Private seller meeting at public place

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• kyfdx Moderator Posts: 236,830

  January 2020

  MCallahan82 said:

  Hello all,
  
  I've found a used car through a private seller. Everything I've seen about it so far looks great. He has provided a lot of information on the car, including the clean Carfax report.
  
  For the test drive, he wants to meet at a public place. Is it a red flag that he wants to meet there instead of at his house, or is this just a reasonable precaution on his part?
  
  Thanks!

  Tough call.
  
  Our local police department encourages people to meet in their parking lot for person-to-person transactions.
  
  I've never had a problem with people coming to my house to look at cars I'm trying to sell, but I could understand someone with issues, that way.
  
  But, I don't know where you live, or how you feel about that. You might make it clear that you aren't bringing any money, and this is just for a test drive, until a deal is struck.

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• MCallahan82 Member Posts: 4

  January 2020

  Thanks for your response!

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