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e-Bay shamer vrs foolish farmer

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Delbert from Li

01-09-2006 11:04:41




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A acquaintance of mine, who farms about 2000 acres scattered over 12 or 15 square miles, is always buying and selling tractors, trying to upgrade his fleet and acquiring more. His ambition on numbers is to have a tractor hooked to every implement he owns so that he never has to pull a hitch pin or crack a hydrulic hose. If he has to change implements in the middle of the job, he wants to get out of one tractor and into another. Just about the end of fall harvest in Nov, he noticed a Case-IH on E-bay that would fit right in with things on the no-till soy bean drill or planter. He started biding and found out that it was owned by an Implement dealer about 3 states away. The dealer had good feedback and my friend thought well a reputable dealer wouldn"t pull anything shadey and risk his reputation in the business world. He got the tractor sight unseen, and found a trucker going that way that needed a return load. During the buying process the dealer ignored the question of who he had got it from. Advertized as 4100 hours and field ready to go. In time the tractor arrived. Wouldn"t start to unload it. Trucker volenteered that they had had to pull start it to load it. It looked field worn, and like it had been rode hard and put away wet. After getting some sort of diesel additive into the tank, and pulling it, it started. Ran but was missing bad. Found the operators manual and it had the original owners name in it. To make a long story short that dealer had replaced the tack or clock or whatever it hasat 4550 hours so it actually had 8650 hours on it. No wonder it looked field worn. It had been overhauled by same dealer at aboutr 4000 and not run right since. They had tinkered with it and reset the valves at the dealership, and that didn"t help. So it had got traded on a new one. My friend called the dealer and told him that was the same as tweeking the speedometer on a car, and either come and get it at his expense, or refund $4000. If the dealer didn"t do one or the other he was going to call the State Attorney General. The dealer reluctently rewfunded 4000. A trip to the local diesel shop disclosed a bolt that holds the rock arm to cylinder head (it has 3 cylinder heads) and both exhaust valves burned up on that cylinder. Regardles of how busy you are, don"t buy big buck items with out seeing them or having somebody knowable see them Sorry this got so long but I think we all need a reminder once in a while

Delbert from Lincoln

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Stinky Cheese

01-09-2006 12:11:54




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 Re: e-Bay shamer vrs foolish farmer in reply to Delbert from Lincoln, 01-09-2006 11:04:41  
Another fool who wants the government to look after him when he does something stupid. Government shouldn't be called on to try and bale a guy out of a stupid deal he made on his own.



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RustyFarmall

01-09-2006 13:15:40




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 Re: e-Bay shamer vrs foolish farmer in reply to Stinky Cheese, 01-09-2006 12:11:54  
Hey Mr. stinky, how are things going down around Kirksville, Missouri?



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RustyFarmall

01-09-2006 11:21:15




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 Re: e-Bay shamer vrs foolish farmer in reply to Delbert from Lincoln, 01-09-2006 11:04:41  
Thank you for that message. I find it hard to believe that anyone would buy a big ticket item sight unseen unless they personnaly know the seller. I have bought a few low ticket items on e-bay that turned out to be less than what was represented, so it just proves that there are quite a few e-bay sellers that cannot be trusted. Know who you are dealing with, and if they won't answer ALL of your questions, walk away.

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Jrry

01-11-2006 10:34:09




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 Re: e-Bay shamer vrs foolish farmer in reply to RustyFarmall, 01-09-2006 11:21:15  
I buy things over the internet without inspecting them but I only will buy what I figure I can afford to lose. I have mostly been satisified with my purchases but I purchased a tractor a couple months ago that I wish I had not. The seller was not evesive- he just plain lied. He lied about several major things on the tractor. Once I make a deal I figure it is mine and I don't bother the seller even if dissatified. The best deal I made was a tractor I did not even get a picture of until it was delivered into my driveway (lucky I guess)
Jerry

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