How to you purchase your cars out of state?
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How to you purchase your cars out of state?
So I've been wanting to go out of my state to purchase a car. Without bringing a suitcase of cash handcuffed to my wrist to purchase a car, how or what is the best way you all buy cars?
I want to pay straight up cash for the car but don't really trust lugging the cash around.
Suggestions?
I want to pay straight up cash for the car but don't really trust lugging the cash around.
Suggestions?
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There are a couple of different ways to do this. It really depends on who you are buying from. Is it a dealership or an individual?
The easiest way is just to have your bank wire it to their account. It takes a day or two but it is completely transparent so no one is skeptical about getting a check from you or anything like that.
If you plan on actually going to see the car as opposed to having it shipped to you, if it's a dealership just put a deposit with your credit card and then then bring them a check. If it's an individual just bring them a cashier's check.
The easiest way is just to have your bank wire it to their account. It takes a day or two but it is completely transparent so no one is skeptical about getting a check from you or anything like that.
If you plan on actually going to see the car as opposed to having it shipped to you, if it's a dealership just put a deposit with your credit card and then then bring them a check. If it's an individual just bring them a cashier's check.
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Originally Posted by Mr.E.G.,Apr 14 2010, 12:17 AM
There are a couple of different ways to do this. It really depends on who you are buying from. Is it a dealership or an individual?
The easiest way is just to have your bank wire it to their account. It takes a day or two but it is completely transparent so no one is skeptical about getting a check from you or anything like that.
If you plan on actually going to see the car as opposed to having it shipped to you, if it's a dealership just put a deposit with your credit card and then then bring them a check. If it's an individual just bring them a cashier's check.
The easiest way is just to have your bank wire it to their account. It takes a day or two but it is completely transparent so no one is skeptical about getting a check from you or anything like that.
If you plan on actually going to see the car as opposed to having it shipped to you, if it's a dealership just put a deposit with your credit card and then then bring them a check. If it's an individual just bring them a cashier's check.
Bought my S via an Ebay auction from a dealer. Called within 24 hours to secure the purchase with a CC ($1000). Then wired them the balance (just popped into my bank and it was all handled via a CSR).
I actually had intended on sending them a cashiers check, but the transport showed up two days early and I did the wire same day.
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Originally Posted by Onehots2k,Apr 14 2010, 09:56 AM
I vote for the suitcase full of cash handcuffed to your wrist.
#7
It's more impressive if you have your assistant walk in with you with the briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. True ballers don't carry money; they have others carry their money.
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Originally Posted by JonBoy,Apr 14 2010, 07:24 AM
It's more impressive if you have your assistant walk in with you with the briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. True ballers don't carry money; they have others carry their money.
For my car, I flew in, checked out the car, then drove to my bank with the seller and had him watch my bank cut him a certified check.
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You can request a cashiers check online and even have it mailed directly to the seller, though you'd probably want it in hand if you're going to pick the car up yourself.
FTR, I bought my car from Chicago and had it shipped down here to Florida, paid via a wire (see above) using B of A.
First time I've ever purchased a used car site unseen, but since it was a dealer and they provided all sorts of additional details as needed, I was pretty confident it would work out (plus the car still had/has factory warranty).
I sold my Z06 to a guy in AL, he bought it without an "on site" inspection (just lots of good pics), but I had been a member on the Vette Forum for like 10 years, so I was a pretty well known source. He FedEx'ed me a cashiers check and I sent him the title/etc., after the financial element was resolved. We also drafted up a contract of sorts with some language defining the deal, condition, lack of warranty, etc.
FTR, I bought my car from Chicago and had it shipped down here to Florida, paid via a wire (see above) using B of A.
First time I've ever purchased a used car site unseen, but since it was a dealer and they provided all sorts of additional details as needed, I was pretty confident it would work out (plus the car still had/has factory warranty).
I sold my Z06 to a guy in AL, he bought it without an "on site" inspection (just lots of good pics), but I had been a member on the Vette Forum for like 10 years, so I was a pretty well known source. He FedEx'ed me a cashiers check and I sent him the title/etc., after the financial element was resolved. We also drafted up a contract of sorts with some language defining the deal, condition, lack of warranty, etc.
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