Thank you Kaleb and all the others who replied to this question, yet nobody mentioned anything about escrow service! Is it because nobody tried it yet or because it does not offer the protection claimed!?
Thank you all, Omar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I need your help on how to finalize a vehicle purchase on eBay! > When I bought my SDL it was on ebay, made a deal outside of ebay and > seller ended auction. It was in colorado and I sent postal money orders > to the seller, he overnighted the title, and I had the car shipped back. > Yes, very risky but it worked out just fine. > > Ed Booher wrote: > > > On 1/8/06, kayoooh @ gmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hello Listers, > >>I am enlisting the help of all of you who bought cars through the web, > >>especially eBay. > > > > > > I agree with others who have voiced their opinion. I have yet to buy a > > car via eBay, personally. But I've bid on a few. I made sure all of > > them were close enough to see without too much trouble. You'll see me > > gripe quite a bit about Seattle being 2,274 miles away and across a > > desert from Indianapolis. Lot's of good stuff from out there, it > > seems. > > > > Either way, I would never buy anything that requires government > > intervention (ie title) and licensing via Money Order and UPS. Even if > > you don't drive it back and you do contract a hauler to bring it to > > you, you should go to the car, check it before you pay, and take the > > title directly from Previous Owner. > > > > If it isn't what was represented in the ad, I wouldn't pay for it > > either. Sure it will really annoy the PO, but if the thing is sitting > > on blocks and has rust in every panel of sheet metal and the pics on > > the website are from 5 years ago when it was still running, better to > > find out before you have the title signed over to you. > > > > -- > > Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.striplin.net > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > > > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, > 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, > 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 > http://www.striplin.net > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
