In a message dated 12/26/02 3:04:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, jeff@TSSGI.COM
writes:

<< $225 seems a bit exorbitant.

 Out here in California, if you're a private party, all you need to do is
 fill out a lost title form and pay the transfer fees.

 If you're a business, you have to lien sale the vehicle.  The lien sale
 agency I uses charges me $55 to handle all the lien sale paperwork, after
 which I have to pay the transfer fees at the DMV. >>

Try doing that to a graymarket vehicle (in California) which has not gone
thru the proper import certification process. I think you will find that
states like Rhode Island, Nevada, & Georgia (just to name a few) are much
more pleasant places to deal w/ these types of vehicles. If you don't want to
pay the $225 (another company identified earlier last month in this forum
charges $350) find a friendly listmember in one of those states to assist you.

BenT
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