Campervan purchase warning

Rainer,
having come from Perth and lived on the eastcoast,I can see the problem the seller had.N S W cant give a blue slip /roadworthy on an interstate car unless you are re registering in NS W.In W A when you sell a car you dont need a roadworthy and in this case I would say that the car was not roadworthy or that the car had not been transferred in the beginning Working in Hospitality on the goldcoast I see this problem everyday with people telling oversaes buyers how easy it is to do it,full stop,with the language problems etc it is not easy.On the Goldcoast the sharks to watch out for arent always in the ocean
hope this is of some help and always remember if it looks too good to be true it probably is
regards Dave

Also beware of bank cheques .... they can be stopped just as easily as a personal cheque!
They also take the same time to clear.

My golden rule - a cheque (any cheque) is not money - its a piece of paper ! - the bank MAY change it to money - wait till then.

I can sell you a certain landcruiser campervan probably for simular money to the hiace camper! and it would give you an excuse to vist the greatest state for 4wd travel in oz

Hi,
Something else you might want to take into consideration if you purchase a van from interstate (which we did a month or so ago) is that you will have to have a engineers certificate to say the campervan is built to proper specs. As we found out after buying a QLD van, and that costs another $150 then your inspection costs are also dearer. So you might want to figure in the extra costs when checking out the prices it could well be cheaper just to find one already regod in NSW.

My story, 2 years ago i went to buy a truck from a dealer on parramatta road. 55kkm and good nick. did the deal and then felt funny so decided to have a even closer look. Something was just not right, car was perfect but a few bits were old and rusty.The tail gate was older than the rest but paintjob was ace. Even had a governemnt log book. Checked engine number and vin on gov webiste they did not belong to the same car.Had a pro inspect and found it was probalbly stolen rebirth, but a good job.
Dealer tried dropping 5 grand off the price if I still took it, what a cheek.
I threatened with the police and he gave me my deposit back and said he would send it to the auctions. Very scarry. I bought my next car private and checked it out with a magnifying glass.

Cheers

Skinny