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Buying a used can some times be a challenge. Can I trust the person that I am buying from? How do I know if it is a good deal? Am I paying to much for this car? These are just a few of the questions that run through our head as we prepare to buy that used car. We also want to get the best car for the money. I am sure that we have all run into the used car ad that has an incredibly cheap price on it. Is it to good to be true? Good question!

The first thing that we need to remember is that people like money, and they don’t normally give things away to strangers. If you find a used car that seems to be priced way to low then there is a good chance that something is wrong with the car. In a situation like this you don’t want to buy the car no matter what!

The most obvious place to investigate is the title. If the car has been totaled or salvaged the title of the car will have that stamped on it. Therefore always ask the owner to see the title of the car while you are test driving it. If they are hesitant or if the title is at their brothers’ house this is sure warning sign so beware!

Another scenario is this one; they will have had a new title made for the car. Many times they say that the original title was lost and so they had to get a new one. Sometimes this may be true, but many times it is just an easy way to hide the information that was on the original title.

Believe it or not, but I was fooled with one car seller. I looked at this truck and really liked it. It had less than 100,000 miles on it so I thought that the sale price was very cheap. He gave me his word that the miles were actual and that it was just a bit dirty. WARNING, it’s not just dirty it is used! And has been used for a whole lot more then the miles, or seller are telling you.

I enjoyed it and it worked just fine for what I needed it to do. Two years time had passed and I was ready to sell it and get a sportier car. I listed the truck in the paper and hoped to get more then what I owed the bank. The first possible buyer really liked the truck and agreed to buy it. He took the VIN and told me he would bring a check within 2 days time. I was so excited!

In fact it was to easy! The buyer called me back within a few hours. He told me that he couldn’t buy the truck for that price. I was a little mad, as we had already bargained and decided on a fair price. He further explained that he did a search on the internet to locate any information that he could for that VIN. It showed up as having 100,000 more miles on it then what the odometer read. At this point I was beyond shock, I was extremely mad! I couldn’t believe that they guy who sold it to me had lied to me.

What did I do? I lowered the price and told people that I wasn’t for sure about the miles. Basically “buyer be ware, and buy at your own risk”. I didn’t get nearly the money that I wanted for it and it took much longer to sell than I had wanted. Oh well, I learned a very important lesson that day, one that I will never forget!

If you are unsure about the car that you are considering to buy, then check it out online. The technology that we have today is incredible, and we should use it to the best of our ability. It can save us a lot of money at the same time.

Let’s continue thinking about this topic and consider this as you go. If a deal seems to good to be true; it normally is! Now if you are buying from your uncle Henry or someone that you know you can trust that is a different story. Otherwise I would proceed with caution. I hope that you all find your dream car for the price that you want. It is possible, just keep hunting!

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