Posted by JRSutton on February 11, 2013 at 12:24:54 from (75.130.109.233):
Sheriff's auction a few hours earlier today.
I couldn't go, but a friend of mine went, filled me in on how it went:
Some local farmer, old guy, been farming all his life, started having a hard time making ends meet and got into a bind.
Hired a lawyer to get him through bankruptcy, apparently the lawyer was charging quite a fee for his services, and the guy couldn't keep paying him either.
Lawyer took possession of all his old tractors and is having them auctioned off.
The farmer was there with his family - all begging people not to bid on anything.
He was crying and on the phone with yet another lawyer trying to stop that auction, but the auctioneer didn't care, the show must go on.
On top of everything else, the local trucking company that delivered all the tractors to where they are now, set the minimum bid for everything to cover THEIR transportation fees of about $1200 PER tractor (for the 15 mile ride)
Auction started and of course people immediately started bidding.
John Deere 720 diesel - great shape - went for about $2600. Probably one of the best deals of the day.
But...
Can't say I would have bid if a man and his family begged me not to.
I know it's already too late for the guy - I get how it all works. He has an obligation to pay what he owes - I get it.
And I get that if I didn't, somebody else would, so I might as well. I understand all that.
I'd have loved that 720 myself for $2600.
But, I can't say there's anything in this world that I need to possesss badly enough to turn a blind eye to a man in that spot, and hope to get his stuff cheap.
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