Redlevel,
I posted asking if anyone would accompany me. Apparently no one could/would.
I borrowed (or rented actually) that exact same model tractor from Sdailey. It was the first tractor I ever really got to use for more than a 5 minute test drive and probably only the 2nd or 3rd I ever had my rump in. But, based on those hours using his on my place, I knew it would suffice for my needs. (His was GST but I was more concerned about the size/maneuverability etc.)
So, when I saw the exact same model AND with HST (so my wife could potentially drive it) that was exactly what I wanted. So I took the day off work and made the drive down there to go bid on it. Someone from that other site you and I frequent suggested them to me.
When I said I paid 'top dollar' I meant MY top dollar for what I thought a 15 hour tractor of that model, HST with FEL and warranty was worth around here. $15k. (New dealers quoted $18-21). The price difference I was quoted on an HST to DT was $1,000 to $1,250. I would NOT have paid $15k for it but would have given $14k. In actuality I wouldn't even have gone had I known it was a DT but knowing that after the fact I would have assumed $14 to be MY value placed on it given the quoted price difference on transmissions. I even told the guy I'd be open to ANYTHING to make the deal fair if he couldn't reimburse me the difference. I don't have any implements for example. I'm sure he can get what would be worth $1,000 to me for MUCH less. But apparently they weren't interested in doing anything, at all.
Now I guess I need to figure out if the warranty is actually still in effect, since again, it's what they posted....
Dirtworks, to be clear, I did look at it (in the rain). What I meant when I said "inspection was not practical" was I did not attempt to drive it around due to the weather especially since I knew they would drive it to the auction block so I'd know it at least worked (and again warranty). Again, all I knew to verify was the model# and the hours (and of course the fact it appeared like new and had a FEL on it).
Lest anyone misunderstand what I'm saying, I completely understand 99.9% of the people here would not have made the same mistake due to their knowledge level (and I'm sure would have insisted the auctioneer inform everyone of their false advertising before starting the bidding
). But AGAIN, I'm simply posting this to say if you choose to use them (or perhaps any auction house?) do NOT take even the most basic of information as fact, just because they have it clearly spelled out and in multiple places. It means..... well, nothing apparently.
And dirtworks, thanks. Sure I'd be interested in what he says and appreciate you taking the time. I'll ask a few as well. If I hadn't literally just had to buy my wife a new car (yesterday actually) I'd spend another thousand just to prove a point.
Again, I suspect I know what they are legally required to do (or rather not do). But if we all did just that, it would be next to impossible to conduct business of any kind. Occasionally you expect businesses to do something because it's RIGHT not because the law and/or a judge is breathing down their necks to make them act right. But I guess that's just me and the way I was raised.
That's part of the reason we have too many laws right now! People simply don't do the right thing.
They received undue compensation for a falsely advertised product. I would have simply expected them to make the deal equitable. That's all. Obviously too much to ask of a multibillion dollar international corporation (or maybe of anyone today?) in the name of good customer service.