redforlife
Well-known Member
What do you think when you go to a very very large (to large actually) tractor auction and watch things sell? I'm talking like selling out a life long hoarder of them. Just got acres and acres of tractors. All being sold in one weekend, or perhaps all on the same day. Selling so many in the liquidation that the enthusiast can't buy it all and the iron and salvage guys end up with some good ones just because the volume being liquidated is just to overwhelming.
I'm not really talking about collectors of
the restored here, where basically everything they have is nice. More so, just a hoarder that mainly has non-runners because they have so dang many of them, they can't keep them all going. Maybe a dozen runners. The rest just sitting as the day they were bought and brought home.
Do you get mad or frustrated with how they are being liquidated? Are you impressed by or envious of the seller? Saddened by the neglect of most of the machines. Wonder how one person could amass so much stuff? Or just thankfull that they did, and your having an opportunity to buy.
I have been to two such auctions, and seen another one that was done as an online auction. Alot of thoughts rolled through my head as a witness to them.
I might add more thoughts in a reply to this, but I sure do think to much stuff can be liquidated at one time. Liquidating a life time hoard all in one day? Took somebody a life time to hoard it. Liquidating it all on the same day pretty much spells out to much stuff for even numerous buyers when you do it all in one day.
Online brings about unlimited buyers, yes. But distance comes along with that. Hauling very far keeps distance buyers from buying much of the low end stuff. Stuff like you would see at a such auction. A long distance buyer will drive for rare or nice. Buy they aren't going to go far to haul semi loads of low end stuff home.
Anyways, your thoughts??
I'm not really talking about collectors of
the restored here, where basically everything they have is nice. More so, just a hoarder that mainly has non-runners because they have so dang many of them, they can't keep them all going. Maybe a dozen runners. The rest just sitting as the day they were bought and brought home.
Do you get mad or frustrated with how they are being liquidated? Are you impressed by or envious of the seller? Saddened by the neglect of most of the machines. Wonder how one person could amass so much stuff? Or just thankfull that they did, and your having an opportunity to buy.
I have been to two such auctions, and seen another one that was done as an online auction. Alot of thoughts rolled through my head as a witness to them.
I might add more thoughts in a reply to this, but I sure do think to much stuff can be liquidated at one time. Liquidating a life time hoard all in one day? Took somebody a life time to hoard it. Liquidating it all on the same day pretty much spells out to much stuff for even numerous buyers when you do it all in one day.
Online brings about unlimited buyers, yes. But distance comes along with that. Hauling very far keeps distance buyers from buying much of the low end stuff. Stuff like you would see at a such auction. A long distance buyer will drive for rare or nice. Buy they aren't going to go far to haul semi loads of low end stuff home.
Anyways, your thoughts??