For those of you that have bought cars that were long-distance from you, say 1K/2K/3K miles and you don't go fetch it, do you think the shipping should be a part of the negotiated cost of the vehicle, or is that expectation unrealistic?
I ask because my Ranchero (pictured in my avatar) is for sale, and someone on another website decided not to buy it because he admitted that paying me to get home after I delivered it 2K miles away should be part of the price he pays for the car.
If the shipping is going to be part of the cost then figure shipping and add shipping and handling like those free TV offers do! Even when I'd buy a large TV or appliance I had to pay shipping. A pizza delivery ain't free! My plans are to have three of my cars transported on one car hauler 1000 miles for the cost of $1600. At least these are the plans and the deal so far. I know nothing about the transporter other than he is friends of my son-in-law's dad and the guy does this for a living. I don't even know where the company is located. If and when I find out more about the company I will let members know.
Normally, shipping is not included in the price of a car. When I bought my Montego out of California, I had to pay for and coordinate shipping on my own. But, there's no reason it can't be negotiated. But for someone to expect shipping to be included sounds like they're not too familiar with buying cars, and having them shipped. When I sold a '69 Cougar about 5 years ago, I had no plans to pay for or include shipping. But a guy who was stationed out of the country wanted the car. It wasn't easy for him to arrange shipping, so he made an offer on the car, to include shipping. Therefore, I made shipping arrangements and paid for it myself.
I've purchased several cars from across the country. Shipping has never been part of the vehicle price. As the buyer, I either picked the car up myself or I made all the shipping arrangements and I paid all the transportation bills. If you volunteered to deliver the car as part of the deal, then I guess the prospective buyer might have assumed that all the costs were part of the selling price.
I've never sold a car and included shipping. I've sold vehicles that went overseas. The buyers knew what the cost to get them home was, and knew it was above and beyond the agreed sales price.
When you buy a car, the car is no longer the responsibility of the seller. Would you want someone to be in charge of choosing and arranging shipping of an expensive item when their only responsibility is keeping costs down for themselves? I thought not, you might end up with a car with lots of oil splotches on top and delivered 50 miles from you on a very late date. Buyer should ALWAYS arrange their own shipping just for peace of mind and to have recourse against the shipping company.
shipping is always cost of buyer, unless otherwise negotiated;as others stated too, helps not to be responsible for car or what happens at transport after the sale
Yup- I would never include shipping in a sale, unless it was only a few hundred miles or less and I was delivering it myself (and driving home). When I bought the WBM, I knew it was going to be another $1,000 or so to get it home, but that was my cost for getting the wagon I wanted.
Good points, all. When he posted the possibility of buying it, I specifically said I could deliver it if he paid for my transportation back home. And it just occurred to me that I never negotiated with him the cost of driving out to Missouri...gas, food and lodging.
I have never included shipping in a sale price, ever. I refer the buyer to a couple of shippers that I have done business with, and let them sort out the details.
Well, it looks like a 'poke each other in the eye for fun fest' has taken over my thread on the other site. I've really had only one interested party several months ago; I think it's time I just take the ads down and keep it. I'll just need to get a few things fixed, and that'll allow me to drive it normally again.
