Motorcycle Shipping links and details to help you find the best deal as well as some of the safest, best companies to make your motorcycle shipping experience that bit better. Also Buyer/Seller Tips.

BUYER/SELLER 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

Motocycle shipping buyers/sellers, consider using the Shippingmasters payment and/or title transfer service to make your transaction more secure.

Buyers, ask for detailed pictures of the bike.

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.

Motorcycle shipping buyers, ask the seller to bring the bike to their local 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.

Buyers, only buy a bike that has a title.

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.

Motorcycle shipping buyers, ask the seller to provide a notarized bill of sale.

Buyers, don't buy a bike if you cannot contact the seller by telephone. Scams have been reported recently on ATV and bike 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.

Motorcycle shipping 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.

Motorcycle shipping 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.

Buyers/Sellers, be careful when considering an international purchase or sale. Many international scams have been reported.

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