What's your "sold it but still here" story?
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Topic: What's your "sold it but still here" story?
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Subject: What's your "sold it but still here" story?
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:06am
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Didnt want to run the D-10 post over on the classifies too off topic so starting this thread just for fun. Almost everyone who sells much of anything has sold items that never left the property. Had it happen to me 10 times and I don't wheel and deal that much, here is my #1 they never come get it story; Going on 15 years ago I sold a 2 bottom #2 plow to a guy that lived a long ways away. Got paid immediately but the plow never left the place and the guy quit returning emails or phones calls after around 5 years. Sold the plow again for same price to a fellow a couple states away with the understanding it needed to leave. Again got paid pronto and after several years of badgering him to come get it he finally said I don't want it and hung up. So what does a guy do now??? A posting appeared on here from a very young man looking for a plow and I thought what the hey I have sold the damn plow twice and still have it and the money so I sent him a PM and said I have one you can have for free and he accepted. My conscience was cleared!!! almost,,, The guy hasn't been on the site for years now,, plow is still in my barn,,,, |
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Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:34am
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that is kinda funny
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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:40am
| dang son! that there is a money maker! and yer complain'in??? whew! lol |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:41am
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Oh, Dad had a gravel crusher come in and expand the old pit. Took a lot of crushed gravel out but left a huge pile of crushed gravel Maybe 20 feet tall by 75 long and 40 feet wide but was always going to come and get the rest which he already paid Dad for. That was back around 1980. Eventually Dad sold a bit here and there and we used some of it until now there is a pile left about the size of my pickup. Wish he never resold any of it. Would come in handy today. Dad being on the other side of this kind of deal where he bought an old McCormick reaper/binder but he never picked it up. About 10 years later the guy who he bought it from showed up pulling it down the road and parked in Dad's woods. It's still in that spot all rotted to pieces. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:47am
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my story isn't as exiting and it wasn't a 'sold' item either... I came home one night in the fall and there were lights flashing farther down the road, so drove on down and a fellow was standing by a broken down goose neck trailer. Said what happened and corse the wheels off one side and 4 ton of wood pellets on pallets set behind it. I fired up the old 170 tractor and carried the pallets off of the road to my drive way, then told owner to leave his truck in neutral and I would pick up the back end of the trailer and pull him backwards to my field and we did tht. he unhooked and said he would get it out of here in the next week... an that was 2 1/2 years ago... an its still here with busted axels. LOL ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:59am
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That's funny. Here's one. About 25 years ago, I had a pretty clean 66' Nova that I sold to the kid down the street. After he bought it, he said he'll be back up to pick it up next week. A few weeks go by, and haven't heard from him. Figured, well he only lives a mile down the road, I'll just drive it down. Pulled it into his driveway and saw his Mom outside he told her "here's Kevin's Nova". She looked at me like I left my other head home. She didn't know he bought it. He went out West away to school. About 4 months go by, I come home from work and here's the Nova in my driveway! (WTH?) Turns out the father didn't want the car sitting in his driveway taking up room. Brings it back. Sooo, I go down to give the father his sons money back and he says "settle up with him". He won't be back for a long time. Now, at this time, I didn't know whether this kid is really out West in school or in jail. So I put the money in an envelope and put it in the drawer. A feller drives by, see's the Nova asks if its for sale and I said sure. I sell it again. Guy says he'll be back with his trailer to pick it up. Weeks went by. He never showed up. I didn't have his phone number, so here I am again with the Nova still in my driveway. So I sell the car to another guy and finally he picks the darn thing up with a rollback. Woo Hoo! the Nova is gone FINALLY. (I was really startin' ta' like it to, but had to many of em' already at the time so it had to go) About 4-5 years later, one of our customer's comes up the driveway to pickup some Nova parts and wouldn't ya know it, he's in the same damn Nova!! Now, of coarse he didn't know I owned it at one time, and he says to me: "hey you buy and sell Nova's, ya know anyone that would be interested in this Nova?" I said, "well there was kid down the street that was lookin' for one, but I haven't seen him around in almost 10 years. Ya know, I still had his money in that envelope all that time... Ya just never know... LOL! Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Dmpaul89
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 8:56am
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Sold a pair of jet skis on ebay, guy put $800 deposit down, and I never heard from him again... I dont take deposits anymore, I sell a lot of things on Craigslist and ebay. I refuse deposits because 1- I get attached to things and its hard enough to let them go but if i gotta look at it every day then i start to want to keep it. 2- It doesn't matter what they put down it doesn't guarantee they will be back, which leaves you in a Weird situation. (is this guy gonna seek revenge for forfeiting his deposit?) so you end up giving the money back anyway Cash only, same day sales. pay, load, gone, done.
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:09am
Dang Butch, kinda wish I had sold my #2 more than once  I don't think I ever got paid for something and it didn't go away, I did agree almost 2 years ago to sell some crawler parts to a guy. I heard from him a couple times since then and yesterday, he emailed me and wanted to know if Sat. would be OK to come pick them up. I have thought since then I let em go too cheap, and sometimes wish I hadn't agreed to sell the rollers but, I won't go back on my word.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:16am
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Deposits do not mean they are SOLD ,FULL PAYMENT MEANS SOLD . PICK IS ANOTHER STORY. Get the pick deal done in E-mail or text .With Phone # . Almost like on this Forum ,people think PM's are phone CALL's , Can PM u then DO NOT CHECK BACK for DAYS to see what u sent BACK !!! NEXT !!! OH my WIFE SAID ,is a good one .LOL ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:22am
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When dad had his farm sale back in 1986 to sell all the big equipment he allowed a neighbor to sell his IH 5 bottom plow at the sale. It was purchased by my old high school history teacher who lived about 4-5 miles away. He said he would come get it in a couple of weeks. It sat for about two months in near the barn and dad got tired of it being in the way so he moved it to the fence row. Fast forward 25 years. Dad has passed. Buyer has passed. I'm cleaning up the farm so I call my BIL who is a big IH fan and ask him if he would like a plow. He brought a chainsaw and dragged it out to the road and loaded it up, painted it and put it back in operation. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: peterh
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:48am
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this is a great idea for a post topic. enjoying the stories, especially the first one. I have been to Larry's place (D10 and D12s), and saw them all sitting there... pretty weird ------------- 1947 C, 1949 B, 195? CA 60 series cultivator fertilizer side dresser 2 bottom snap coupler plow 1 bottom plow, Cole planter |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 10:05am
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George Straight ,can't Give it Away . ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 11:41am
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Sold a bunch of IH rear half weights and 2 18" rims and tires to a fellow on YTmag. Said he was a trucker on the west side and would pick them up when he came thru sometime. Cashed his check and never wrote his name down...been 0ver 10 years now. ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: DON G
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 1:11pm
 Guy paid cash for snap coupler 4 row cultivator, didn't know who he was, resold it many years later, got paid again.Cultivator is still here, been many years now. It is for sale again. Anybody want to be number three????? |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 2:31pm
| I have one story...kinda different...I had a Hagie 4-wheel high boy sprayer in my driveway, was cleaning the cab windows on it and a dude drove in, asked if it was for sale? I had just cut down on acreage and really didn't need that big of a sprayer anymore but it was mine and paid for! we talked a bit, showed it to him, ran it and unfolded the booms and such (60 ft) told him a price and he agree'd. said he'd be back with his checkbook. next day he came back and handed me cash money for it and said he'd be back with a trailer in a few days! I had some extra parts for it and gathered them up to give him when he came to pick it up! well that very next day I was put in the hospital for 2 weeks with blood clots...and the old lady....ooops...I mean the loving wife said the guy came after the sprayer. I asked if she gave him those extra parts? she said she forgot to....and I feel bad now that he didn't get them, and I didn't remember his name so I could deliver him those parts. (nozzles, screens, plugs, manuel, seals, charts, and specialty tools). I still have it all in a couple boxes, if he ever stops again or see's me and re-introduces himself to me, I can give them to him! |
Posted By: Trinity45
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 2:48pm
| Sold a grain bed to a fella, he paid for it and said he would come back the next weekend to pick it up, 10 years later I still have it. Store fire wood on it. |
Posted By: ChadB
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 3:02pm
| I had a older cow show up in my herd one day. Don't know where she came from. I asked all around and nobody was missing one and nobody ever came looking for one. This was about at the end of winter. Came time to sell my springs calf's and guess what? She went to market with them. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 3:03pm
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Not a sale but similar , A good friend of mine Kenny is head of Maint. at local mall .He has worked there since high school and has been in charge for over 20 years . The mall had a major remodel 15 or so years ago .The out of state tile company that retiled the entire mall floor left a brand new Bobcat skidsteer when they were done .Claimed they would be back for it. My friend Kenny told them the mall would store it if they could use it until they come back to pick it up . Tile company agreed . Well about 10 years went by , Kenny says a rep. from tile company would call around the end of each year to check on the bobcat , claiming they would be back soon to get it ... The mall guys used it ever day , someone would borrow it every weekend .There was a waiting list of guys that wanted to borrow it . I used it several times . God knows how many hours were on that thing . Kenny said when they finally came back to get it the tires were flat and it would not start . Had to be loaded on a trailer with a crane . ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: 45 turboa-
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 6:46pm
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This is a story about a machinery dealer we had in Whitehall,wi he was a long time JD dealer sold alot of tractors & machinery until JD took his dealership because he wouldn't build a new building but he would sell new eq. and someone would trade a piece of eq. in but he would forget to pickup what was traded in some guys said they traded in the same piece of eq. twice maybe three times. ------------- turbocharged |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 6:54pm
| I have sold my crank start B three times and it is still here. I never took any money. It was not actually for sale but I gave out a price and three time I was told not to sell it as they would be back with the money. It was a year or two apart. I have not used for about 12 years. It still has the cultivators on it. I used it to cultivate pumpkins until I got the first G. |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:03pm
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I have a Cat 22 crawler I sold back in 1981 still over in my field,no big deal I know the owner he'll get it someday.Reminds me I have a Brinly Planter up in PA from a few years back I need to get(LOL) |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 7:08pm
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Gary U need to sell that Planter .LOL ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 8:43pm
| My stories are mostly bought but haven't picked up yet. Darrel |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 9:22pm
| Dad sold a great big old cement mixer to a guy over 50 years ago. When ever they met on the street the joke got to be"will be over next week for my cement mixer". This thing was big, mounted on 4 steel wheels, run with the flat belt off the belt pully on the WD45. Both men are gone now, cement mixer was stolen along with a whole bunch of other machinery 3 years ago. |
Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 10:49pm
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I bought a 1500 disc chisel a year and a half ago. I haven't got. And a disc about 4 years ago, I have never went to pickup. I need to get these done !!!!! ------------- Education doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated. |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2016 at 11:22pm
| what have you been doing? whew! |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 6:44am
Buy a FORD you will get there . LMAO . Sorry could not help myself on that one . ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
ILGLEANER wrote:Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 7:25am
| IG....maybe if'n you and me goes all over and picks up all the stuff that has been mentioned on here, bet we could make a BIG HAUL! uh...just to help these fellow members out, gittin the stuff outta their way! |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 7:30am
 ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 10:32am
I looked at the chisel last year if it's the one just west of FS |
Posted By: Jhebel
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 5:13pm
| I had an old Hopto Backhoe that had been sitting in a barn for 10 years and had not run. I put a fresh battery on it, it started right up. I sold it to a guy on Craigslist who came and gave me an deposit, and took some extra buckets and a clam bucket that I had for it. After a year of trying to call and email him, and even sending him a letter in the mail, he never returned anything about picking up the backhoe. By this time, the backhoe had been sitting over the winter outside, and when I went to start it up in the spring, the starter was shot. Instead of trying to fix it, I just sold it as is because I just wanted to get rid of the thing. So I sold it to a guy who drove 100 miles for it, and when he got to my place the motor broken on his winch. After several hours of trying various things, we ended up hooking up the hydraulics from my front end loader to his winch and using the controls on my tractor to move it. It was an awful lot of work to sell a dumb backhoe. |
Posted By: GARY(OH/IN)
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 7:47pm
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Just a small thing but I'd like to keep my word if I can. I sold a 1582 belly mower off a 5015 to a guy that lives in Wisconsin but owns a farm in the Newark, Ohio area that his brother lives on. He works as a blacksmith on a state owned farm in Wiscinscin where the city people go to learn what it was all about. I finally found the manual I promised to send him but now can't find the address. If you see this or know him let him know about this post. |
Posted By: VAfarmboy
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2016 at 11:16pm
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I had an old IH disk of grandad's that I sold at a neighbor's farm auction and the guy never picked it up. Neighbor wanted it gone so I towed it back home and called the buyer and told him to come pick it up at my place. He never did, so after a couple of years I finally sold it to someone else. I am using several grain bins on a rented farm that were sold at a farm auction back in 1986 and never got moved. We have an old 1970s Cat D8 dozer that someone else sold and never got picked up. We had a guy doing some work cleaning up around the edges of some fields on the farm with it years ago and he got sick and never came back to finish the job, then he died. His son sold it to some guy from out of state and he was supposed to come pick it up from our farm. The buyer called me several times and said he was coming to get it but he never showed up. I called him several times and left messages to see when he was coming to pick the thing up but he never returned my calls. I finally called the guy who had sold it and asked him what I should do with the dozer and he said "I don't give a damn what you do with it I already got paid." That was 15 years ago and I have gotten a lot of use out of that dozer! |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 6:58am
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One thing I would NEVER DO is take a deposit ,then let someone take a few items along of the unit they left deposit for. DEPOST DOSE NOT MEAN ITS SOLD. ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: Play Farmer
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 9:24am
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The only one I've ever done on this subject I was on the buying end; Years ago I was looking for tires for my truck. I drove by a place locally that had (2) full sets out front for sale, (4) of one size I needed, (4) that weren't. I knocked on the door and asked if they'd split them up. The lady said no, but if I wanted all (8) of them I could take them for $50.00. Obviously I said I'd take them but I looked a bit happily confused so she explained; she was moving literally in an hour and needed the tires gone. A guy had stopped a few days earlier and said he'd take them. She explained they needed to be gone that day. He was good with that, paid her all but $50.00 and said he'd be right back. 2 days later, the guy was nowhere to be seen and she was leaving. I paid the $50.00, used the ones I needed, sold the other set at a nice discount and everyone was happy. Well...I'm thinking the first guy wasn't too happy. I've always wondered if he was trying to wait her out and cheat her out of the last $50.00. If that was the case his plan backfired. |
Posted By: TREVMAN
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2016 at 1:38pm
| My Grandpa traded his Gleaner E on an A in 1952. It sat in the yard until the mid sixties. My Dad would start the engine a couple times a year, made sure the tires were up. In about 66 or 67 a man came along from the dealer and said the combine had been sold. He towed it away, never heard anything about it again...The law here is 7 years abandoned and its yours. I believe the dealer gave my Dad some money, he gave it to Grandpa, Trev. |
Posted By: PatrickBeth
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2016 at 5:11pm
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Not my story but my brother. He helped a navy friend pay a debt off for a deal gone bad before he left ship to go home during Vietnam. They guy gave him a Gretch electric guitar, the guy never paid my brother back before going home. My brother kept the guitar, and looked him up 30 years later on his ships web page. Contacted him, and the guy paid the cash owed, and received the guitar back. No 30 years of intrest, just money owed, my brother probably lost money on shipping. |