Dan............. I have bought three cars via long distance with only seeing photos. For all three of these the photos made the car look great. I got lucky with the first one and screwed on the other two. First one was represented well and honestly and the other two were not. Spent unplanned $thousands fixing the other two to make them presentable. Still working on the third one.
In the future when I buy a car via long distance, if I cannot go see the car, I will have someone inspect them. Do not trust the seller! Google "Car Inspections" (learned this after the fact) and you will find a great service for about $200 that will do a super job of inspection and photos for you. There are car inspectors all over the country that specialize in helping long distance buyers. Absolute must to use. Good luck and don't make the same mistakes I have made. The $200 spent for an independent inspection is money well spent. DO NOT TRUST THE SELLER AND DO NOT TRUST PHOTOS! Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Josh Campbell <countryroad...@yahoo.com> To: dansolo...@msn.com; The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Sent: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:10 pm Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Cross Country Purchase My best opinion, if you can't view the car yourself just expect to replace EVERYTHING that way if you wind up not having to and actually get to save some of the original car then its a bonus!! That's how I looked at it when I bought the '71, it was an eBay purchase, granted the guy that sold it took really good pics and was very honest about it, and I got a smoking deal on it ($1300 and it actually pulled itself under its own power on the trailer!!) but I expected a typical A-body; quarters, lower fenders, dents and dings, rotted out trunk and floors, rockers, and the like. I was very surprised when all but one section of the floors were in good shape and the rockers were actually solid, and this is a northern car!! OK so enough of my rant, see if you can find someone you can trust to check the car out otherwise spend the extra dough and go check the car yourself to avoid disappointments. Josh Campbell 66 SS 396 (Black on the rotisserie, 1st car never part with it) 66 SS 396 (Red got it on a trade I only wanted the steering wheel) 71 Malibu (Since I can't sell it in the shape its in I'm making it my daily driver, although still FOR SALE) You should never have a battle of wits with morons ... they'll just drag you down to their level & beat you with experience. --- On Wed, 2/17/10, Dan Solomon <dansolo...@msn.com> wrote: From: Dan Solomon <dansolo...@msn.com> Subject: [Chevelle-list] Cross Country Purchase To: "Chevelle List" <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 4:38 PM Looking for a new project now that the Chevelle is finished. Spotted a couple cars on Hemmings that were possibilities but they are out west and I am on the east coast. Short of flying out to buy the car, what is the safest way to ensure that I get something close to what I expected and that my purchase is protected from flat out fraud. Thanks, Dan -------------------------- Sent using BlackBerry
