I'm the Bad Guy who sold the 8N twice

Sincerely,

Rob Gross

Thank you for your sincere apology. I believe that the vast majority of people on this Board live by simple principles - honesty and integrity among others. Because many share and live by these principles, incidents such as this tend to raise a lot of comment.

I also replied to Dan's message and was not at all supportive of what transpired. Having read your post I am sure you indeed regret that incident and have properly atoned for it.

Best wishes,

"Evil" Steve Stendebach

I think you ought to be willing to give it to the first guy that you agreed with. And at that price.
And it's a tough lesson.
But I also think that you're a pretty decent sort to fess up like you did. That's a tougher lesson.
And you passed it well.

But I keep thinking there's another lesson here. If the tractor is as he described it in his ad I don't blame Dan J for being upset.
But can I, knowing now what Rob knows, expect him to sell it for that price?
Or should I, knowing now what Dan J knows, expect him to buy it for that price? There's two partys have to make a deal.
Maybe there's some room for a meeting in the middle somwhere.

Oh and by the way Hey Rob, got anymore tractors out there you're looking to get rid of?
Ultradog

Others will hold a hard line and say it's my fault for not knowing the facts of the deal or not looking close enough and only pay what they agreed to. And I'll be the last guy to say that they're not within their right.
But I will say that the people I prefer to work for, the ones that I respect the most, the ones that I find to be the most honorable, are the ones that have a little compassion for you and understand that we all make blunders now and then, and will pay you a little more. If that makes me seem confused to you I wont tell you that you're wrong.

Greg G

You got exactly what you had coming to you, I just hope anyone who reads the 2 posts, the one about you and the one by you, will not deal with you, you can't be trusted to keep your word, that's the bottom line.

Mike

You sir, have made my evening. Best of luck to you in the future and with the New Year!

I admire you for your well-written statement about your tractor selling experience. I’m sure everyone can tell it came from the heart. If it is any consolation to you, I’m sure you are not the first person to have had an experience like this or to make a mistake like this.

I have noticed a nice 3-pt hitch smoothing harrow sitting in a man’s yard near my home. There are some other items near the harrow that have a for sale sign on them. Today, I stopped by and inquired about the harrow. The man said it had been for sale but someone had already paid him for it about two months ago and had not come and got it yet. He said that another man stopped by and offered him more money than he had sold it to the other man for, but he told him he could not sell it because money had already changed hands. (If no money had changed hands yet, this would have been a similar situation to yours.) He also said he could have sold the harrow numerous times after the other guy had paid him for it (and for more money).

This was an older man, probably retired, and had to constantly tell people the harrow was already sold and deal with the temptation of having to turn down more money than he originally sold it for.

This brings up the issue of having a buyer take delivery of their purchase in a timely manner. Personally, I think two months is a long time to have to big piece of farm equipment sit in the sellers yard waiting for the new owner to come and get it.

Buying and selling has been going on for thousands of years. I doubt that any of us has perfected the technique.

Rick H. Ga.

Maybe that's why your post has been here for 30 minutes with NO response!