I want to buy an item from the USA for $4700 and have it shipped here
The seller assures me it is a genuine item but there are forgeries for this model and without a full appraisal until I get it to the UK I cannot be 100% certain
The seller is a smallish shop whose address checks out on google street view
I could fly out there & check myself but work pressures and lost invoicing time really doesn't make this viable
Ideally would like to pay on Visa for its purchase protection- but seller has suggested international wire transfer which would mean potentially he has my money + goods = not a happy place for me
Anyone done anything similar before or can recommenced the best way of progressing with the purchase with safeguards for goods turning out to be fake or goods not arriving (can get it FedEx over for $75)
The seller assures me it is a genuine item but there are forgeries for this model and without a full appraisal until I get it to the UK I cannot be 100% certain
The seller is a smallish shop whose address checks out on google street view
I could fly out there & check myself but work pressures and lost invoicing time really doesn't make this viable
Ideally would like to pay on Visa for its purchase protection- but seller has suggested international wire transfer which would mean potentially he has my money + goods = not a happy place for me
Anyone done anything similar before or can recommenced the best way of progressing with the purchase with safeguards for goods turning out to be fake or goods not arriving (can get it FedEx over for $75)
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