Re: Ebay: Marty 2374 (Marty Prill) Unprofessional.

Posted by Gearnut on June 20, 2011 at 19:30:02 from (96.27.49.108):

In Reply to: Ebay: Marty 2374 (Marty Prill) Unprofessional. posted by tempola on June 01, 2011 at 11:36:43:

I've been debating if I should tell this story as I've certainly made a few good purchases from the man.

It was a couple years ago I was up to his place picking up parts I had won on ebay when I seen a 1066 at his place and when I asked him about the tractor he said it ran excellent ( super strong or words to that effect) and he would be parting it out soon.

So I told him to call me when he had the engine out as I was interested in a complete engine, turbo, manifolds, etc to transplant into another tractor. A couple weeks later he called and said the engine was out and ready if I still wanted it. I drove to his place on a Sunday and as I stood there looking at the (complete) engine (exhaust manifold, turbo ect), something told me not to make the purchase. It was just a gut reaction, nothing more. Marty was no where in sight, so I left.

He apparently seen me pulling out of the driveway and called because when I got back to the shop he had left a couple messages. I returned his call that night and told him I had simply changed my mind and for him to go ahead and part the engine out (as he usually does). The fact that I changed my mind didn't cost him any extra time except to perhaps set the engine down and pick it up once, and it didn't cost him any money as he would have parted the engine out anyway.

I could tell he was mad on the phone. The following week I see the engine in pieces, the head, the block, manifolds, turbo, etc all with good clear photos on Ebay. What I seen was shocking. 2 of the exhaust ports were blocked SOLID with carbon from oil consumption. Other parts of the engine showed obvious signs that is was not in good running condition. At best that engine was running on 4 of the 6 cylinders and most likely the reason the tractor was at his place being parted out.

Well as it turned out, I bid on some of the parts and won the head, crank, and front cover. He didn't put 2 and 2 together until I arrived to pick up the parts. You should have seen the look on his face when I stepped out of the truck and picked up that head. I didn't say anything at that moment because I just wanted to complete our deal on the parts and leave but he was having a FIT telling me how I cost him money by not buying the engine, etc, which to this day I still don't understand except he didn't get $1400 out of me for a worn out engine that he said ran excellent, rather he got about $200 for the head, crank and front cover. I really had to work at it to keep him from going completely off the rails. He was throwing things around but I kept very calm and handed him the cash and left.

Once I got in my truck and safely down the road I called him and told him I knew he tried to stick it to me and it was clearly obvious the engine had 2 dead holes at a minimum. He didn't really defend himself, he didn't say much at all. He knew that I knew what the real deal was.

I'd still buy from him. He's just one of those kind of guys where you can't allow yourself to be in a position where he can stick it to you, or he may.

Mark

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