Re: No harm in asking (or where is the harm)???

Posted by John_PA on March 20, 2012 at 01:09:40 from (96.236.167.77):

In Reply to: No harm in asking (or where is the harm)??? posted by dave2 on March 20, 2012 at 00:53:04:

Are you from the states originally?

I don't know how it goes over there, but some of my best deals were made just by stopping and asking. Then again, some of my worst encounters were by just stopping and asking.

I'm really worried about my latest find... I found a pair of 5800 bushel grain bins, rotting with trees growing around them. one has a propane dryer.

My first interaction ended with, "I don't think they are for sale." My last interaction ended with, "What else do you want to buy, we'll set it aside."

Story goes like this:

A farmer has 2 sons. oldest son gets everything when the father dies. Oldest son has a girlfriend who is willed everything upon his death. Oldest son dies, leaves everything to his girlfriend. Youngest son has his own equipment and things on teh farm. The girlfriend of the deceased gives him no chance of reclaiming his own property. The mother of the two boys is still living with the girlfriend of the deceased oldest son. The girlfriend gets a new boyfriend and they are living in the farm house with the mother of the deceased oldest son.... girlfriend is trying to kick her out... (Jerry Springer comes to mind)

So, that is where I enter the picture.

I didn't know the backstory and I thought I would ask. Girlfriend says nothing is for sale, younger brother says it is all for sale. Then he tells me the grain bins each are full of moldy corn. 5800 bushel in each. I tell him that I can give him a number of a salvage grain buyer and he calls them. When he gets a price, he calls me back and says he will make me a good deal, because I helped him out.

My first instinct is to run away fast, but, I haven't yet. I am waiting to see what happens. Worst case scenario, I helped this guy out to get money from moldy corn. best case scenario, I might get the bins for a good dollar. I'm scared so much.

I hope things work out for you. Once I got two Oliver 4 bottom 16" plows for $200 for the pair. I'm still using the one to this day. The other I have scavenged for parts. $200 for that plow is a song. My other great find was a door knock that ended with me walking away with a 1995 New Holland LX465 skidsteer with 455 hours for $3100. I had to replace $300 in parts, but I am still using it today. I will now knock on wood. I might have messed up by telling so many of my fortune.

To counteract that, I once paid $18,999 for a truck that needed $6800 in work and it is still giving me trouble. The truck is worth $6500 at best. I learned my lesson on that one.

Good luck to you and keep knocking on doors. You never know what you will find.

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• Re: No harm in asking (or where is the harm)??? dave2 02:14:52 03/20/12 (0)

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