Spending a few hundred dollars in gas money could save thousands and lots of grief in the long run. I had a six hundred mile round trip to see my car before I bought it (actually had to drive it twice) but in the end it was well worth it. (QUOTE)

I couldn't agree more. If I were spending over $ 30,000.00 I would want to feel it and touch it before any cash exchanged hands. Drive it too.

The only time I ever backed out on an Ebay purchase was on a '40 Ford pickup cab I bought on Ebay. We drove 13 hours to Shreveport La, saw the horrible condition it was in (it looked much better in the pictures) and within 3 minutes we were back on the road home........with no truck on the trailer. He had made it sound like it was in really good shape, so I didn't feel bad about not going through with the deal, and I was talking about a whole lot less than $ 30K.


Don