Originally Posted by doesntcount

I've foudn the car I want. The biggest issue is my hestiancy to wire $34k to a used car dealer that I've never seen. Website looks good. And I have an independent inspector going to inspect the car this afternoon. Is it unreasonable to ask the seller to accept funds from an escrow service like escrow.com (ebay uses it, edmunds has referred to it). Or ask him to accept a bank draft on delivery?

Has anybody else bought cars remotely like this before. It's a little nerve racking to wire someone this much money before having the car.