Shipping a Car From Out of State

[1G_DSM]

Has anybody bought and shipped a car from out of state? I want to know where and who I can get a shipping quote from.

Also what happens exactly? Like how did you pay for it? How do you make sure you don't get scamed? How long did it take for the car to arrive? Does the car arrive at your house?

I've never bought and or shipped a car from out of state and I was just kind of curious because I don't like anything local here.

[blageo23]

Uship.com.
Posted an ad and the guy gave me a quote and I paid him when he dropped the car off. it was $500 from South Carolina to here. I paid the guy before the shipper picked it up.

[1G_DSM]

Uship.com.
Posted an ad and the guy gave me a quote and I paid him when he dropped the car off. it was $500 from South Carolina to here. I paid the guy before the shipper picked it up.

How did you pay for the car? My biggest concern is getting scammed out of thousands of dollars from the seller.

[blageo23]

I sent a cashiers check to him.Via USPS overnight.

[1G_DSM]

I sent a cashiers check to him.Via USPS overnight.

Weren't you scared he might just take your money and run?

[93gtpeater]

Pay pal would be the best way to do it. Or give the company the money for the car and they will pay for it when they pick it up.

[Halon]

I bought my old 1G off DSMTrader. It was in Nevada and I lived in Arizona, so I had it shipped to me.

I more recently bought my SC300 off ebay. It was in Illinois and I live here in the twin cities so I had it shipped to me.

The more recent one, I gave the guy a downpayment via paypal, and sent him the rest of the money as a Cashiers Check from my bank. Once he had the money, I then set up shipping with a local shipper that Momin (speedfreak) on here knows. The guy dropped the car off at the shippers local hub. They delivered it and I picked it up at there local hub here in New Brighton, and paid them the shipping costs at that time. Sounds like that is just how that industry is. If you want to ensure a "fast" delivery, be prepared to pay extra for that. If you go the cheap or medium route, you better be ready to play the waiting game, and be ready for their 1 week expected time frame they tell you at first, to turn into a 3-4 week time frame. From what I've gathered, that's simply how this industry is unfortunately.

Here's the local place I went through:
http://www.lakevillemotor.com/ContactUs.html
The gentlemen I dealt with was Tyler.

[blageo23]

Weren't you scared he might just take your money and run?

I bought it from a member on here that is pretty respected so I trusted him. Made arrangments with the shipper on day one, he picked it up that day and I got it I belleve 2 days after that.

[1G_DSM]

I bought it from a member on here that is pretty respected so I trusted him. Made arrangments with the shipper on day one, he picked it up that day and I got it I belleve 2 days after that.

That site you gave me, different people bid to ship your vehicle or something? How does that work?

[blageo23]

Yeah people bid but smallest wins. Talk to mx3twinturbo. He arranged it for me.