RaydaKub
Veteran Member
I bought my BX2230 off eBay. I was watching a variety of auctions. This one was the nearest at 250 miles away. Dealer prices on the BX1500 were north of $9k. This one was at $7k. With 3 minutes left in the auction I sent my wife a message "It's still there." She replied "Bid." I put in $7400 with 15 seconds left and snagged it for $7100.
591 hours. There's no hood ornament and a dent there. The right front gauge wheel on the mower hit something dang hard. I tried to use a hydraulic jack to bend it back out a little and maybe got 10%. It still clears the blades fine, but the wheel needs to be 1 hole less than the other 3; no biggie. And the mower height control was broken off the frame so that putting the mower down, it dropped to the ground. I tore it apart and had my neighbor weld it back on. The bucket shows paint worn off, but functions perfectly.
During my watch, I had gone to the dealer's website and seen it listed there also. The eBay contact information matched the website information.
After I won, I couldn't type for several hours my hands were shaking so much.
My cousin lives in that town and told me afterwards that "If you buy from them, you won't have any problems." and he was right. Then he went down with his ATV trailer and loaded it up for me. As such, he became my shipper. Since it was being shipped out of state, I saved the sales tax. And I hooked up his trailer as I was passing through town after delivering my son to college. I brought it home and 3 weeks later a friend was moving that direction and returned the trailer for me with no extra miles involved at all.
I am in the 100% club for satisfaction in buying sight unseen, but there certainly can be bad deals out there and there is risk involved. In general, I think eBay might be safer than Craigslist, but ymmv.
591 hours. There's no hood ornament and a dent there. The right front gauge wheel on the mower hit something dang hard. I tried to use a hydraulic jack to bend it back out a little and maybe got 10%. It still clears the blades fine, but the wheel needs to be 1 hole less than the other 3; no biggie. And the mower height control was broken off the frame so that putting the mower down, it dropped to the ground. I tore it apart and had my neighbor weld it back on. The bucket shows paint worn off, but functions perfectly.
During my watch, I had gone to the dealer's website and seen it listed there also. The eBay contact information matched the website information.
After I won, I couldn't type for several hours my hands were shaking so much.
My cousin lives in that town and told me afterwards that "If you buy from them, you won't have any problems." and he was right. Then he went down with his ATV trailer and loaded it up for me. As such, he became my shipper. Since it was being shipped out of state, I saved the sales tax. And I hooked up his trailer as I was passing through town after delivering my son to college. I brought it home and 3 weeks later a friend was moving that direction and returned the trailer for me with no extra miles involved at all.
I am in the 100% club for satisfaction in buying sight unseen, but there certainly can be bad deals out there and there is risk involved. In general, I think eBay might be safer than Craigslist, but ymmv.