So....What is YOUR opinion on VIN swaps ?

Unfortunately, Jim's response is not what the criminal wants to hear! They want to be able to swap the VIN and reap the benefits of the higher valued car! A "new VIN" would be the last thing a deceptive VIN swapper wants!! Heck, very few honest VIN swappers would want to be issued a new VIN, or else that's what everybody would do!! Unfortunately, the money is in the numbers!!!
It's true, in life I think some people want to think what they are doing is OK or legal but as a lot of people discover what they heard or believed was legal isn't! Sometimes they find out when they are arrested or sued that maybe they didn't know everything! The only thing I suggest and have been trying to make a point of is, "Don't assume anything, contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles and get the facts before you proceed"