make them up and how much?

PM me if you prefer

Well the Lexus Logo is trade marked. if you have his name and details I would contact Lexus HQ and let them know... if you can be bothered that is :)

Fraud by false representation when he sells the car on as fsh or low miles

Fraud act 2006 iirc

phone the number see if it exists and if so ask them about it and I'm sure if it was a lexus dealer then they would be issed with them by them.

whats wrong with filling the book yourself

i dont stamp mine

^Nothing wrong with it, just more credability coming from a dealer i guess. Its always a selling point

just goes to show that a stamped service book isn't worth the paper it's written on. Just this weekend I've discovered that the volvo I bought a few weeks ago has never had a cambelt change even though it's got a fully stamped book including the service that specifically is for a cambelt change. Fortunately it's only a couple of thousand miles over the limit and I can now change it myself easily enough but it's going to cost me about £100 in parts that I wasn't bargaining on spending on the car.

However, actually getting a stamp made up and going as far as putting totally fake service history against cars is very wrong. I'm sure this thing goes on all the time with some less reputable taxi firms.

I would try contacting your local trading standards office and or the council taxi licensing department as by stamping up (fraudulantly) he might be in violation of his taxi license

I would try contacting your local trading standards office and or the council taxi licensing department as by stamping up (fraudulantly) he might be in violation of his taxi license

personally i would keep out and not say anything.

if he just asked you, then gets his license revoked there may be repercussions and tbh it's not worth it

yeah it not worth the hassle really, it just super dodgy!

yeah last thing you want is a load of recently out-of-work taxi drivers knocking on your front door!!!

I would at least have a quiet Confidential word in the polices ears as they may be selling them or running ringers!! I know a few taxi drivers who do!!

a lot of taxi drivers are crims and a lot of the cars are covers for other dodgy dealings

also a lot of taxi companies are laundretes for dirty dirty cash

i think he would want it to keep his mileage down, do his own services ect, then when it comes round to mot time clock it and then sell it with half the miles on the clock and fsh....

either that or he's just a hard up taxi driver doing his own services where the local licensing authority requires a fully stamped book for his car to pass it's test?

Either way, he's a dishonest fucker so I have no sympathy hard up or not.

I wouldn't get involved in anything that could piss a taxi driver off. Not after all the stories my ex-taxi driving colleague tells me. Its bloody gang land!

Haha you wouldn't believe! I'm mates with a few taxi operators in keighley and silsden and my god! Shonky int the word haha

Dodgy stamps are the least of your worries when your buying a car.

Ok it looks good & there are people out there that, when thrown enough cash, would make up th stamp.

There are then people out there, that for a few quid will also mark the vehicle on the manufacturer's, electronic system as being serviced too!!!

Dodgy times........having said that, some fully legal & "above board" vehicle lease companies I think are just as bad at times with their recording keeping!!!

Stay away Mr Knight, a man of your calibre should smell a "bad un" from a mile off!!

Orrr make a stick saying "NO I won't make u a dodgey stamp for your service book, now go hit some potholes!"

Haha you wouldn't believe! I'm mates with a few taxi operators in keighley and silsden and my god! Shonky int the word haha

Yeah...they are the people I'm taking about! DRUG WARS!

just goes to show that a stamped service book isn't worth the paper it's written on.

i tried pointing this out to a couple of members of this forum a matter of weeks ago who were saying how they wouldn't buy a car with out a service history. i explained that i had known people that have done exactly what has been highlighted in this thread and that service history is worthless. they just dismissed what i was saying and one of them locked the thread while making a long winded post about why this thing doesn't happen.

well thank you Dan you've proved my point and hopefully any one that was led into a false sense of security by what those member's wrote in that thread will also see this thread and see that what i said wasn't as far fetched as those member's were trying to make out. hopefully reading their fact like opinion hasn't cost any one any money

here's a link to a a report by EVO about how they gave a car full service history for a mere 20 quid, it also explains how this would effect the value of the car click me.

In fairness Guy, I don't think that all of the people were saying that service history was essential. Seem to remember the general gist of what Mark was saying was that a good service history is one of the factors that helps you build up a picture of a good car.

Two identical cars, one with history, one without, I know which one most people would choose. Having said that, if a car looks fucked or pikey and has history, the service history's not going to clinch the deal...

fucking with a taxi drivers livelihood is not the done thing! my old boss used to drive taxis, his tales are full of things thatll make you wince a fair bit.