Posted by NYOlivers on January 21, 2018 at 09:41:14 from (98.3.50.125):
In Reply to: One for rrlund posted by sms on January 21, 2018 at 03:04:14:
I also have to agree with others about not even making a offer. He should have put some kind of price on it even if it was crazy high. He probably does not know how much it is worth and is worried that the price in is head is to low. He should maybe do more research, it will most likely be for sale for a long time.
Over this past summer I found a 1955 Oliver on CL about a half hour away from me. It said "make offer in the ad". I called the guy, he told me about the tractor and a price someone else offered him that he turned down. The tractor was nothing special needed work and had been sitting in a barn for the last 20+ years. It did not run but supposedly turned over. It was the guys fathers tractor who had recently passed away, so he was selling off the fathers tractors and other items. So we went to look at it with cash in hand. The guy was kind of a jerk, I looked over the tractor and like I said it need some work just to get it running but it was pretty much all there the cab was rough but it did have fender tanks. Anyway I made an offer a few hundred dollars more than his other offer, he than proceeds to tell me that he is holding his own personal auction on the tractor! And will not sell it till he checks with the other parties making offers. My brother in law asked him right out if he was a licensed auctioneer? I should have just walked away at that point and told him to forget it. But I would really like a 1955 that's the only reason I was still interested, so I offer a little more and said we have the cash with us and could pick it up the next day. He laughed at me and says well there might be a family member interested but they have not looked at it yet and he has to let them have a chance. I was done at this point and aggravated to say the least... I did not end up buying it and I do not know how much it sold for I really do not care. He did call me three times after that to make a higher offer, I told him you have my offer and that's it.
If he wanted to auction the tractor and other items he should have hired a auction company! Even before that he should have checked with the family member and got there decision then proceeded. It was a complete waste of my time and the other people's time that were involved. If there actually was others making offers.
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