Hi, I need some advice about an idea.
My partners and I are planning to import a BCS walking tractor and some mowing equipment to Nicaragua. We have too much to mail and not enough to justify a shipping container. We don't know the best option, but it looks to cost at least $1-2k
One idea is to buy a hard top pickup truck in California, where 10-15 year old vehicles are under-priced. Then I would drive it 3500 miles to deliver our load in Boaco, Nicaragua. Then I would try to sell the truck by private sale. Possibly I would go stay in a hostel in Grenada and post flyers trying to sell the truck.
My thinking is that we might make a couple k on the flip, enough to cover our shipping costs. Part of my reasoning is that in Nicaragua the rich buy new vehicles, the pros buy vehicles their cousin rebuilt. And that if we tell buyers exactly what we are doing and why, our used truck will be judged more reliable by Nica standards.
I don't know much about tariffs, taxes, and registering in Nica. Would this idea work?
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