http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32072&item=4560473107&rd=1

I didn't think you were allowed to mess with or sell compliance plates.

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

The way I interpret ebay's own guidelines, it is prohibited.

"Items that claim to be, or to look similar to, official government identification documents or licenses"

Or even under;

"Any item that is primarily used to alter identification documents, licenses or plates."

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/community ... nment.html

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

yea I saw that......these sellers AND the people that buy items like this give us all a bad name....AND rip the unsuspecting off!

It's been said many times before...but there are more Cooper S's on the road now than were ever made!

Out of the 5000 or so S's made in australia, only 15000 still remain today

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

i've got genuine cooper s clubman! Honest, No.... Well that's what h told me when i bought it?

Cheers

Aaron

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It's cause of all these extra cooper s cars that everytime someone finds out you have a
mini, the first question is "Is it a cooper S?"
Doesn't rally bother me, considering there would be less cars badged 850s
than coopers, making mine rare.

every time someone says to me "is that a cooper s?" I just agree and say yes....

My LS says, quite proudly '1275 LS' Down the side, and badges the same, grille and bootlid, but they still ask...

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Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Choose two.

Not cool, but not as bad as the illustrious Paul Gulson from Brisbane selling BLANK plates. They have everything on them but the stamped characters.

He sells them on eBay all the time.

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Morphias.
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If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space...

who in the right mind would consider buying that perticular item????

NOT I, NOT I

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Hey, Rocky watch me pull a rabbit outta' my hat...

nothing up my sleeve...

PRESTO!

These plates seem to come up every 2 or 3 months. You never were permitted to buy compliance plates, so I don't understand why you can buy them now.
At $280 it seems to have a big market. If your driving it, in your heart you know it's not genuine.

But if you export it to Japan...

I had a guy ask me jsut the other night if my mini was a Cooper.....

a purple clubman with a f'king 4" cannon....yeah..its a cooper Idiot.

I just started walking off slowly and hoped he'd go away.

OK, a few points....

1) It is not a compliance plate, it is an identification plate. (there is a big difference)
2) You are not breaking any laws by buying or selling them.
3) You could buy blank ones new (and still can)
4) There are people that collect old plates just like people collect stamps or sparkplugs.

However, it is against the law to fit that plate to another mini.

True, or the U.S of A. The lawsuit's would put a few exporter's out of business.