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I got my tractor stuck yesterday and the neighbour pulled me out he wouldn't take anything for it. I would like to some how repay him. It only probably took him 15 minutes but he is a busy man.

I whose thinking of sending his family a Christmas gift basket. The reality of the thing is I probably wouldn't be able to get it out other wise.

Anyone have a web sight I could order a gift basket at that would ship at Christmas time? Any other ideas?

Thanks
 
around here it's fairly common to help each other out. a couple weeks ago one of our neighbors had a truck with a silage body on it that slid on wet pavement and they got it stuck in the grass off their driveway. they didn't have any of their own tractors there, and one of the neighbors they borrowed wasn't enough. I came over with our big tractor and gave them a hand. they let us borrow their wagons when one of ours broke a few weeks earlier so it was simply repaying a favor.

I would suggest just finding a way to repay the favor if you can.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
personally i would count it as an act of neighborly
kindness and is best repaid by being just as good a
neighbor.
 
Give him a gift card to a nice restaurant such as Applebee's or another nice place in his town. That is what I do and it appears to be appreciated. It is always good to have nice neighbors.
Fred
 
The best way to pay them back would be to watch for
an opportunity to help them when you can. A good
neighbor that will help when they can is more
valuable than a gift basket.
 
Becoming a neighbor is much more than being next door. A hand delivered Pie or a gift card is OK to acknowledge the help, becoming friends and contributing to real community is the essence. Get to know them if you don"t. Don"t be pushy, but be there to help, it really is the essential component to a positive way of life. Jim
 
Do you live in a small-town area? If so, consider a Christmas gift certificate to a local small business or something like chamber bucks that can be spent at several area small businesses. I also like the fruit baskets that some local grocery stores put together.
If you do consider giving a gift, I think it would be nice to keep the money local instead of giving it to some big conglomerate that leaves the local economy.
 
A restaurant gift card in a thank you card is the best deal. We use thhis to thannk those who have done good things for us and they all are appreciative.
 
Mixed feelings here. While I understand the need for you to show your appreciation, I also think of the other side of this. Did the neighbor do this expecting to be paid? Most likely not. I have always believed what goes around comes around. My take here is that if one has to pay for kindness (gift card, fruit basket, whatever) then that kindness only becomes a material thing. True kindness is intangible. The best way to repay that neighbor is to be available, not pushy, for whatever might come along to help him out sometime. I would much rather someone owe me a favor and be willing to pay it back, than to have them hurry up and make everything even again.

To me, a hand shake and a thank you is worth a lot and I don't have to keep books on how many I have that way.
 
i always try to repay gift cards to his wifes
favorate resturant always a good one that
makes both happy. Amish neighbor helps out
plowing snow or if cattle take a walk big
smiles when ice cream shows up hmm seems
to me the gate gets left open.after my surgary
put note in paper and last one is one me and
some friends do its basicily play it forward i
help you and you do somebody a favor pass it
on
 
The traditional thing when I was younger was to take over a pie. We did that when a neighbor who at that time was unknown to us had come to help a goat who was in distress, having kids. They became lifelong friends.

Not so sure these days- part of that was taking some time for pie and coffee, don't know if busy folks would relish the interuption or begrudge the time. I'm thinking a gift basket, rather than gift card- seems less mercenary.
 
You will learn that country folks don't expect payment for
helping neighbors as they just assume that one day they will
need help and you will be there for them. I have always lived in
the country and this has been the way of living out here for
many years long before I was born in 1938.
Walt
 
I agree js305, what goes around comes around he obviously didn't expect or want payment so what I would do is be sure to return the favor sometime down the road trust me the opportunity will come around for you to return the favor, you could send a thank you card but leave it at that but in the card be sure he knows if he ever needs help somewhere down the road to please call you and make sure your number is in the card, that's how we do things around here all the time we will give supply welding rods, steel or pipe for a project, etc
 
Take it from somebody who's been "repaid" when I didn't ask. Just wait until he needs a hand and do it. YOURSELF! Don't send a relative or anybody else to "even the score".
 
New neighbor of mine I had never met got stuck discing his field. I
happened to be going by and saw him trying to shovel out the
tractor that was now sitting on the belly. I turned around and went
back and offered to go get my tractor and pull him out. He was
sweating like crazy, and really appreciated it. Wanted to give me a
$100 bill, but I said no, just being neighborly. He loves to fish, and
a few weeks later showed up at my place with a bag of nice fish
fillets all ready for the fryer. I really appreciated that!
Maybe you have something simple like that you could do for him?
 
He may need to be pulled out some day, then you are both even.
Or have your wife bake an apple pie and give it to him, Mmmmmm, Yummy.
 
(quoted from post at 06:32:48 11/23/13) I got my tractor stuck yesterday and the neighbour pulled me out he wouldn't take anything for it. I would like to some how repay him. It only probably took him 15 minutes but he is a busy man.

I whose thinking of sending his family a Christmas gift basket. The reality of the thing is I probably wouldn't be able to get it out other wise.

Anyone have a web sight I could order a gift basket at that would ship at Christmas time? Any other ideas?

Thanks
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If he is a true farmer he probably enjoyed helping you out. It is like going to a tractor pull....he was able to get a free pull and he won! He was probably glad to get a break from the daily grind anyway....at least that is how I would feel. On the other hand, if you made him get off his tractor, trudge through the mud and hook the chain...or he broke something on his machine, you might want to offer some compensation.
 
He helped you because it was the right thing to do.
Content that you would do the same for him.
If he called you up at 2:00 am stuck in the ditch would you rush over to help or would you quote him a price first?
Your answer to this question will tell you what kind of person you are, you already know what kind of person your neighbor is.
You can't buy neighborly but you can live it.
Somethings in this world are priceless, good neighbors are one of those things.
Don't try to put a dollar value on someones kindness and friendship, you might do more harm than good.
 
(quoted from post at 06:32:48 11/23/13) I got my tractor stuck yesterday and the neighbour pulled me out he wouldn't take anything for it. I would like to some how repay him. It only probably took him 15 minutes but he is a busy man.

I whose thinking of sending his family a Christmas gift basket. The reality of the thing is I probably wouldn't be able to get it out other wise.

Anyone have a web sight I could order a gift basket at that would ship at Christmas time? Any other ideas?

Thanks
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simple gift basket with a card saying "You pulled me out of a tough spot" or something to those words tells him you are personally thankful. Money is just money! Jim
 
A big THANK YOU sounds like the correct answer to your question. Just tell him to ask if he need help some day!
 
Around here the guy was probably just passing on a favor that was given to him. Most around here would just say thanks and offer to help him if he ever needed it. The only other payment might be to buy him a cup of coffee at the local shop.
 
Nieghbours steer got out and came to my place once.His wife and I got it in the barn as he was at work at the time.Next day was Saturday and he came with a trailer and a buddy.He wanted to pay me for my trouble.I told him I might need something sometime.Years later my truck catches fire when I am going to work at 5:30 AM.Same guy happened to be on the same road at the same time with a fire extinguisher.What goes around comes around.
 
Neighbors don't want to get paid to help other neighbors out. Your offer to pay was the right thing to do but once he didn't accept any payment you shouldn't do anything. If you give him something then he will be hesitant to call on you when he needs help because he will feel like he will have to get you something. Just be willing to help when he is in need. True neighbors don't want pay or gifts for helping out a neighbor.
 
I learned a few things when I moved back to the country. If they won't except payment. Don't push it. Just let him know he can count on you if he needs help.

Don't say no charge if you fix someones equipment.If it is a minor fix. They will get angry.At least around here they do. I learned the hard way.They pay their way and won't take no for an answer.
 
If I were him I wouldn't want an overpriced gift basket with half the contents I wouldn't eat. I don't want a gift card to any store or restaurant, I don't shop where anyone else thinks I should. MIL once got me a gift certificate to the local hardware here in town trouble is at the time I lived 1000 miles from here. Was out snowmobiling once a long time ago, and came upon a farmer, I knew who, was stuck in the snow and was trying to get it out by himself with another tractor, not a chance, so we went down , chained the snowmobile to the back, He drove the puller I was the pullee and my 7 yr old son thought he was driving the snowmobile. He thought it was great. Never a thought of getting paid. That said, when someone helps me or my wife out she quite often bakes them a pie.
 
Neighbor lady sent me a box from Omaha Steaks when I
pulled her guys out. It was nice and appreciated.
 
get him a gift certificate at tractor supply , rural king ,, naopa , or craker barrel ,, friches ...that way he can RE gift it to someone that done a favor for him too
 
If your wife is as good of a cook as mine, have her bake something for him. You can't pass up something like that. I have done things for people and a thank you is enough and others want to take you to raise with too much of a gift.
 
A bad sensor on my truck left me walking home one evening. Neighbor came by and I asked for a ride home to get another vehicle. Year later he is walking down the road. I stopped and asked "How about a pay back?" He was one person with a grain truck that he needed to leave at a field. I would have done the same anyway.
 
Thanks everyone! It seems everyone has a mixed opinions. He dues farm my parents land and did say thanks for that. Sow I think I will respect his wishes and send a thank you card.
 
Had to pull the one neighbor out several time never expected anything in return as the one that help me out never wanted anything either.
 
you know your neighbor better than we do.
some of mine will take a few bucks or a 12-pack for helping me out, if I press them a bit.
Other older good neighbors would just be offended if
I tried after my initial offer.
To them, I think it changes a good neighbor thing into a hired help thing.....
For those neighbors, I keep an eye out for when I can help them,
or take them a few deer steaks during hunting season, explaining I had a good year and have too many, so I'm giving some to my friends.
With my older good neighbors, never anything 'store bought'
 
This is how I pay my cowboy has helped round up my
cows several times and also helped stitch up a
prolapsed cow we had to rope her and drag in the
trailer
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