Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:17 pm  

Hello.... This is a scam, no doubt about it.

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:19 pm  

Shipping wise he's gonna be looking at around £1200. Plus the cost of transporting it half way across the country.

It's got to be a scam. Had it been a rarer/ vintage car I could of understood him going through all the hassle and cost's involved. But in this case it's screams danger signs.

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:22 pm  

Unless you are getting a very favourable price, I'd forget it.

There are too many potential risks and you've got all the extra work. You may lose the car and not get paid, you may have a psycho getting hold of your bank a/c details and address, do you know the law in the US on this sort of thing? For all you know if the car gets used in a crime / terrorist event you may have some liability and may get an expenses paid trip to Cuba. Wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole myself.

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:23 pm  

have a look at this forum. there is even a sub section on used car scams. http://www.scam.com/index.php seriously why would somebody want to buy a car such as yours and incur the legal and shipping costs attached? I would have thought the figures involved in doing this would be pretty high as a percentage of the car price. another..... http://www.autoshippers.co.uk/car_shipping_scam.htm

have a look at this forum. there is even a sub section on used car scams. http://www.scam.com/index.php seriously why would somebody want to buy a car such as yours and incur the legal and shipping costs attached? I would have thought the figures involved in doing this would be pretty high as a percentage of the car price. another..... http://www.autoshippers.co.uk/car_shipping_scam.htm

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:24 pm  

Dally wrote:

Unless you are getting a very favourable price, I'd forget it.

The better the price the better chance it is being a scam.

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:29 pm  

A 1.4L hatchback is definitely a rare car in America though. You could pull a crowd of mulleted denim jacket wearing tyre kickers at any small town car show with one of those. You'd get the full gamut of amazed responses from "I wouldn't want to collide head on with a pick-up in one of those" to "I wouldn't want to collide head on with a truck in one of those".

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:30 pm  

So then, to sum up:

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:32 pm  

Is the prospective buyer a Nigerian prince? If so, you may get scammed twice for the price of one.

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:34 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

So then, to sum up:

Looking at the Western Union stories though, mine seems slightly different. It isnt being paid by cheque, it will be paypal. Also, i will not be paying the shipping, the buyer will. I could also withdraw all the funds from my bank account prior to even releasing the vehicle.

Saying all that though, i have been scared off selling this car to this particular buyer!!

Re: Exporting a car to the USA : Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:46 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

... I could also withdraw all the funds from my bank account prior to even releasing the vehicle....

Not so. You withdraw funds against an item believed to be cleared. It doesn't clear. You just owe the money to your bank.

Saying all that though, i have been scared off selling this car to this particular buyer!!

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