scENFORCER | 02-12-2015 06:26 PM | Anyone sell their car to the US and ship it? Got questions. Someone from New Jersey wants to buy my car. I obviously have my concerns about doing this, since there's so many things that can go wrong. To add to this I know nothing about the purchaser (no forum history or anything). I have 3 main questions;
1) Whats the best way to receive payment so I dont get screwed in case he tries to scam me (claiming he didnt receive the car or something). I know PayPal has a certain type of insurance, but the 3% rate might kill the deal since it will be fairly high on $10k. What about a service like MoneyGram? I use that to send money to family in Europe, but is it safe with this type of transaction?
2) I told the buyer that he's responsible for finding a shipping company and any accompanying insurance coverage, that I'd just drive it to the site and drop it off. Am I at all responsible for how the car is shipped (in case it gets damaged during shipping)? Is there anything in particular I should do to cover myself? Take pictures? Fill out any particular paperwork?
3) Anyone have successfully done this? What company did you use that you can recommend? Any company I should stay away from?
...any further insight into this would be greatly appreciated!! I'm getting ridiculously low offers locally (not surprisingly lol), so I'm forced to consider this option. |