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SHIPPINGMASTERS TIPS
Here is some useful information about how to make a long distance sales transaction more secure for both the buyer and seller. Before you do anything else see this website:
www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
1. Buyers/Sellers, consider using the
Shippingmasters payment and/or title transfer service to make your
transaction more secure.
2. Buyers, ask for detailed pictures of the bike.
3. Buyers, make a list of detailed questions to ask the seller
relative to the bikes condition and maintenance history and document
the seller's responses.
4. Buyers, ask the seller to bring the bike to their local motorcycle shop. Call
the service manager and ask him/her to provide an independent
assessment of the bikes condition. If there are surprises, you can
attempt to re-negotiate the deal.
5. Buyers, only buy a bike that has a title.
6. Buyers, ask the seller to take pictures of the bike just prior to
shipping the bike in order to have a record of the bikes condition
prior to shipping.
7. Buyers, ask the seller to provide a notarized bill of sale.
8. Buyers, don't buy a bike if you cannot contact the seller by
telephone. Scams have been reported recently on bike and ATV purchases. In each case the seller did not have a working phone
number, or claimed their hearing was impaired and couldn't use a
phone.
9. Buyers, if the seller arranges your shipment through
Shippingmasters make sure you contact us to ensure the shipment has
been booked before sending money to the seller. Scam artists have told
buyers that shipments have been set up with Shippingmasters and wired
money to scam sellers thinking the shipment has been set up only to
find out Shippingmasters has not booked the shipment.
10. Buyers, if possible do not wire money to a seller. It's usually a
better option to send a form of payment that can have a stop placed on
it if necessary.
11. Buyers/Sellers, be careful when considering an international
purchase or sale. Many international scams have been reported.
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