How do you do shipping on trades?- Anyone?

[Tri-Z Pilot]

I want to trade my blaster, and it looks like I might have to ship it. My question is how do you accomplish this, how do you know you are getting what the person says, and not only that, but that they will actually ship their bike. Is there some kind of insuarance you get, or is it a leap of faith? How much would it cost to ship a blaster?

[Tri-Z Pilot]

Anyone, has anybody ever known someone that has done a crosscountry trade. I dont want anything to happen like that mudfreak I have been reading about.

[Tri-Z Pilot]

who could I ask to find this out?

[NOS_350X]

i dono becaue ive never done it but it sounds like its all trust in the other person. i'm trading a 89 yz 250 for a 85 350x but where meeting for that. its still one of thost things where we hope both of us know what where gettin into. i say the key is to have lost of contact. the guy i'm trading with i talk to online quite a bit in IM's and emails but we have also talked on the phone several times.

[Tri-Z Pilot]

Do you think howdy or someone might know?

[Howdy]

I personally haven't done a cross-country trade yet. To day the biggest machine I have shipped was a TriZinger to smokinwrench.

I can try to help with some info and ideas here but I would need to know a lot of the information. What type / or models of machines are we talking? From where to where? ect. If you want to keep the "Trade" private I can understand. We can talk privately via email or such and then make a generalatization post on how to do the deal for everyone here. ;)

Thanks
Howdy

[tmecars]

Yep, I just did one. I traded my 85 TriZ for the Tiger. I didnt ship it though, I went and picked it up. Drove from TX to Florida. I guess you have to just extend a certain level of trust. See if the guy is willing to meet you somewhere. If the guy sends you pics and gives you his home address, ph#, etc you can feel a little better. just my 2 cents.

[Tri-Z Pilot]

Driving is out of the question, he lives in california, and I live in Pennsylvania. He said something about pink slips but that only covers title transfer doesnt it?

[ange]

I recently used http://www.freightcenter.com

they were able to ship a trike for $215 from Michigan to Utah.

That might be the cheapest way to ship them...

Try to find someone in california on this board that lives near the guy, maybe they can help out in someway, checking out the T3 your looking at, picking it up, helping you get it to a shipper, anything just so you know you aren't getting screwed by the guy.

[NOS_350X]

where in cali? i doubt its near me but you never know. theres perty much someone on here from every part of cali. since cali is so big on the regsteration i bet is what hes sayin is send the bikes then later send the pink slips.

tmecars how did you find it (a tiger) and set up the trade??