Hats off to Dale and others who try to keep track and openly post tag #'s but if a buyer or seller is financially hurt as a result of specific #'s appearing before or after a sale, truth or not what stops Dale or whoever posts these from being involved in any legal action that results?.
Also it's always possible for fraudsters to disrupt these databases w/ genuine #'s causing legal issues w/ unaltered cars too while at the same time compromising the validity of the true 'deceased' tags listed..
Even though not just anyone can post or add to these databases, if a crook posted for sale pics of someone's genuine unaltered tags on eBay and they landed on this or another similar site, how do you do to unwind it quickly and determine who's telling the truth?.
Obviously there's no fool-proof way to do it and I'm all for these sites also admire anyone who attempts to thwart the crooks but sadly no one is immune to legal attacks regardless of being in the right or wrong..
~ Pete
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I like real cars best...the REAL real ones!