Austrian wants to buy my car, what do i need 2 be careful of

[KS5000]

I have a guy from austria who shows interest in my car and is now coming to view the car. he says he's going to pay cash for the car. We've agrees a price, he says hes coming to uk over 3 days to view a few cars, but from the sound of the emails he has already planned to buy mine. Although everything seems ok and strait forward, i keep thinking there is a scam that i'm just not seeing. Is there anything I need to be cafeful about when selling a car to be taken abroad? Is there a scam anyone can see? I told him i will only take uk cash and i will check the notes with a marker to make sure they are real. If anyone one has any ideas or advice please let me know.
many thanks.

[soad]

Doesn't sound like the oceanographer, should be smooth sailing.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

What's the car, is it something that someone would really travel all that way for?

[Light n Hairy]

If he is paying you in cash, take him along to the bank when he pays, and pay the money straight in. Tell the teller about the situation.
That should help reduce the risk of the money being dodgy, as the bank itself should have some precautions.

Other than that I can't see how an Austrian with plans to come to the UK is sinister, unless of course he is vegetarian and has a small moustache.

[NHK244V]

Is it a Ford and is his name Hans ? if yes he's OK lol
TBH appart from filling out the perm export part of the V5 i can't see the differance to selling to a UK buyer? sold a few cars and parts abroad with collection and never had a problem but that doesn't make an expert in any way i could just be lucky

[Panayiotis]

I sold mine to an overseas buyer, no issues with the paperwork, but I would say that if it is a decent amount of cash, it would be best that you both go to the bank and deposit the money as they may require identification. Also the bank will know if the notes are counterfeit etc a lot better than you will.

I personally didn't take my own advice and did the paperwork and received a paper bag filled with money in return for the keys. Possibly not my finest hour, but it all worked out in the end thankfully.

[12gauge]

Dont be offended by his politeness. He means no harm. Its quite normal outside of the UK.

[SMcP114]

There are some bad people on this forum...

[davepoth]

Light n Hairy said:

If he is paying you in cash, take him along to the bank when he pays, and pay the money straight in. Tell the teller about the situation.
That should help reduce the risk of the money being dodgy, as the bank itself should have some precautions.

Actually I think if the bank take the notes in and say they're good then, and you aren't deliberately trying to defraud them, you should be covered if any of them turn out to be dodgy later. Make sure he pays in Sterling though.

[icepop]

Tskk, Tskk, Tskk......what's that Skippy, you've found some Pom, willing to sell us his car, for those dodgy bank notes we got off Sharlene......Bonza boy.

[rallycross]

No reason to worry other than if he ends up completely snowed in now !

[Panayiotis]

icepop said:

Tskk, Tskk, Tskk......what's that Skippy, you've found some Pom, willing to sell us his car, for those dodgy bank notes we got off Sharlene......Bonza boy.

Think more sound of music, less crocodile dundee

HTH

[zaphod42]

Go to the bank with him, pay in directly, hand him the export section of V5. Write a receipt with a TIME and date on that you both sign. (in case he hoons to the tunnel, you can agree who was responsible for any tickets)... Go for a coffee with him, talk cars and away you go.

As I understand it, lots of Europeans buying uk cars thanks to the Euro / Pound rates...

[cragswinter]

That's what I did when I sold the r26.r (it went to live at the ring), two Irish lads bought it paying half bankers draft half cash. We went to the bank, paid it in, then to the dvla local office to hand in the export & away they went.

Simple

[SuperVM]

I sold my car to some Danes without any problem, though expect a long viewing if someone has come all that way, two hours in my case. Again, just fill out the export section of the V5, though I also wrote the DVLA a little letter with the address of the new keeper.

[Harry Flashman]

SuperVM said:

I sold my car to some Danes without any problem, though expect a long viewing if someone has come all that way, two hours in my case. Again, just fill out the export section of the V5, though I also wrote the DVLA a little letter with the address of the new keeper.

This - my last car went to a buyer in Sweden.

As for payment, we went to the bank together, took copies of ID's, and verified a transfer from an escrow account that I had asked him to set up through my bank before coming: thus funds were cleared, verified, and simply transferred to my bank. Cost a bit (he paid the charges), but saved him carrying lots of cash, and meant no fraud for me.

[zaphod42]

cragswinter said:

That's what I did when I sold the r26.r (it went to live at the ring), two Irish lads bought it paying half bankers draft half cash. We went to the bank, paid it in, then to the dvla local office to hand in the export & away they went.

Christ - I wouldn't do a bankers draft on the day for anyone in the uk, let alone for a foreign sale.... You know they can be reversed?

[Marf]

zaphod42 said:

hand him the export section of V5.

BZZZZT Wrong.

You keep the purple export section and give him the rest. You fill in and send the purple bit to the DVLA to tell them your car is being permanently exported.

[V88Dicky]

If his surname is Hitler and he's from Linz, avoid like the plague. His family's a bunch of nutters.

[zaphod42]

Marf said:

BZZZZT Wrong.

You keep the purple export section and give him the rest. You fill in and send the purple bit to the DVLA to tell them your car is being permanently exported.

Quite right, I was the wrong way round...