bringing a car from Italy to finland

clemseddy · Post by **clemseddy** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:30 am

Hi All,

Please i am in need of urgent help/advice,
I am buying a car from Italy and the owner will deliver it to me here in Finland.i need to know do i have to pay any fees or taxes for this?
I am not going to use the car here in Finland but send/export it almost immediately to Africa..please i need to know if there are a legal documentation i have to do or fees to pay in this process..

Also what documents/papers do i need to get from the seller that will allow me send the car out of Finland..?

Thanks so much to you for your time.
Clems

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:50 am

Well, in principle if you're exporting it there shouldn't be taxes - but mind the car can't be driven about but transported on a trailer. Of course as you can't have it in Finnish registry there is no paperwork available it is your car - other than what the Italian seller provides you...

But really, this does sound somewhat silly - why would you have someone drive all the way from *Italy* when theres cheaper/easily accessable cars in Germany or the Baltics??? Seriously? Are you sure you're not being scammed out of your money? By all signals if you paid in advance, your money is already in Africa, as is the car, if it ever existed...

clemseddy · Post by **clemseddy** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:44 am

Thanks for the response..
I haven't paid yet as the seller said i can pay when he brings the car.it was his decision to bring the car to Finland even without any charges for me.
I also wonder why he would want to do that because i wanted it shipped directly from Italy to Africa.

i have a plan but don't know if it works here..
Since he will drive it to my address i want to ask him to drive it directly to the shipping agency in Finland that will send it to Africa..so that i wouldn't have to transport it...
Do you think this can work?

Thanks

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:51 am

In that case, quite so. Just the worry I am having here is, its been nicked.

rider1000 · Post by **rider1000** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:54 am

Maybe see if he'll send you a picture of the VIN so you can "get the vehicle history"...

clemseddy · Post by **clemseddy** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:08 pm

Please what copy (whats thatt) and how could i know thw history from there?

Do you know any trusted shipping agency in Helsinki where i could send the car?

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