In my case, he offered the shipping for free. But instead of having him pay for it, we agreed on taking it out of the sale price of the car. But say you are looking at a car for $5,500... The cost of shipping is $675.... You put $6,175 in the escrow service with a stipulation that if the transaction is not settled and the car was "AS" described the seller was entitled to the $675 and the rest would go back to the buyer... Pictures speak 1000 words... I knew when the seller sent or 150 pics of the car, he was for real... I had a really good experience buying from the West Coast. Included in the sale was a CD with a pic of every part put on the car, every paper reciept, the dyno sheet, and even the original window sticker.... Just goes to show that Mustangers are a true brother/sisterhood!!