Buy a car without physically seeing it

moosestang said

I'm curious how many people have bought cars from across the country without seeing the car in person. There's a 66 barracuda in NV that i'd love to look at and possibly buy, but i can't just jump on a plane without planning a vacation around it. I don't even get 2 days off in a row in my job. It's at a dealer and they are very good at sending me videos and pictures, but i'm still hesitant without being able to look at the car up close. Just worried about buying a car with hidden rust everywhere. This place does restorations and has good reviews. Anyone near vegas with hands on experience with these cars want to go look at it for me, lol! 1966 Plymouth Barracuda | Atomic Motors Classic Cars & Motorcycles

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I bought my 1967 Dodge Dart convertible off of ebay sight unseen and had it shipped north to PA from North Carolina. Ebay has a buyers insurance that covers the representation of the car, the transaction, and insures the car during shipping. The car is great and was described accurately. The shipping didn't quite go as described but the car arrived it just took additional days. I did look at 2 other cars cross country and used a service from ebay to look at the car that took tons of pictures, test drove the car and gave a thorough description for a fee of close to $100. I did not buy 2 of those cars because of the reports. On one sale the owner wanted to do a different cheaper price an not use ebay and I refused as well.