It was very easy to be honest. See, I follow tractorhouse on YouTube (saved in my favorites on there) and Mast posts up videos of tractors on a regular basis. He also is one of the few dealers on there that does detailed videos, he doesn't make a 30 second video running around the tractor with the camera shaking the whole time with no information about the tractor, etc like some of the videos do. He does detailed walk-arounds, gives plenty of info about the tractor (the good AND the bad) and then you can go to his website and check out more pics and read more info. You can also call him or text him. It can be about as comfortable of buying a used tractor that you can't see as it gets. I really have no worries about what I'll be getting Thursday morning. The way it basically worked was he sent me TONS of pics, plus the video, also answered about 50 questions I had, gave me the serial number to run, told me anything and everything I could want to know about the tractor (the good and bad). In turn, I text him about 30-40 pics of my tractor, gave him my serial number to see that my Deere dealer had done all the service (he didn't ask for it but I offered it and it got more for the tractor because of that I think). The price already had the shipping figured into it so that was nice. Price was fair for what the tractor was and the condition it was in I thought. You know how you hear the Kubota owners rave about Barlow Equipment? Well, Mast Tractor is like Barlow except they sell used tractors and new attatchments. I think I've found my "used tractor" dealer for the future if I ever need another one. My local Deere dealers seem to get in nothing but worn out stuff or either used tractors that have the same price tag as a new one.
I didn't "steal" this 5325 by any means, but I got a very fair deal and it had a power reverser and low hours and hadn't been beat to death. It was exactly what I'd been searching for, for awhile now.