Need contact info for new purchase inspection

Have you asked someone on the East Coast to look at the car?

Here's the issue. Estate sale.........deceased owner, daughter selling car and is out of the country on assignment for the next several months......she had the car inspected, serviced and the car is now crated and ready to be shipped. This is a no risk transaction for me. If I do not like the car or it does not pass a local mechanic's inspection, I can ship it back at the seller's expense.

Sounds like a scam to me. How does the money get exchanged? Do you wire money once you are satisfied with the inspection? Do you send half up front and the other half once you are happy with the inspection? HUMMMMMM

Who pay for the shipping to your place?
Sometimes they ask you for send money to the shipper for the shipping because the owner is out of town/country .
They dont want to rip you off the money from the car but only the small amount for the shipping.
Simon

Do you have the VIN? Where is the car located?

This is probably a scam! Has anyone ever heart of DAW Transport Solutions, LTD. Can't find anything about them anywhere.

THPNPL7104

PROVO MO had the car in CA
would this be it

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Originally posted by BigD:
THPNPL7104

Do you have any pictures? The car is yellow and listed in Provamo with pictures, California plate #8948PH (combat wounded plate)

http://www.provamo.com/Members...104/RTHPNPL07104.asp

pic of plate

Have you paid for the car?

Yeah that smells pretty scammy. Maybe not so, but it doesn't feel right. Did you google their email, phone number, etc. I have seen some pretty good scams over the years involving cars, and all of those aspects you mention have been involved. Just be careful. Mention that you want to fly out and see it, and prefer to bring cash and see what happens. Out of curiosity, does she happen to be an oceanographer out at sea for a couple months? That's an old scam, but still may be active.

Here we go again .. read Mike The Snake's experience and learn.

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Originally posted by BigD:
Here's the issue. Estate sale.........deceased owner, daughter selling car and is out of the country on assignment for the next several months......she had the car inspected, serviced and the car is now crated and ready to be shipped. This is a no risk transaction for me. If I do not like the car or it does not pass a local mechanic's inspection, I can ship it back at the seller's expense.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I have never heard of crating a car to ship it in the United States. I just sold a car to a guy in Michigan and it was loaded onto a car hauler and sent that way. It is also hard to believe that a seller would pay for the shipping of a car back if the buyer wasn't satisfied. The owner of the car being out of the country on assignment is another red flag. Not impossible, but used on scams. See what they say if you just want to go pick up the car and drive it home yourself.

This is without a doubt a scam for all the aforementioned reasons.

My BS detector is going off. All of us would love to find a rust free , low mileage cat for a "song."
I had some one on E bay try to sell me his late son's Pantera , just wanted it gone , wire 1/2 to a address in Las Vegas.Car is in NM. Ad ended up being copied and pasted from a Hemmings clasified for a car in the SF bay area , at a consignment dealer. I never had bid on that car at e bay, but had sent a e mail question. A little research revealed the scam , and the old too good to be true.
Never wire money on good faith , never carry cash if you think something isn't right. Remember there have been several Craiglist murders involving classic cars. Taking a wife along ended up in a double murder,not safety in numbers.
The offer to fly out and look at the car should be enough to spook a scammer. Air fare , round trip would be less than shipping.
It's a sad day when someone would resort to a scam or violence vs a honest job.