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[terracore]

Unfortunately cheap pickups are hard to come by. It took me months of scouring Craigslist etc looking for one and I made a full price offer on the first one I saw without even seeing it in person (though being craigslist it was a non binding offer) and it already had a buyer lined up. Fortunately, the buyer no-showed and I was able to get it. The title wasn't clear but the seller was able to fix that with a trip to the DMV. The STRANGE thing is that the $1,800 full price I offered to buy it for was a good deal to me. But when I handed her $1,800 in cash she counted out $80 and handed it back to me (handed me the $80 not the $1720). I asked her what was up and she just smiled at me. I guessed at the time that it needed an imminent repair that would cost about $80 and maybe she felt bad about it. I mean, it did need repairs, it was almost 20 years old, I knew that it needed repairs going into it, but it was a cool Aloha experience I've never forgotten.

All that being said, you could luck out as I did, but I agree with Kalakoa, if you want to guarantee to have one ship one over. You should at the minimum be able to sell it enough above your mainland purchase price to recoup the shipping costs and maybe even more. I know a guy who scours Craigslists and auctions etc on Oahu and when he finds a good deal, he has the vehicle shipped here and then he flips it at a profit. And they are usually pickups. So if the madland isn't an option maybe Oahu is.