Does this seem ethical?

Wanted: i need a readable serial tag for SMTA farmall - im willing pay up to 35 for a gas tag and up to 100 for a diesel tag Condition Desired: good to excellent Price Range: depends on condition

Don't seem right to me.

While I do not know Farmall’s I assume this is a rivet on tag. I can see your point but what could he possibly gain other than maybe a few years newer model.
If you were to put this tag on a different size tractor that would be obvious. Right?
Now if he were not looking for both a gas and diesel tag I would think he has a tractor he is trying to make show room condition that is missing the tag.

Shoot I see the question every once in a while about some HTA"s that have been seen around the country. There are a lot of people who don"t know that there ain"t no such animal.

I consider buying a serial # tag like buying someones social security card (well not quite but you know what I mean)

Even if this is not a theft deal, it is just plain totally wrong to swap tags. Will cause problems to a new owner.

Can"t think of a good reason to want a serial tag.

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