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A friend had some steel wheels that I wanted to buy from him. We agreed on the price. Sometime back I picked up some spark plugs for him ($20.00) he asked what he owed me I told him to apply them towards the wheels as a down payment. This summer they announced they were having a sale and I told them I wanted them more than once. A few weeks ago I told him I still wanted them as I planned on going to their sale and could get them then. Today I found they were lined up on the auction. I got them for our agreed price which worked out however I could have easily gotten outbid. My dad always told me a deal is a deal and I live by that so I was not happy to see them on the sale. Am I out of line to be a little upset?
 
You are not out of line in your thinking. Just out of date. The norm for the world today sadly is get it anyway you can and no honoring words spoken in a pledge for many people anymore. the thinking many times is "hooray for me and to heck with you"!
 
If you dont pick them up in a reasonable time, he has no obligation to hold them long.
Once you make a deal, you should finish it soon.
delays are an insult to anybody.
 
you should be happy (and lucky) that you got them at the auction. You don't own anything until you have paid for it AND it is on your property.
Brian(MN)
 
While he may have done wrong for selling the weights especially since you had $20 in them already, I fault you more for not having already gone and picked them up and paid for them.

Remember what we post and say are just opinions, and that is mine.

Somewhat to my point---I verbally agreed to sell some feed to a friend in 1982 and it is still in the barn. He wanted to wait until he couldn't get to his in the winter to get it. Now he doesn't even have cattle.

I could have sold it to others but I waited on my friend. Now it is good for mulch or for making compost.
 
C-D,
I think your friend was either pushing you to move on the deal, or had figured you were no longer interested.
One might question how close this friend is to you that a simple deal could get a bit testy.
You might pause to reflect on that.
Massey mike
 
a man called me yesterdy, he wanted to sell me a tractor. I said I would buy it within one hour.

I got my truck and trailer, drove there, and he had sold it for 20.00 more. He sold his soul for 20.00.
 
Hello All,

Would a Clutch Plate off of any John Deere B's fit a 1951 JD B, I have one on my tractor but it is broken.
Any advice would help.

Thanks
 
Well....you told him you'd go to his sale and get them. You did. Was there a miscommunication or something?
 
sounds like you waited way too long
you were lucky to get them
when you make a deal you have a responsibility to close it in a resonable time
Ron
 
Consider the 20 to be a storage fee. You are lucky to have them at all. There was a miss-communication starting at the spark plug deal and continuing, if he is a good neighbor keep him that way. Jim
 
Beating around the bush too long is an invitation to lose the deal.

I took a gun to a gun repair shop to have some work done on it and he said he'd have to send it to Minneapolis to have the job done right, but it might take awhile. I said OK, send it off. I casually knew this guy personally so I trusted him. Six months went by, then eight months, then I saw an auction notice for his business along with a huge list of guns. My gun was listed on the sale so I immediately called him and thankfully got the gun back. Tought me not to dilly dally around when doing business with people, even friends. Jim
 
My feeling are you owe him an apology. I"m guessing he is as disappointed in you as you are in him. Remember, now that you bought them on the sale as opposed to fulfilling you original commitment in a timely manner, he gats 200 LESS commission. If you like this fellow and value your friendship, call him and apologise for the misunderstanding and tell him to forget about the 20.00 for the spark plugs.
 
Friend is a relative term. I have friends that I would bury a body for and I have people that I know, that I am friendly to but who would have to pay to own something of mine. There is no deal until payment and pick up occur.

ron8 - that guy jumped the gun but how many times have you told a guy on the phone your address and he says he"s on the way and never shows up? It"s gotten so bad around here, I don"t even get something out until the guy is in the yard.
 
Irrespective what the others say about apologies and storage fees, he knew your position and should have had them aside for you. I agree with your view, Where is your $20?? I would be reassessing this friendship.
 
Awhile back, I bought a pickup truck frame--basically for the engine and transmission--from a friend for $50. I paid him up front; then something came up and I was without a truck to haul it home. I got busy at work, and didn't have time to stay in touch, and finally my friend sold the frame to someone else.

I consider that my inaction cost me the $50, even if it wasn't my fault. My friend was probably entitled to the $50 for storage fees, and I'm not going to hold anything against him for either not continuing to hold the frame, OR for not offering me my $50 back.

Your mileage may vary.
 
In 1987 a neighbor lady wanted to sell her late husband"s equipment. There was not enough for an auction. Plus her lane is almost two miles long with a very tight turn around in her barn yard. So I told her we would move the stuff out to my place and my family had enough "extra" stuff to have a good auction. Her equipment sold well as it was in very good shape.
A casual friend bought a two row three point IH corn planter. It used a cross draw bar as the hitch. He took the draw bar home and told me he would be back to get the planter the next week. No problem. Well I moved that planter around for two years before I call him and told him to come and get it. Never heard a word out of him. The next time there was an consignment sale close I hauled the thing off to it. With out the hitch it brought next to nothing. A year after that he call and wanted to come and get that planter. I told him I sold it after two years of waiting. He call the Sheriff out on me for "stealing" his planter.
So now I will not hold anything for anyone. If you want it get over here. Pay for it and take it home. Family included in this.
 
5 years ago I sold a dump trailer built out of an old Ford 1 ton. Has a 6 hp Briggs on it to run the pump/lift.
He mailed me a check. I told him I would put it in my gravel pit and it wouldn't be in my way.
The guy never came to pick it up. About a year later I found the MN title to it so I brought it to his house and gave it to his wife. I told her he should come and get it one of these days.
It still sits there. It's not in my way at all, in fact I sometimes use it as a deer blind. But after 5 years I'm thinking about selling it again. This time with no title.
Not sure what I should do.
 
You're both wrong. I was taught that a man is only as good as his word. You both agreed to this deal. Neither of you held up your end of the deal. Be upset if you want, but he's probably not real happy with you not paying for it previously either. It will be interesting to hear if you get your $20 for the plugs.
 
The Sheriff said that he had a abandoned it. Plus he had been notified to come and get it. Said any type of storage bill would have eat up the value of the planter.
 
In many states you can't sell it without meeting a few legal obligations. First you have to notify the guy who you sold it to, and give him/her x number of days to move it, (suggestion I would also notify them formally that there will be storage charges per day until they remove it), and include an abandonment clause to the effect that if it isn't removed within x amount of days, it shall be considered as abandoned equipment, and you shall have the right to sell/dispose of the equipment without further notice. (Suggest: you check with a local attorney) You can get into trouble for just up and selling something that has already been sold and you have received the money therefore.
 
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