best way to pay for a car, when it requires shipping Options

[elvasoshexai]

for those of you that have bought a car when shipping was involved, what method of payment did you use? cheque? bank draft? credit card?

i already got the bank draft (frickin cost me $5) but i just found out i could credit my own credit card with enough money to make the purchase... and credit cards have fraud protection while brank drafts don't...

a credit card payment will need to be made via paypal. however... paypal's rate is higher than my bank's rate... AND they have a service charge... so i end up paying several hundred over...

the seller does have 42-43 positive feedbacks on ebay all from selling cars. (100% of the people have recieved the car). however, i am buying the car off of ebay. she seems legit... but i still wanna be careful... as this is the largest purchase i've ever made in my life

i'm not too sure if i can use my bank draft with escrow.. someone had suggested it to me.. but they only accept cheques... and i can't get a cheque in US currency because i have an account with canadian currency... they only accept CC payments via paypal. but the limit for that is $5000... and um. doing it this way i will get hit 2x the service charge

so i'd just like to here what you all would recommend considering my situation and also for those of you who have paid for a car that required shipping, what method did you use to pay. thanks!

o. and flying down + driving it back up is out of the question since i can't afford to take a few days off...

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Oct 12, 2005 - 7:31 PM

[elvasoshexai]

i had the car taken into toyota of orlando for an inspection.. i talked to the advisor taking care of the inspection and he said the car was in really good shape... so i hope that is the case when it arrives...

just talked with dealer.. she is not willing to do escrow as she's gotten burned with fake escrow sites so she doesnt wanna try it.. she says she has dealer licenses and stuff and that i can even check up the company history... etc and that if anything happens i can take action and get her license revoked/suspended etc.. and she was also saying from her ebay account i can check she's shipped to other countries before and that i have more ways of getting action taken if something happens since she is a dealer while i'm a private buyer.. what do you all think?

as for insurance while on the truck...um.. i have to talk to the shipping company about that... although i assume since i've already paid that it is considered mine... the shipping company is searail.ca they seem pretty big so i think they would have some type of quality assurance thing

This post has been edited by elvasoshexai: Oct 12, 2005 - 9:54 PM