Its totally silly yes, i would say it's the buyer AND seller problem really, if its not evaluated you cannot sell it and the guy cannot buy it, so it is to be dealed with whatever party have more time in is hands if you ask me. Who has more leverage ? the buyer or the seller, if the seller is a dick and say things like, the evaluation is NOT my problem, well it is sir because you won't be able to sell the car unless you do a "procuration" but that is now really risky with photo radars n'shits.
I sold a 30 years old military vehicle 3-4 years ago and i had a hard time ( read impossible ) getting it evaluated in Gatineau, i went to Val-d'or because i knew someone who worked in a dealer here and anyway i was selling it to someone from Abitibi. I could have said to the buyer that the evaluation was not my problem, so instead of selling it in 3 months maybe it would took me 2 years to find my fish...
Government don't give a shit about our time, it's a complete PITA, for me a 24yo cars is worth more than a 25yo only for that reason, you lose money on the evaluation AND got taxed on a fake amount.
If you are selling or buying a mint expensive rare car it's not the end of the world but for a cheap shitbox its drive the price up quickly, driving buyers away. The guy that invented that "law" is on a private yacht by Monte Carlo somewhere.
The amount of 500$ ATVs/snowmobiles/dirtbikes that people don't bother selling because of that shit must be high, i mean FFS the taxes was already payed numerous times, give ourself a break. QC government is always doing little stupid thing like that to make a dime.
Jean Charest is probably getting a hard on reading my post.