bp fick
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Hopefully, an interesting story.
Bought my BX (at a good price) 10 months ago. It was perfect in every way, but then, quite unexpectedly, I got a huge (for me) contract for organic foods production that I had not anticipated when originally purchasing. In order to row cultivate more mature plants, I intended to step up to a B2320. It's higher clearance would allow me to straddle the plants up to 12" in height, something the BX cannot do.
Called a couple of friendly dealers, even reached out to a few who hang out here, but trading in a 10 month machine would mean a beating I wasn't willing to take. Listed it, along with the front hydraulic plow and QH on a few sites. This was during the February snow events from coast to coast. The phone rang off the hook about the front blade and sold it easily for what I had paid for it, $1750. A guy drove up from Ohio and grabbed it. With some patience, I also agreed to sell the tractor to a fella who had seen the Craigslist and came over and we agreed on a price, about half way between what I had paid and what was being offered to trade in. I was quite satisfied. He put down a hefty deposit and followed up with the cash. Said he'd pick up the tractor in a "few weeks", which was fine with me. He didn't seem like the "tractor type", if you know what I mean and I remember thinking he was buying a bit on impulse, but, hey!, who was I to question it?
So I commenced shopping prices and availability of a B2320. I didn't particularly enjoy what I was hearing, but was committed and so the process continued. This "switch" is going to cost and the wife was somewhat grumpy about it, as she liked the BX.
A couple of weeks have passed by without a word from my buyer. Finally, I called him. Turns out he had been transferred with his work and was trying to figure out the shipping costs and arrangements. (west coast) Fine. He told me if I needed to use the tractor, by all means do so. Sure, why not? So, I used it move the camper and boat out of the barn, re-worked the new garden field. Hey, why not?
This morning, he called. (you gotta know what's coming next) He wanted to know if I would consider buying the tractor back.
What? Did I hear him right? He said it was going to cost him "an arm and a leg" to transport it and his company would not pay for it, as it was not considered "household goods". And that if I would buy it back, he'd eat a grand. My first thought was that laying out that money he had likely emptied his pockets and was now fairly hungry for cash. I told him I'd think about and get back to him.
I've told the wife and she said immediately that she just as soon have the BX back and not have more debt nor a larger machine, as she didn't feel as comfortable on it in tight quarters. Interesting. She asked if there was a way to work around the cultivation issue.
Well, that's where it stands right now. Do I or don't I? Do I really nick him for some funds for this deal, or not? Hmmmm...
Bought my BX (at a good price) 10 months ago. It was perfect in every way, but then, quite unexpectedly, I got a huge (for me) contract for organic foods production that I had not anticipated when originally purchasing. In order to row cultivate more mature plants, I intended to step up to a B2320. It's higher clearance would allow me to straddle the plants up to 12" in height, something the BX cannot do.
Called a couple of friendly dealers, even reached out to a few who hang out here, but trading in a 10 month machine would mean a beating I wasn't willing to take. Listed it, along with the front hydraulic plow and QH on a few sites. This was during the February snow events from coast to coast. The phone rang off the hook about the front blade and sold it easily for what I had paid for it, $1750. A guy drove up from Ohio and grabbed it. With some patience, I also agreed to sell the tractor to a fella who had seen the Craigslist and came over and we agreed on a price, about half way between what I had paid and what was being offered to trade in. I was quite satisfied. He put down a hefty deposit and followed up with the cash. Said he'd pick up the tractor in a "few weeks", which was fine with me. He didn't seem like the "tractor type", if you know what I mean and I remember thinking he was buying a bit on impulse, but, hey!, who was I to question it?
So I commenced shopping prices and availability of a B2320. I didn't particularly enjoy what I was hearing, but was committed and so the process continued. This "switch" is going to cost and the wife was somewhat grumpy about it, as she liked the BX.
A couple of weeks have passed by without a word from my buyer. Finally, I called him. Turns out he had been transferred with his work and was trying to figure out the shipping costs and arrangements. (west coast) Fine. He told me if I needed to use the tractor, by all means do so. Sure, why not? So, I used it move the camper and boat out of the barn, re-worked the new garden field. Hey, why not?
This morning, he called. (you gotta know what's coming next) He wanted to know if I would consider buying the tractor back.
What? Did I hear him right? He said it was going to cost him "an arm and a leg" to transport it and his company would not pay for it, as it was not considered "household goods". And that if I would buy it back, he'd eat a grand. My first thought was that laying out that money he had likely emptied his pockets and was now fairly hungry for cash. I told him I'd think about and get back to him.
I've told the wife and she said immediately that she just as soon have the BX back and not have more debt nor a larger machine, as she didn't feel as comfortable on it in tight quarters. Interesting. She asked if there was a way to work around the cultivation issue.
Well, that's where it stands right now. Do I or don't I? Do I really nick him for some funds for this deal, or not? Hmmmm...
