I'm privately selling my car and am worried about someone stealing it on a test drive. What precautions can I take? Any other scams I should watch out for?
Thanks
2007-05-29 21:12:43 · 4 answers · asked by thekittiesinthehood 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
If you are selling you car (privately)
(a) don't let the buyers just go off drive your car by themselves. Go with them - or send your father / brother / boyfriend (if you are a woman).
(b) get paid in CASH.
NO MATTER WHAT!
(c) meet in a neutral location - McDonald's, etc. Not at buyer nor your house / home. You don't want this buyer to bug you once you sold the car, or why are you selling it.
(d) get an estimate of what the dealer would pay you. Don't go any lower than that from private sales.
(e) depending on your state law, make sure you KEEP your plates. My father sold his car and left the plates on it. Six months later we got notice from the DMV saying we owed something like $6K in parking tickets (OK part of the problem is that here in NYC we get tickets for scratching our butts while parked... but that another story).
(f) get photo copies of buyers drivers license (just in rare case it is used in some crime later) to prove you sold it.
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Also look in your own state's DMV website. It should have guide like on what papers works you need need.
2007-05-29 21:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that you have to be paid in cash, but a good thing is to get a cashiers check and a signed bill of sale. To be really safe, go to the buyers bank with him/her and get the check made out right in front of you.
2007-05-30 01:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by Jay P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May Sure U Make A Written Agreement of the price "AS IS" --- the year, make of car, mileage, both ur names, addresses n signed by both !
2007-05-30 03:26:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
astounding thanks to make certain you do not get conned is to maintain the call till you obtain finished charge. also get as a lot assistance about them as conceivable. address, telephone style, and artwork address and telephone style and then the phone style and address of a minimum of three those who recognize them. earlier they take the vehicle ensure all assistance. Get the charge in finished. in the adventure that they insist on writing you a verify ask them to pass to their economic organization and get cashiers verify. (Cashiers verify pulls the money ideal from the account in an attempt to't stop charge.) yet maximum seriously is ensure you've the money in hand earlier you hand them the call.
2016-10-18 11:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋