We just did this with a car! Collectible BMW, the guy made an offer and wired the money to our bank without even seeing the car much less doing any test drive or inspection. He lives on the east coast. We had the money a week before he flew down to get the car. I was so flabbergasted I called the bank to confirm it was really our money and not some kind of temporary deposit that was gonna be reversed if something didn’t clear after he’d absconded with our car. They said nope it’s not reversible, it’s yours. I just couldn’t believe it, how did the guy know we weren’t gonna abscond with his money?
He turned out to be really nice, drove the car home, said it did great and he was real happy. Apparently he has done this before and knows what he’s doing. He must have grokked that my husband was legit.