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Take into account the shipping charges, but then again you won't pay sales tax if you are out of state, so that might cancel that out. If there happens to be anything wrong with it at all, even a manufacturing defect in the torque converter or something, this will most likely be an as-is item, no warranty info was mentioned. If there is a warranty from the manufacturer you will have to pay shipping back, then wait rather than drive up to the shop. With someone local you get the trust factor, and you can go back to them personally. Of course all of this only matters if there is a problem too!

They haven't posted anything on eBay in a year and a half which might not mean anything tho.

It's probably an awesome tranny, just things that I would consider if I was thinking about it. Wheigh the savings and and the convenience vs. the chance of a problem, and it's a judgement call for ya after that, I'd be on the fence too.