Buying a clip, What would you do in this situation? Options

[Yota]

I've been talking to a guy from JARCOINC.com about a clip. I'm interested in purchasing it, however, the clip isn't in the United States yet and it won't be for a couple more weeks. should I wait until the clip arrives in the states before I pay for it, or should I buy it now?

My friend bought a skyline clip from a different importer a year ago. It hadn't gotten to the states before he bought it. So after he paid for it, he waited and waited for the clip to arrive. The importer supposedly lost the clip and filed for bankruptcy.. leaving my friend with out a motor and out all the money he spent..

After witnessing what happened to him, I'm leary about buying a clip that I won't get for ATLEAST a month... What would you guys do?

[jgreening]

Sometimes Jarco sells it before it hits our shores. They typically have pictures of the car when they buy it in Japan. I have every reason to believe that they are a good company. If you want to insure you will get that clip, I would suggest putting a deposit on it if they will do it. If they won't, I tend to agree with everyone else and just wait. Even though they are great, there are a lot of suppliers.

Also, there is a post on celica.net by celica3sgte that has a list of questions for the importer to make sure your clip is ok and comes with everything.