Is this for real?

/ Is this for real? #21  
Interesting. No I would not send money. I am only 5 hours away. I would not let anyone deliver, unless a dealer(local) of course.
Have to wait and see. Am going to look at a similar model tomorrow close, more hours, about 1,000, for more money.
 
/ Is this for real? #23  
Not to beat a dead horse, Here is E-Mail I sent after recieving his.

<font color="green"> Mr Delarrosa,
Thank You for your quick reply. We have a few more
to look at locally, and I will throw this one in the
mix. We are only about 5 hours from you so that won't
be much of a problem.
Thanks again, I will let you know if I have any
questions.
</font>

Here is his reply;

<font color="red"> hello
yes the tractor is in chicago.we will drive only 20 minutes to my farm. as you can see in my payment terms, i will sell it to the first person who will send me the 20%. i need cash fast so that's why i want to do this method. so i am not sure that till you will arrive, the tractor will be still for sale. so what i propose you is to send first the 20%, after that you will come for inspection, or i can come directly to your location to inspect it at your place and if is ok you will pay me the other 80% or if not i will return your 20% back cash. in that way you will be sure that the tractor will be your if you will accept it after inspection. so after i will receive payment confirmation from you i will cancel my auction and cancel the deal with the other buyers and make the deal with you.again i tell you that the tractor is in excellent condition, with no problems on it and it can be put on work right now.
so i am waiting your email asap.
</font>

I was sure to leave out any info so if this is a scam nobody should know, and if not, we would not want anyone to get any free advertising.
 
/ Is this for real? #24  
The deal has gotten better. In the email response posted here by Hambone the seller asks for 20% down for shipment. On ebay it is 25%.

Let's see, 20% of 17,000. This guy walks away with $3400.
 
/ Is this for real? #25  
It is interesting to me that the seller has NOT responded to my emails to him where I ask to come and see the tractor. But, while he did not respond to me, he apparently responded to HAMBONE with an address. I would love to have that address if someone still has access to it and can either post it or send it to my via a private message. One of my employees is an Illinois police officer (not a in the Chicago jurisdiction, but he has friends). We do business in the city every day.
 
/ Is this for real? #27  
On the way Bob /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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#28  
Has anyone contacted CAT yet to tell them that one of their tractors is listed on ebay for much less than on their own lot?

OR

Has anyone contacted ebay with a copy of the link showing the tractor on a CAT lot with a much different price?

Yooper Dave
 
/ Is this for real? #29  
Dave,
I registered there just for that purpose, but couldn't get anywhere as far as sending e-mail unless I knew what dealer to send it to /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
/ Is this for real? #30  
Here is another pic.
 

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/ Is this for real? #33  
The $17000 question is.......
Are the pics "borrowed" from the real owner/dealer?
Maybe if a Cat dealer here or someone who is registered there would contact the seller?
 
/ Is this for real? #37  
Yep, you are correct Dave. Those are the exact pictures the man E-Mailed me.

If this is a scam /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I would like to get this guy.
I did call his phone number and voice mail picked it up right away and said his name.
 
/ Is this for real? #38  
Hambone. . . thanks for the tractor's address!

I can absolutely tell you two things. There is no tractor at that address that Hambone got from the ebay seller; and the auction is a fraud.

The address given to me, while I did not go there last evening when I got the address, is very familiar to me. It is in the heart of the most expensive shopping/hotel/tourist district in Chicago on the main road, which has the nickname "Magnificant Mile." We shop there fairly often and there is absolutely NO tractor anywhere near that address.

Within a short walk of the address given are stores like Nieman-Marcus, Tiffany, Bloomingdales, Dunhill and Lester Lampert . . . but absolutely no tractor dealer, just high rise buildings with expensive stuff, art galleries, offices and hotels.
 
/ Is this for real? #39  
I reported this tractor auction as a possible fruadulent auction to ebay this morning.
 
/ Is this for real? #40  
Bob,

He does say in his reply to Hambone " we will drive only 20 minutes to my farm".
Maybe he just offices at Neimans. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 

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