Selling

[steveky]

How do you post a four sale ad

 

[George2615]

Log into Classified at the top of page and go to private party ads.
See below link.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...71-new-classifieds-section-private-party.html

 

[varmint]

Not to discourage you from using TbN, but I have had good luck selling tractors on Craig's List, and using a free limited Tractorhouse ad as well. CL seems to work fairly well, and it is painless.

 

[George2615]

I agree with varmint. I too have sold a tractor and many other items on CL. More local people are viewing CL. I sold mine in less than a week.
TBN is worldwide and not too many people want to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to look at a tractor.

 

[Byrdnyrd]

TBN is by far has THE worst classified section--I am a member on several forums and I cannot understand why they can't figure it out!
This is a great forum-but good God, it CANT be that hard to set up a sub thread titled "For Sale"

As always, the moderator will send me a note telling me how easy it is to post a sale ad.....
All you have to do is re-configure your TCP/IP address and edit your Register Dot confit files to allow JAVA to access you ID-10T log......

Just do Craig's list......


Moderator bring it on!!

BN

 

[Lilguy]

I sold my L2250 by hanging a for sale sign on it at the entrance to my driveway when I was working there last fall. It took just over an hour for 1 neighbor and 4 landscape crews to stop and check it out. Kubotas are hot items.

 

[FatTire]

This is a timely subject. I just looked at the Classified section, ahhh, not much there to draw in hits, not going to bother listing my machine there. What gives? TBN should look at the For Sale sections on Expedition Portal. Tons of ads, tons of traffic. The "For Sale by Owner" section should be part of the main Forum, probably around where Projects/Tires/Hydraulics etc. is now. Two sub-sections, "Tractors" and "Attachments/Accessories". They'd be surprised how much traffic it would add to the site.

 

[steveky]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I've had lots of call from just having a sign on it at the end of the driveway.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

What do you have for sale and how much? That's the best way to sell "stuff" is to tell what you have and how much whether here or on Craigslist or Facebook local sale sites.

 

[MadMax31]

I dont bother with online forums. Usually the only interested parties are 750 miles away and dont want to pay shipping on a 100 pound part...

Ive given up on FeeBay, they take too much of a cut...

Craigslist I hate, because people always want to trade an Xbox with 44 games for a $7500 quad. Or some jamoke who thinks a 15 year old sled with 5500 miles is somehow worth $3500. My items eventually do sell, but I put up with a lot of BS beforehand.

This go-around, Im just gonna trade in my B7610. Dealer has offered 1000 less than what I wanted if I sold it privately.

 

[steveky]

What do you have for sale and how much? That's the best way to sell "stuff" is to tell what you have and how much whether here or on Craigslist or Facebook local sale sites.

I'm selling a L 30 10 HST FEL with 890 hrs, R4's, 1 rear remote
Asking $14,500

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I dont bother with online forums. Usually the only interested parties are 750 miles away and dont want to pay shipping on a 100 pound part...

Ive given up on FeeBay, they take too much of a cut...

Craigslist I hate, because people always want to trade an Xbox with 44 games for a $7500 quad. Or some jamoke who thinks a 15 year old sled with 5500 miles is somehow worth $3500. My items eventually do sell, but I put up with a lot of BS beforehand.

This go-around, Im just gonna trade in my B7610. Dealer has offered 1000 less than what I wanted if I sold it privately.

This is why I usually trade with my Dealer Barlows plus the 6% off state sales tax makes it hard for me to sell for as much as I get for the trade in. Will be trading in a B2650 HST FEL Front hydraulics under 50 hours and a ZD326 60" rear discharge under 60 hours tomorrow for a L3910 HST FEL Front hydraulics loaded tires Landpride 6' rotary mower

I'm selling a L 30 10 HST FEL with 890 hrs, R4's, 1 rear remote
Asking $14,500

There you go. Now we and others know

 

[MadMax31]

I got a quote from Barlows in Aug for an L2501. After freight they were still $2200 cheaper than my 4 local dealers. My visit last week looking at a BX25D, the salesman brought him up by name. So there must be some Botas in Upstate NY with Barlow stickers that came through his shop. He told me he cannot deny warranty work, but Id be dead last on the list. Im not overly concerned about warranty on a machine that Ill put 50-75 hrs a year on. Ill be asking him for a quote again in late March.

 

[varmint]

Every now and then, folks will complain about Craig's list and flamers who complicate your life. But, I have bought and sold a fair amount of stuff, cars, machine tools, tractors and implements, and pretty much everything went according to plan, both mine and the other party's. For example, I took down an old, fairly large TV antennae with a rotator. Before hauling it to the metal recycling center, I took a couple photos and put it on CL. Two days later, I was loading into a guy's pickup truck and putting cash into my pocket. OK.

Most curious example was my wife's 7 or 8 year old used Honda Civic Hybrid... trade in was too low, I felt, so onto CL it went with good photos. We are in Maryland. A guy in Wisconsin emailed me with questions, I scanned some documents and took a couple dozen photos. We agreed on a fair price, he flew into Baltimore's BWI airport, and drove the car home.
About a year later, he emailed me to say the car was great, and had saved him a fortune in gas on his long commute.

 

[The Deerslayer]

This is why I usually trade with my Dealer Barlows plus the 6% off state sales tax makes it hard for me to sell for as much as I get for the trade in. Will be trading in a B2650 HST FEL Front hydraulics under 50 hours and a ZD326 60" rear discharge under 60 hours tomorrow for a L3910 HST FEL Front hydraulics loaded tires Landpride 6' rotary mower

There you go. Now we and others know

Good luck with adding the L3901 to your stable tomorrow.....I suspect you will like it. Big fan of mine:thumbsup:

 

[Steve1300]

Every now and then, folks will complain about Craig's list and flamers who complicate your life. But, I have bought and sold a fair amount of stuff, cars, machine tools, tractors and implements, and pretty much everything went according to plan, both mine and the other party's. For example, I took down an old, fairly large TV antennae with a rotator. Before hauling it to the metal recycling center, I took a couple photos and put it on CL. Two days later, I was loading into a guy's pickup truck and putting cash into my pocket. OK.

Most curious example was my wife's 7 or 8 year old used Honda Civic Hybrid... trade in was too low, I felt, so onto CL it went with good photos. We are in Maryland. A guy in Wisconsin emailed me with questions, I scanned some documents and took a couple dozen photos. We agreed on a fair price, he flew into Baltimore's BWI airport, and drove the car home.
About a year later, he emailed me to say the car was great, and had saved him a fortune in gas on his long commute.

I have sold two tractors and a car on Craig's List. I think, now that I consider it, that pictures spell the difference in drawing attention. With only one photo or no photo, I don't even consider the offer as valid.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Good luck with adding the L3901 to your stable tomorrow.....I suspect you will like it. Big fan of mine:thumbsup:

Thanks, tomorrow is today!!! Signed papers yesterday and saved another $700 by waiting till Kubota March incentives were added. Delivery today with pick up of my trade ins.
Trade ins could be bargains for those that like buying used with under 50 hours. B has 40hrs, I think. Got to get boxblade, RatchetRake and Attach plate on front bucket for hyd post hole digger off B before they get here.:cool2:

 

[Oldoak]

This is why I usually trade with my Dealer Barlows plus the 6% off state sales tax makes it hard for me to sell for as much as I get for the trade in. Will be trading in a B2650 HST FEL Front hydraulics under 50 hours and a ZD326 60" rear discharge under 60 hours tomorrow for a L3910 HST FEL Front hydraulics loaded tires Landpride 6' rotary mower

I have heard a lot of good things about Barlows. You are fortunate to life close enough to deal with them. :thumbsup:

Unfortunately for me up here in ne PA, I am too far away to deal with them to include my L4200 as a trade in. :confused3:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I have heard a lot of good things about Barlows. You are fortunate to life close enough to deal with them. :thumbsup:

Unfortunately for me up here in ne PA, I am too far away to deal with them to include my L4200 as a trade in. :confused3:

Not so. Barlows takes trade ins often from other states just like they buy equipment from other states. Marvin is ready to travel at most times since his retirement from the Army. If you wonder about them looking at your trade in, Steve has never looked at any of my trade ins until they arrive on his lot. I am honest with him in my description and we've never had an issue concerning it not being what I described. Marvin will look when he gets there, I'm sure and he knows about the equipment.
I do car/truck trades also online with phone contact so deal is done before I go to lot with my trade in to pick up what I'm buying. Have been surprised a few times when dealing with individuals when I arrived and saw what I was buying that left a lot to be desired from the description the seller provided. :thumbdown:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have heard a lot of good things about Barlows. You are fortunate to life close enough to deal with them.

Unfortunately for me up here in ne PA, I am too far away to deal with them to include my L4200 as a trade in. :confused3:

I bought and trades in with barlows, I'm in MD.