Things to look out for when selling

International Buyers

Watch out for international buyers.  No one in their right mind would want to import a car from Ireland (due to taxes cars are a lot more expensive here). So unless the car is something very special (perhaps a classic) do not entertain anybody who wants to buy the car without actually seeing the vehicle. For your information how these guys work is that they send you a cheque for shipping and the car, you forward on the payment to the shipper meanwhile a few days later your informed by your bank that your cheque has bounced!!

Classifieds ads

If your advertising a car on the internet you can expect lots of calls from classified companies (usually magazines with dwindling circulations) many of these are genuine enough but there is an English company in particular who will claim to have buyers already lined up to buy your car at an even higher price than your looking for.  They relieve you of 80 sterling and you never hear from them again!!