Honesty

[Anonymous-0]

Responded to a add on yesterday's photo adds for 8n tractor in
northeast ia. Got on phone and talked to Mr.
Bill Reed about said tractor. He told me motor ran good, had good tires, one showing a little more wear than the other and the grill had small amount of damage in crank hole and small amount of rust on hood. told i would buy. Got there, tractor was out side so i walked up and looked it over. tires probably came on tractor when it was new. they were so badly weather checked they could,t be used for restoration. hood had place rusted out about 4 inches long above dog leg. grill had hole in center i could put my fist in it. and for last straw i started it up and it only ran on 3 cylinders. drove from central il. probably $100 worth of diesel fuel. very dissapointing day. needless to say i left the tractor there.

 

[ebooth]

Don't feel bad; I called a used car dealer one time on a VW diesel I set a time for a test drive, when I showed up it was running ready to go. I took it up the road to find it was missing on one. When I came back I pointed it out to the dealer. He acted dumb said he didn't know. This was cold weather that explained why they had it running when I got there. Probably towed it a mile to get it going before I got there. Some people will do anything for a free lunch know matter where you live.
Cheers
Eldon

 

[John (TR)]

I drove 3 hours to pickup a 39 that I bought that was advertised as restorable. When I got there I imediatley spotted the hole in the side of the block where the missing exhaust manifled should have been. It was restorable, just needed a block, hood, fenders, rims, dash, etc.

 

[gahorN]

Called the hangar keeper in east GA to see what he thought about the airplane advertised for sale, and he praised the owner and the airplane. Said it was beautiful. He handed me to another airplane owner who shared the hangar, who was a deputy-sheriff and he also said the plane was gorgeous and was surprised it was for sale.
Rented a plane, hired a mechanic and flew from TX to the Atlantic coast to see this "beautiful, gorgeous" airplane. It was painted with Sears Latex and a paint-roller and the engine was so rusted two spark plugs BROKE OFF at the threads trying to remove them for a compression test.
$2100 wasted to see a piece of trash that didn't have enough worth to make a good fishing reef if dropped in the ocean.

 

[OH Boy]

Don't that just cheese you off when someones not honest about the condition of the item they are trying to sell you? Not to mention the ones that paint over all kind of obvious problems and then act stupid about it, like, Fluid leak? what fluid leak, I never noticed that before. Ya right. Makes ya want to slap the guy silly when they act like you might be foolish enough to buy that!

I bought a Ford 4600 last year that supposed to be all renovated, serviced, etc. It did have new tires, sheet metal and paint -looked pretty! When I got it home I was tinkering and noticed there was no oil at all in the air cleaner cup. And the radiator fins were totally plugged up with crap. Found there was no thermostat even in the coolant system. Now, these were simple things for me to correct but, GEEZ, you went all through it and just missed these things? Don't think I'll buy any more tractors from that guy. He obviously did not do anything to it but make it pretty.

 

[BillM (OH)]

Went to look at a used car (at a dealership) - took it for a drive, with the dealer in the back seat, and it croaked on the road. I said "real good car" and never went back to him.

 

[bmack95hd]

Being a rookie at this N'thing I fell for the paint job trick, sure looked good on the internet. Arizona to Indiana and I'm the proud owner of two '51's that need a lot of attention. I understand they are 57 years old, but come on, some of the shoddy maintenance. Nails for cotter pins, coarse thread nuts impacted on to fine thread bolts. I could keep going put I'm sure you can relate.

 

[Sean Feeney]

Today with photos over the computer i ask for many of them, unless the thing is only 20 mins away. Last time (About) 7 years ago went to look at a truck,on the phone the guy said great shape, etc...etc.. got there 2 + hrs ride
you know it, piece of junk, was used as a Tow truck,
hit all over, bondo over bondo holes in the dash seat ripped etc... Went to the door to tell this guy he was a A-hole, and wasted my time. He came out "That dude was one big guy", I saved a lot of words I had planned on using, but told him he should be a little more upfront in describing.

 

[k in person]

Not all people are dishonest. I bought a allis 220 over the phone and no pictures. I sent the check and picked it you a month later, It was 350 miles away. It was way better than he said, had fender flairs ,weights, and things he didn"t say that came with it. I was going to restore it but it is in way to good of shape to restore.I used it for 6 years now and still have not had to fix anything.When I came to pick it up,he took me out for dinner.There are good honest nice people out there. Have a great day!

 

[bmack95hd]

Did I mention that my twins were advertised as being 52's. Thought I was a pig in $?!%, 52 is my birth year only to find the serial numbers prove they are 51's. No big deal I just tell everyone I'm a late model 57.

 

[Jeff-oh]

I had the same expierence... That dealership isn't on Colrein Ave. is it???

 

[Ande]

Been in the farm equipment business all my life,bought alot and sold alot of equipment.One thing I do remember,is those that were dishonest.Did the get ahead of me?Yes that day,but there name suffered a lifetime