I agree somewhat. Last year I purchased mine from Texas,, I lived in northern BC. A fair ways away. With discussions and lots of digital pics we worked out the deal, contengient upon my final viewing. I had the owner take the plane to an FBO that I'd set things with,, they did an export inspection for me as the prepurchase inspection. They picked up a only 1 item, but that item in affect grounded his airplane. Turned out there was an issue with the prop,, no indication in log books how the prop got on,, it was the wrong serial number. He ended up having to get his prop overhauled and reinstalled so that the logs were accurate. The previous owner was an excellent guy to work with and if both seller and purchaser are serious,, it can all be worked out before investing money into the deal. Heck, when I got down to Texas, he even had an instructor show up to take my daughter fly,, She had her students license and part of the deal was she had to agree as well. plus he'd even just got the Garmin card updated to noth america's. Both my daughter and myself did some flying around Austin for a while and then we landed back,, he even insisted on topping off the tanks at his expense. I'm sure he thought he got a good price,, and I thought I'd paid a fair price. We were both HAPPY
