Buying "stuff" after all this wet weather...

[magnumwheelman]

curious if you guys even think about this... anyone overthinking about buying used after all this flooding... I'm just talking in general... cars, trucks, & electronics could have serious issues... guns for sale from these areas, not so much, as long as you fully strip the gun & perhaps treat it like it got dunked in the lake... or ocean after you receive it, if bought on line... I'd guess there is a better chance of what you are looking at could have been stolen ( looted ) from the area as well...

just thinking out loud, as I'm due for a new truck for work, & boss is / was thinking a low miles couple year old truck, might be a better value than buying new... of course this thought was before the last couple storms... I live in MN... maybe less of a chance of seeing flood damaged items here???

Thoughts???

[Encore64]

I'd use extreme caution for vehicles, lawn mowers, 4-wheelers, etc. Lots of crooked folks in this old world.

[JM]

I'm concerned about the cost of building materials climbing.

Used vehicles after a flood have been a problem before. Might want to avoid auctions, etc.

[magnumwheelman]

I can't even imagine how many vehicles should be "red titled" between Texas & Florida this year... just from the hurricanes... & that's not the only source of severe flooding that has drowned vehicles this year

[Encore64]

If you can believe the news, they reported a million plus in Harris County.

[bullseye]

Fresh water is bad enough but any vehicle that's been submerged in seawater or even brackish water isn't worth a pinch of monkey dung & by all rights should headed straight to the scrapyard.

[bushog]

I'm just waiting for all those fat insurance checks to start rolling in so folks will start replacing guns they lost!

Or...buy the ones they always wanted....

Kaa---ching!

[cubrock]

The biggest problem with flood cars is usually not where the flooding happened. They wind up going elsewhere. As someone already mentioned, be careful at auto auctions and used car dealers who buy from them.

[gunzo]

Carfax, Autocheck & other types of reporting can help, if nothing but a record of where the vehicle lived. I suppose I would avoid Fla. & costal Tx. vehicles for a while.