HELP! How to safely buy/sell long distance?

[RickOKC]

THANK YOU EVERYONE! I appreciate your insight and advice so much! All your information is memorized and I feel SO much better prepared for my next venture. (I apologize for not responding sooner - things at work went totally ape crap and kept me hopping over the last 36 hours.)

Yesterday I had just enough time to arrange for an excellent resource to inspect this VX (a trusted friend of a trusted friend.) He is someone who could also hand over payment in person IF the VX turned out to be a keeper.

I'm already in contact with another seller a little closer to home so.... hopefully something good will happen soon.

[don moore]

good luck ..hope it turns out good...

[Riff Raff]

RickOKC--- I agree with what people have said. Your best bet is to get a local forum member from Vehicross.Info to take a peek at the VX you like and have them give it an evaluation/report card (with test drive).

When you are ready to pull the trigger, just make damn sure you use www.ESCROW.com as the monetary conduit for the transaction. I purchased my VX from eBay and used www.ESCROW.com and everything went smooth as silk and it gave me total peace of mind knowing I wasn't going to get ripped-off. Plus; if you don't like the VX after the 3-day inspection period (from your local ISUZU certified mechanic), then you'd just pay for return shipping back to the seller. No harm, no foul. Worst case; you'd end up paying shipping both ways, but you wouldn't be stuck with a lemon.

For vehicle shipping-- use www.DASautoshippers.com (Dependable Auto Shippers). They are the best and the most economical. DAS also has nationwide drop-off locations that safeguard the vehicle until you can pick it up at one of their many DAS motorpools.

So, check-out the websites of www.ESCROW.com and www.DASautoshippers.com and become more familiar with the process. Buying a vehicle sight unseen requires you to put certain safeguards in place, so the vehicle is protected during shipment (with www.DASautoshippers.com) and your money is protected so you don't get ripped-off by the seller (with www.ESCROW.com).