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Royse · Sep 16, 2019

I got a chuckle out of this ad. Thought you all might too.
Not mine, don't know the seller.

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John S-B · Sep 16, 2019

Uh, I'm not getting the joke. Maybe they meant mechanically restored... Anyway, 1400 for a running AC B in relatively good condition would be gone in hours around here.

grandpa Love · Sep 16, 2019

Restore was a while ago?!

johnofnewhaven · Sep 16, 2019

Guarantee you it's a scam! You can tell just from the ad.

timcasbolt · Sep 16, 2019

(quoted from post at 03:32:15 09/17/19) Guarantee you it's a scam! You can tell just from the ad.

Agreed.

Dick L · Sep 16, 2019

However it is a C not a B.

oldtanker · Sep 16, 2019

Man is that ever overpriced. That's about a 500 dollar tractor here.

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Traditional Farmer · Sep 17, 2019

Just last Saturday saw a B sell with locked up motor, worn out tires,no tool box metal for $500.A CA that ran but nothing special bought $1500.

showcrop · Sep 17, 2019

Yes, the owner bought it restored twenty years ago and has used it and farmerized it since. The ad doesn't have scammer language.

Married2Allis · Sep 17, 2019

Paint sprayed over rust and grease, a very low budget restoration.

2510Paul · Sep 17, 2019

I am pretty sure that is a scam. Paul

Leroy · Sep 17, 2019

I CANNOT TELL that it is, how can you tell? The only thing I can see is no contact info. And there is a town in Ohio close by me with that town name. Price don't seem out of line to me for a running tractor.

Leroy · Sep 17, 2019

Why do you think so? I cannot tell anything that makes it seem that way to me.

Crazy Horse · Sep 17, 2019

I agree Leroy, the ad could be more complete but a scam ..... I doubt it. Scams usually don't fart around with $1000 tractors from my experience. "Just knowing" it's a scam is a great skill to have, I wish I had that and then I'd get a bit more involved with the stock market. Like .... "I just know that stock is gonna soar (or take a nose dive), I just know it" ....

rockyridgefarm · Sep 17, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:02:18 09/16/19) I got a chuckle out of this ad. Thought you all might too.
Not mine, don't know the seller.

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Only thing I see is the fact that they left absolutely no way to contact them. The "complete restore" is also an exaggeration at best. And the price is optimistic.

If they are scammers, they're pretty poor at it. How are you gonna scam someone if they have no way to contact you? Scam ads usually have a contact email in the pictures and have much newer more valuable equipment at a ridiculously low price. They will also sometimes have letter jumbles or or word jumbles in the description. They will also sometimes have punctuation marks in the words.

Scam ads are typically easy to spot. I think this one is just from a person who is not very good at pricing or describing their tractor, and who doesn't understand how CL works.

J.Wondergem · Sep 17, 2019

Looks like it has two different sized back tires, unless it's just the photo.

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