Anyone here sell vans?

Rekon I've worked out the £ value of some 'missing miles' myself but tell me, when did mileage 'flags' first appear in MoT testing. I mean, you input the test results and it told you (N.T.) there was something not quite right. It was probably in 'MoT Comp'but I need to be a lot more pin-point. Remember, they were seriously all over the place originally and are much better now.

Time is of the essence here chaps.

what?inputted miles and coming up lower than last year you mean?had a lotta km /miles mixups as well.

ITV have embargoed me here but as soon as it is lifted, I will tell you more.

There's a very important one-liner that the testing trade should be aware of. You'll hear it here first, and then I'll e-mail Garage Wire.

got an old sn 4-2012 showing introduction of recent mileage history with the correct within 7 days info on it,also mentions that prior readings cant be rectified and contains a copy of the poster we were supposed to display at that time,i assume this was the point that comp 1 started flagging up lower than previous test/excessively high etc.any help?

Having recently given opinion in court over a potential 'clocking' case I found the Judges summary particularly interesting.

In short, the claimant was looking for £1000 because he bought a van (elsewhere) and when he came to part exchange it at a later date, it was pointed out that there was a large discrepancy in the recorded mileage. The first MoT, some 6 years earlier showed a much higher mileage than that at point of part-exchange appraisal.

The van was previously owned by a large reputable organisation and service history records were reasonable.
It became evident that the mileage recorded at the first test was a 'typo', a decision I arrived at with complete confidence, in spite of a possible ‘mid-life’ odometer replacement.

The judge asked me, “have you ever made such an error? I replied “yes” and when he asked “how so?” I suggested maybe I had entered a chassis number or similar, perhaps. And he moved on.
So I am thinking, as all the MoT history records were available at point of sale, the retailer had not been as diligent as he ought in disclosing the mileage query to the buyer (now-claimant)

The owner (claimant) decided to take a lower offer in part exchange, rather than halting the transaction whilst looking into the reasons why the mileage was questionable. He should have gone back to the retailer that sold him the van, and taken issue in order for his claim to succeed.
Instead, he proceeded with the deal and tried to sue for his loss retrospectively. His case was dismissed.

Here's the point; Whilst the retailer got away without declaring the mileage discrepancy, probably in all innocence it must be said, the claimant was advised by the judge that he may have a case against the MoT testing station who entered the wrong mileage some six years earlier!

The fact that he pointed the claimant in the direction of the VTS who (I said) made the error, should make us all sit up and take notice.

In conclusion. If you’ve made a mistake in entering test results that could have repercussions, make very sure the DVSA amend the records and you can prove your communications, should you need to in the future. Get the name of the person at the other end; do not send general e-mails to their central mail box and assume it will all be rectified. In my experience, they can be quite efficient at avoiding stuff that matters to us, the testing trade. Believe me when I say I have first-hand experience.

Have a good Easter guys.