anyone sold a tractor on ebay?

[Oleozz]

I sold my JD 870 on ebay with no problems. His money was good, my tractor was as advertised, so we had a smooth transaction.
I think a lot of folks set unrealistic prices on ebay and then are dumbfounded when their items don't sell or they misrepresent what they are selling.

 

[JSR LLS]

You might want to consider where you're located. I tried to sell a car on ebay, but the main snag was that no one wanted to come to Western NY to get it. I spent the week answering more emails than I care to remember, and in the end I had many people telling me the car was in great shape and priced right, but they didn't want to pay to have it shipped, but didn't want to come and get it either. So, over 1500 watchers, but in the end...no bids. We also bought a car on ebay. Luckily it was located about two hours from us at a large dealership, so we were able to go drive it and see it. Good Luck.

 

[jfh0jfh]

I've sold several cars/ trucks and some equipment on eBay. It's not always a miserable experience but it's been bad more times than it's been good. Folks bid; you chase them around on email only to find that they didn't realize how far away you were, they didn't see in your description that it needed work, they don't have a way to move it, they forgot they were leaving for iraq, their married sister showed up in town for a bowling tournament.

And of course eBay keeps its listing fees.

eBay is great for small parts but now I'll only sell larger items for other folks and IFF they agree to do all of the followup.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...Just keep one thing in mind when dealing on EBAY.

IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS.

I'd get rid of the "PROBABLY". If it seems too good to be true, IT IS!

If it seems almost too good to be true, it probably is.

I'd love to buy a tractor or implement off e-bay, but I've never found anything I wanted any closer than 500 miles or so. I wouldn't buy any high dollar item without seeing it personally or without some kind of concrete enforcable guarantee.

 

[PA hayseed]

As for big things, I've sold two tractors and one motorhome on e-bay. All went quite well. I did have a lot of correspondence with the bidders during the bidding process. I also had a number of jerks asking questions and trying to low-ball me.

Sorry, can't fault a guy for trying to get a bargain basement price can ya? Money doesn't grow on trees.

 

[dgl24087]

Sorry, can't fault a guy for trying to get a bargain basement price can ya? Money doesn't grow on trees.

I've sold 2 cars on ebay, first was a breeze, no haggling after the buyer saw it, left very pleased with it. 2nd car, I had numerous e-mails offering me 1/3 to 1/2 my asking price if they came with cash in hand. First buyer never showed to pick the car up, 2nd buyer bought on "Buy It Now" price, came with cash in hand, left happy.

 

[flusher]

Hey everyone,

I am looking to sell my tractor and was wondering if anyone has any dealings with buying/selling tractors on ebay? I've sold some of my implements on craigslist but it looks like I'll need to do something different to sell my tractor. There seems to be a couple of comparable sized tractors on there with bids that I would be comfortable with selling mine for. I was just curious if anyone else had any experiences selling something worth $30k on ebay?

I've been monitoring eBay tractor and implement auctions for more than a year now. I'd say 99% of the items I would want to bid on are out-of-state, more than 500 miles distant. Shipping cost becomes a siginificant issue once the item is located more than a few hours down the road. But I remain optimistic that I'll find something on eBay one of these days.

Meanwhile I try to hit the farm equipment auctions and continually check the local tractor dealers to see what they have on the used equipment lot.

 

[john_bud]

You may want to do some homework and have a shipping company lined up. It makes the sale easier for the buyer.

Also there are scammers that will pay with fraudulent bank checks. Color laser printers are cheap! Take pictures of the person and their drivers license. Funds would have to clear before I would release 30K of equipment to a person I just saw for the first time!

jb

 

[Spiveyman]

I bought my tractor at tractorhouse.com withouth ever seeing it, but looked on Ebay too. If I'd found what I wanted there I would have bought it. As for the "without ever seeing it" part, well.... I had many many conversations with the seller (a dealer, not a private sell), and felt comfortable enough to pull the trigger. The only problem is that I just simply didn't have a clue what I was doing and quite frankly got lucky to get a great machine. I'd still go through the internet but would want to see it now.

 

[putt_putt_green]

I always get the license plate number of the vehicle when buying from strangers. This is after buying counterfeit lift tickets for skiiing. I got a snowmobile ride with security, got to warm up in the middle of the day for about a 1/2 hour during some light interrogation. Seven Springs didn't even charge us for new lift tickets.