Thread: Advice: How to remotely buy a used car from a private seller?

I bought my RRS unseen from a private seller within NSW. There are a few things you can do to reassure yourself about the purchase:

A PPSR certificate will give you knowledge of any liens against the vehicle
Searching on the VIN in the Land Rover online service history will give you an idea of the dealer service history, bear in mind that most vehicles will only have had one service a year. Click on the link below book a service Land Rover(R) Online Service History - Land Rover(R) Australia
My financier actually required the vendor to go through a pile of hoops including a full service report from a land rover dealer.

After much looking I came to the conclusion that me seeing the vehicle physically probably would not actually reduce my risk that much. My financier arranged direct debit payment to the vendor once all the hoops had been completed.

I did reject one nice vehicle that had money owing on it and the vendor was unwilling or unable to clear the debt before purchase. Splitting payment into part for the vendor and part to their finance company seems to be a bridge too far for most financiers and is probably complicated even if you have a fistfull of cash.

Downsides to buying privately - I had to cough up the stamp duty and transfer fees which would have been financed through a dealer, and it is probably more work than buying through a dealer who can do things like interstate shipping at reasonable rates, we drove 600KM to pick it up but the upside was the drive home in a new car (for me) SWMBO had to drive my ute home

Regards,
Tote

Sold my D4 to an interstate buyer on here,unseen.

He rang the place it was serviced at,I also had it checked at another place for him.
The reports were sent to the purchaser with pics,etc.
The purchaser organised the transport and paid for it.
He DD the money to our account for the vehicle.We owned the vehicle outright,he was buying it outright so probably an easier transaction.
I dropped the vehicle at the transport depot and took the plates off it.

Easy as