Did I just screw myself over? Selling a VIN plate off a parted out sled?

[Dogmeat]

Ok, I think I might have just screwed myself over here...

I am currently finishing parting out my 900 RMK.

I had the tunnel/bulkhead listed on eBay for $200, or what was, I guess, 'legally' the 'snowmobile'.

Received message from a buyer from Canada basically stating that they had built a custom sled and needed a VIN plate for it to get it insured.

They asked me if I could cut the vin plate out of the tunnel, then sign my title over to them and provide them with a bill of sale for $3200, so it would look good to the insurance company.



So did I screw myself over here? I went ahead and did this, shipped the title, bill of sale, and VIN plate ... I declard $200 on the customs declaration, but the title and bill of sale were for $3200...

Soooooo did I just get duped here or am I being paranoid?

 

[POLZIN]

Its guilt you know you love the old 9

 

[Dogmeat]

Its guilt you know you love the old 9

Definatley not that =)

 

[Twostroke]

Nah, someone elses headache now.

 

[roughrider99]

Nope, didn't get duped. It's common issue for us up here when we build sleds from parts, had a buddy who bought a race sled in the states, didn't have a vin, so the sled never did make it home.

 

[sled_guy]

No issue Dogmeat, you just can't sell the tunnel/bulkhead to anyone else now and them be able to register it with that vin (because its gone now obviously).

sled_guy

 

[ccpowder]

Only issue I see is for $200 you gave someone the means to register a stolen sled.

 

[trackvs2wheels]

And you think an "honest" thief is going to go through this amount of trouble to get his "stolen" sled registered...something doesn't add up for me there!

I bet it was legit...

Just my $0.02.

 

[03RMK800]

Re-read the first post. Its wordy, but the main part says "I sold my tunnel/chassis to a guy who asked me to not deliver it in its entirety but to part it out for him to save shipping costs."

 

[Dogmeat]

Welp. I guess the moral of the story is, this whole thing sure wasn't worth $200 one way or the other.

Not gonna set myself up like that again should I ever part another sled out, thats for sure.