What a difference an hour makes

Tractor comes up on facebook marketplace for 2000 dollars.i contact owner,make arrangements to go see it.take trailer with me.im serious about buying it,I dont dicker on price.when I go to pay,price goes up to 3000,mind you I screenshot the original add at 2000,show it to him.he says that's not his tractor...ahole

But - I always read how CL and other internet sellers are the most honest folk on the planet, it?s us buyers that are always hustling and dishonest and trying to take advantage? Say it isn?t so?


Seriously, that?s a bummer.

Paul

I bet the next guy offered more. I sold a 8n a while back. Guy was on his way and someone offered me several hundred more if I would run the the 1st guy off.....i told them no...

I had an old fanning mill out in the shed. Rough, needed work. I put it out there for $10 and had three buyers inside of 5 minutes. #2 wanted it delivered about 60 miles...I did not care to take it that far. #3 wanted to put it in her mini van...that was not going to fit. #1 was solid and would come the next day. I asked him did he have a trailer and a friend and he went silent. I waited an hour then contacted #3 and asked would she pay me if I delivered it the 10 miles to her house. She said she would give me $50 for my trouble and I sold it to her. Half hour later #1 messaged me and said that he did indeed have a trailer and a friend. I told him it was gone and he cussed me out until I blocked him. It's no piece of cake no matter which side of the deal you are on...but your seller was indeed a jerk.

Last summer I made arrangements to go buy a round baler. When I got there no one to be found. I called him and he was out spraying corn can?t take time. Ok I?ll come back next day at 5pm ok he says. Get there he?s out with a sick tractor. I tunrned him in toFB and his ad was down next day

I just made a deal to sell the last of the parts from the crawler I parted out.

I took $100 less from a local guy that will come pick them up as soon as he scrapes the money together (he did make a down payment) rather than deal with some bozo that wanted me to deliver them 200 miles away for free.

I have a boat, tractor, and several implements bought off Craig's list and all were super buys from super folks. I have however seen things for sale that the ownership was surely questionable. Gotta use some common sense.....oh, and the Axiom "If it looks too good to be true it isn't....too good or true!"

Years ago wife and I took the motorcycle to the other side of the state during the week to look at a tractor. Tractor didn't run, It was a MM ZTN. Said his buddy had the lights off it and would bring them back if I bought the tractor. I gave him 50 bucks to hold it until Saturday when I could come and pick it up and he gave me a receipt. Saturday A friend and I went over there to pick it up and he said he thought I wasn't coming. I said why not? He said It's almost noon. I said I told him I lived on the other side of the state. He said he'd give my money back. I said I came for the tractor and went out backed the trailer up to it and started to winch it up on my trailer while he was running his mouth. Got it loaded and asked him about the head lights and he said he didn't say he had any. I was hot. I handed him the money and told him to count it and give me a receipt. He did, then told me another guy wanted the tractor bad and offered him more money for it, wrote down a phone number and said if I want to make some money, to call him. I still have the tractor but was still hot half way home.

My brother has used New Holland combines exclusively until about 5 years ago when he purchased a John Deere to increase his capacity. He still has his New Holland combine and I consider him an expert on knowledge and adjustments of New Holland combines.
About 5 years ago, he was driving by the local Case/IH dealership and he sees a used NH header on the lot that was for sale. He went to high school with the main salesman, so he has been an acquaintance of his for decades. My brother calls the salesman and asks what he wants for the header. The salesman wanted $5,000 for it. My brother told him that it was a little much and went on his way. About a month later, my brother calls the salesman and asks about it again. The price was lowered to $3,000. Still a little high for my frugal brother, so he tells him it was too much and thanks him for his time. Another month goes by and it was getting closer to harvest. On a whim, my brother calls him on a Saturday morning and the salesman says he wants that "wrong-colored" header off of his lot. He'll take $2,000 for it. My brother says "Fine", tells him that he'll hook up the header trailer and will be right over to purchase it. The dealership is about 45 minutes away.
45 minutes later, my brother pulls up to the dealership and the salesman immediately walks out to meet him by the header. The first thing the salesman says is "I'll give you $1,500 if you simply drive away right now." My brother is confused, so he asks him what is going on. The salesman says that a stranger drove by his lot right after he got off the phone, saw the header sitting there and offered him $5,000 for it on the spot. So now the dealer offered my brother $1,500 if he would simply drive away without the header.
While the offer was tempting, my brother needed the header and asked the salesman if his word was any good. The salesman fumed about it, but let him take his header.
To this day, my brother laughs about the story and says that the salesman wouldn't talk to him for over a year.

Here in Colorado the real estate market has been very hot. Some advertise for x amount of money or best offer. Many times there is a bidding war for the property. They sometimes get way more than the first price. Capitalism is a cut throat business, but it sure beats communism! This was the best country on earth.

It sounds like he got a better offer or a good friend/close relative wanted to buy it. Until money is exchanged, the seller has no legal obligation to complete a sale.

An honest sales man good for his word is a rare bird . Well around here any way -- I have worked with ag sales men for 30 years and none have struck me as honest or at least have a good enough memory that next day the whole story changes. They would even jack up the price of a lawn mower sold to a employee of the same business the next day just because you got interested in it . They are all snakes.

I drove two hours to pick up a CA Allis-Chalmers. Didn"t quibble about his advertised price. When it was loaded the seller wanted $100 more, saying his friend wanted it at the higher price. to buy for his dad. I told him to either take it off the trailer, or abide by his price. Then he decided the price was ok.

Hope I never have any business dealing with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Someone on this site alerted me to a deal where some nice containers and two long s tension cords were for gicpve away on a CL add in my home town. I happened to be a few blocks away in town when I was emailed.

Well, that was a great deal, but I had to consider it a bit. It was dusk now, and pickup was in the alley next to the garbage.

Was this real, or a joke on a neighbor, or? I got screen shots of the ad and all, and made myself pretty visible and slow getting the cans.

I wasn?t worried about anything against me, not that type of town and not the area of town to worry about. (Yet, I see we are heading that direction the last few years, probably won?t feel safe in 5-10 years but good for now.)

Paul

(quoted from post at 10:58:25 01/25/20) It sounds like he got a better offer or a good friend/close relative wanted to buy it. Until money is exchanged, the seller has no legal obligation to complete a sale.

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hat might be part of whats wrong with the world today. Legal obligation has taken over for moral obligation. Lawyers love it.