JD 14T baler;JD sickle

I've been browsing the local free adavertising tabloid for a couple of weeks. Currently advertised are a JD 14T baler and JD sickle. Seller is asking $350 for the baler and $250 for the sickle. I've seen sickles advertised twice now for about $100 - one a Ford, and don't recall the other. That's all the info I have. I haven't been out to look at them, and don't really know what to look for, or if these are reasonable prices. I suspect price is pretty dependent on condition, but the seller just says they're old, and he's getting out of the business and has used them regularly in the past with just normal maintenance.

Any thoughts on price? What do I look for in the way of red flags? Any questions I should ask the seller that would reveal important information?

I went out to the John Deere web site to see if I could find any info on the 14T. They had a search on used equipment, so I ran that and found four 14Ts listed - three with pictures. I think, if I recall, two were priced at $350, one at $300 and one at $1100. I think it was the $300 one that didn't have a picture, but just from the pics, the $1100 one looked in the poorest shape - of course, that doesn't say anything about how it runs, just possibly that it wasn't under cover, or got more use. I've tried to get back there and don't seem to be able to, so can't recheck these.

A previous post to this board - or maybe to another board - suggested that the "best" used balers to be looking for would be JD 24T or 336, or NH 273 or 276, but I haven't seen any of those around here yet, but have only been looking seriously for a week or two. Based on that, sounds like Ken did OK with his 24T. I have been expecting to have to pay over $500, so was pleased to see something worth taking a look at for under that - especially after seeing them on the JD web site at about the same price. Of course, I'm a believer in that you get what you pay for and cheaper could be a mistake! :)