General Discussion & Chat: Today, I am thankful for...#5, 1 by lovemyhouse

lovemyhouse wrote:
Erecycler, LLC. We are in Dallas. The boss buys all kinds of used stuff online--machinery, including our $20K industrial shredder for hard drives; a plastics baler; two forklifts; a pallet wrapper; guitars and guitar parts; furniture; purses and jeans for his girls (they like the $200-a-pair-new kind and, as doting and indulgent a dad as he is, even HE won't pay that much retail LOL); and on and on...

If you look at the bottom of this page, you can see two of the trucks.
http://erecycler.net/gallery1.htm

Here's my company car again.

I understand your father's concerns and can see why he might not want you to drive cross-country by yourself, anyway. Can only say that buying a car online carries basically the same risk as buying local--you have use common sense and apply a little effort into checking out the seller, then go with the most practical, cost-effective option.