car importation business

car importation business

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crankedup

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244 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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I am intent on purchasing a vehicle from a Company based in South Africa. Spotted the advert several weeks ago after a Google search threw it up. Contacted the Company via there web site and have been in communication via email since. Got to the stage of purchase whereby they have sent me an invoice for the purchase, they look after all the shipping and legal export requirements. I will need to register the vehicle once it’s in the U.K.

I have searched for any bad news about the selling dealership and found nothing untoward.
They do offer credit card facilities for payment but this will cost me an additional 5.5% of the purchase cost. I’m tempted to pay by cash transfer to save myself that 5.5% but it’s the first time I have purchased directly from abroad.

My question is how can I be 100% confident that this is not an elaborate scam?