Something To Copy From

Three posts back I mentioned it is easy to make quick progress from a low starting point, by copying others who have successfully and efficiently done the same. In other words, you don't have to reinvent the wheels.

Here is something to share about.

My son sold his Toyota Yaris to a private owner. Here are the steps of the whole process:

1. My son advertised the car for sale. A buyer responded with interest.
2. The buyer inspected the car, made an offer. My son accepted the offer.
3. I downloaded a set of car ownership transfer form from the Department of Transport's website. The form consisted of two identical pages, one green and one red. The top part of the form contains the car and current owner details. The bottom part of the form contains the buyer details. Both green and red pages are to be signed by seller and buyer.
4. Buyer pays seller in bank cheque.
5. The green form is to be mailed in by the seller to the Department of Transport within 7 days of the sale. The red form is to be mailed in by the buyer to the Department of Transport within 7 days of the sale.
6. Sale completed.

Everything was done in the comfort of home, without going into the Department of Transport. No queue, no time wasted. Could be done even at night.

There was no ownership paper for the car. All the records of car ownership are maintained at the Department of Transport. The signature of the seller on the form is the only security check in the sale, just like the signature on the cheque is the only security check for fund withdrawal from a cheque account.

This sounds like a good place to start copying a simple and efficient administrative procedure.