Selling A Car Privately

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Originally Posted by Trundle

Last car I sold the bloke transferred the funds in front of me over the internet, sent me proof of transfer, photo of his licence, and all good. He travelled 700km one way to buy the car, and neither of us wanted to waste time.
If your dropping that type of cash, either bank cheque, which requires multiple visits in reality, or cash, or on site internet transfer.
Depends a bit on the situation, eg location of buyer and seller, if both are in the same city it's easier than someone who travels a decent distance to buy.
I travelled 1200 km to buy my last one (cheap at under $10,000) so paid cash.
If you can take a cash deposit and wait a week for the rest before handover you know you have a serious buyer, and is the safest option.
Good luck.

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Mate,


I'm liking the sound of a direct debit into my account .... fingers crossed.


But even with that I'd still be a bit nervous handing the car over straight away 'cause I don't think the money appears at my end instantly .... and there are folks with the will and the way (technology) to hustle like that.


Cheers,


Kev.

I like having the transfer done at the seller's local branch of the buyer's bank rather than over the net. I got payment for my D2 from an interstate buyer (I attended the bank then handed over the keys) and paid for a truck interstate with the seller (a small dealer) happy with sighting the stamped deposit slip before handing over those keys.

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

It never used to be, which I believe is unchanged. You used to have 24hrs, I think, to produce your licence after that (as in present to a police station), if pulled over by the police.


QLD are now introducing a new system for their licences ..... I'm not sure what the rules will be regarding carrying it after that.


There is certainly a lot of emphasis on photo recognition in an automated sense, as you have to get a new type of photo taken when you get the new style licence and it sounds very Big Brotherish.


I'll have to check ..... I just carry mine out of habit.

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In Qld on an open licence,you don't have to have your licence on you,but may be asked to produce it at any police station within 24hrs.

If on a provisional licence,you must carry it at all times while driving.

When selling a vehicle in Qld,a Bank cheque(not a personal cheque)is what i usually get from the purchaser.They must also fill out the rego transfer forms which include DL number,etc,BEFORE they take the vehicle.Make sure you sight the licence so can check the DL number,names,etc.
Once this is done all speeding fines etc are the purchasers responsibility once they have signed the rego transfer forms.
If the purchaser then does not go to the Transport dept and submit the forms,the seller is in the clear.
Make sure you keep the sellers part of the transfer forms.

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Thanks mate, appreciate the advice. Very smick looking car you have there.


Do you by any chance know what the general allowable size is for most sites?

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Used to have (sniff).

Not sure about photo size limits but most sites will auto-resize large images when you upload them so try that before wasting time doing it yourself.

Go with the bank cheque. Low tech and everyone should be able to do it and there'll be no IT glitches, etc.

You might find that for the money you are asking they'll be two cheques, one from the buyer and one from the financier.

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Originally Posted by scarry

In Qld on an open licence,you don't have to have your licence on you,but may be asked to produce it at any police station within 24hrs.

If on a provisional licence,you must carry it at all times while driving.

When selling a vehicle in Qld,a Bank cheque(not a personal cheque)is what i usually get from the purchaser.They must also fill out the rego transfer forms which include DL number,etc,BEFORE they take the vehicle.Make sure you sight the licence so can check the DL number,names,etc.
Once this is done all speeding fines etc are the purchasers responsibility once they have signed the rego transfer forms.
If the purchaser then does not go to the Transport dept and submit the forms,the seller is in the clear.
Make sure you keep the sellers part of the transfer forms.

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Thanks for your help Paul.


Appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Go with the bank cheque. Low tech and everyone should be able to do it and there'll be no IT glitches, etc.

You might find that for the money you are asking they'll be two cheques, one from the buyer and one from the financier.

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Yeah, probably [bigwhistle]


Cheers,


Kev.

Blank bank cheques are sometimes stolen. Banks wont automatically honour bank cheques these days, still wanting them to go through the system to be verified.

You would be pretty unlucky to get tangled up with a stolen Bank cheque.
If you were that worried,you could always get it cleared before handing over the keys.