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Possible, but Posted by Ari [Email] (#2847) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ari) on Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:11:17 In Reply to: SAAB for sale/overseas purchasers?, Chris Fast, Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:57:53 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I've seen cases where certain cars are being bought up by Europeans because all the local cars have been scrapped. This is particularly true of cars like Sonnetts. However, I would be very wary of someone looking for a fairly common car like a 900. To buy it sight unseen and have to pay the shipping charges, and who-knows-what import charges, makes me smell a rat. I've seen plenty of used 900's running around in Europe.
There is a very popular scam where the buyer presents a cashier's check for MORE than the asked for amount, giving some sort of lame excuse about exchange rates or such. They ask you to send back the difference, and their agent will be by to pick up the car. You send the overage, the buyer's agent never shows up, and about a week later the bank calls to tell you the cashier's check (out of country, of course) is invalid, the off-shore bank non-existant. You're out the overage, and the bad guys make off with the money, never caring about the car.
I have a simple rule. Either cash, or a bank check from a bank that I've personally seen and can walk into. If it's too good to be true, it probably isnt' true.
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