to be honest, its quite likely that if you sell a halda twinmaster, it will
be bought by someone in europe - classic rallying is much more common
here. i imagine the poor guy was pretty irritated when you backed out of
the sale. there are some non americans who want to buy stuff without
scamming....
having said that, paying by MO seems a little antiquated. i would insist on
paypal for anything except a car, in which case, you can have the funds
wired to you before you ship the car.
back to the subject of exporting a car from the US... you can leave the
plates on there - they will just be a nice souveneer for the new owner.
they will also make it easier for him to get the car home and to his 'DMV'
without getting stopped by police all the time (a car without any plates
attracts attention even though its actually permitted). you need to send
the US title to the export dock with the car (the shipper will handle this)
where it is stamped for export and mailed back to you. you then need to
send the title and registration to the new owner in germany as he will need
it to register the car. the process in germany is somewhat complicated but
you do not need to worry about that.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:19 AM, Thomas Witt <atwittsend@verizon.net> wrote:
> Kind of my first thought too (Scam). Check this out to be sure.
>
> Twice I tried to sell my Halda Twinmaster on Ebay IN THE USA ONLY. Both
> times European buyers were the high bidder. I backed out of both deals
> (with just cause). Rather be safe than sorry.
>
> That said, I did sell a Halda Speed Pilot (on Ebay) and some guy in Italy
> bought it. He sent an electronic Money Order before I could even cancel the
> deal. I picked up the MO at the local grocery store. By that method the
> check was good as they wouldn't have issued it without him first paying for
> it on his end.
>
> So, at the least be careful.
> Tom
>
>
>
> I would first and foremost be suspect of a scam. There are a *lot* of
>> scams going on with "foreign" buyers. Be ware, and get educated...
>> here's a starting point -
>>
>> http://www.used-car-advisor.com/car-buyer-scam.htm
>>
>> Chris
>>
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