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Posted by Tom Dooley on October 11, 2004 at 19:30:29 from (165.121.215.23):
In Reply to: Thanks for the advice posted by bark on October 11, 2004 at 18:17:40:
This summer we drove 800+- round trip to get a tractor in ILL.We took a print off the computer before we went. When the guy pulled the tractor out of the shed I could not recognize it from the picture.The paint job was done with a spray can and the fender tips were rusted off.He had a relative that was a computer "freak".I sure wish that I could replace rusted fenders with the stroke of a key!!The guy also wanted to keep the tractor for ten days untill the check cleared.He never knew that I had the cash in my pocket to pay for it. He told me that he had been a farmer over the phone. When I asked him about that he said no not all the time and he mentioned another ocupation. I said I thought so and got in the truck and had a pleasant drive home.My rule has always been "drive it first". Tom
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