One of Them CL Deals

Traditional Farmer · May 31, 2016

Called a fellow this AM about a tractor that had just been posted on CL seemed like a good deal,ad said to call after 6PM I called at 7:45 AM he says meet me at his place at 1 PM about 1 hr from my place.I get there at about 12:20 he's mowing grass,tractor is sitting in the lawn looks OK he asks "Which fellow are you?" Got two of you coming.We look the tractor over offer him some less
than he's asking and he says fine he'll take it looks like the other fellow ain't gonna show.I pay the man drop the trailer deck and load the tractor we talk a couple minutes I'm ready to leave about 12:50 see a pickup headed up the
driveway.Fellow kinda gives it all hard look I wave to the fellow I bought the tractor from and head on out.I guess some days you da pigeon and some days you da Statue(LOL)Bet those folks that call after
6PM will be real happy.

Goose · May 31, 2016

I once ran an ad in our local newspaper on a 4X4 pickup I had for sale. By pure coincidence, we had 4 inches of snow the day before the ad appeared.

Three guys showed up within 15 minutes to look at it. I thought I might have an auction. The three worked it out among themselves and agreed to let the first guy have first chance. He bought the pickup and didn't even haggle over the price, just wrote a check for my asking price. That was 30 years ago when you could still trust people, but I still never provided the title on a vehicle sale until the check cleared.

In conversation while I was writing a bill of sale it turned out the fellow had a 2wd International pickup, and his wife slid off the road in the snow and got stuck the evening before. He didn't say it, but I suspected that when he left home in the morning his wife told him not to come home without a 4X4 pickup.

dhermesc · May 31, 2016

A few years back (20?) my mom asked me to sell her 1972 Ford F600. I drove the thing to my place and ran an ad in the newspaper, it wasn't anything special but it ran OK and the brakes worked. Had a guy show up - he drove it and said he was interested in it but wanted a break in the price - I dropped a bit ($2800 to $2500). He said he'd think about it.

He left and a local wheeler dealer showed up about 10 minutes later, he drove it, checked the hoist and asked what it would take, I told him $2500 - he peeled 25 $100 bills out of his wallet and asked if it could sit overnight at my place and he'd be back with a driver to get it in the morning. Next morning the first guy is in the yard looking at the truck again and goes out to his pickup and the BUYER drives up - hops in the truck and leaves with it. I walk out in the yard and told the first guy the truck was bought and paid for - he was sitting there with his check book open with a check for $2000 in sitting on it.......

Ultradog MN · May 31, 2016

Goid post.
I always figure if they're selling something they won't mind an early call.
A few years ago I saw a 3000 on CL about 6 AM Sunday morning. I knew it would go fast.
I waited till 7:15 and called.
Woke the guy up.
Said I could be there in about 30 minutes - time for him to have his coffee.
He said ok.
I was in the pickup within 2 minutes.
Only had $500 in cash on me but didn't want to stop at the cash machine.
I got there and said I'd be back with my trailer and the rest of the cash in about 3 hours.
He wrote out a bill of sale.
Then he told me he'd had 4 other calls on it.
I guess the rest of the callers were more polite than I am

wilson ind · May 31, 2016

Years ago I had a MM backhoe -loader for sale 7500.00 Fellow who occasionally worked for me wanted the hoe but just offered 6750.00. Fellow close to house had looked it over couple of times. Naturally offered less. Told him no the price is the price. He came over again about 5 pm , offered 7000.00. I said I hardly ever take less than the price , however if he would buy it NOW , as in right now I would take 7000.00 as I wanted to leave for AZ day after tomorrow. Get the old I,ll think about it. I said no thats an offer good for NOW. He left. I called the other fellow told him I would take 7000. to day as in TODAY. He came over with check and drove the hoe to his home in same town. Next morning other fellow came and got mad as it was sold. He said I told you I was thinking about it. I replied I also said the price was last evening . I never can understand why some cannot realize what a word means. Now as right now does not give audience to I'll think about it.

Ray · May 31, 2016

I've bought stuff and had the seller give my check back the next day when someone offered more. If I can't take it with me I don't buy it.

dhermesc · May 31, 2016

That's a pretty crappy thing to do but it happens. Brother showed up to buy a car, drove it, paid the guy $100 cash and would be back the next day with the rest - the guy needed to get the title from the bank anyway. Guy calls him that night and he can't sell him the car - his wife backed into someone with it and its headed to the shop if not totalled. Shows up the next day to get his $100 back and one of the guy's kids lets it slip the he sold it to someone else......

ShadetreeRet · May 31, 2016

Some years ago, my supervisor at work knew that I was looking for a pickup and told me about a friend of his that had one for sale. That afternoon when I got off work, I went and looked at it and we struck an agreeable price. As I was leaving with title in hand, another man that I worked with drove up. He was quite disappointed, because he was seriously needing a truck as well as myself.

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