gckshea
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Too good to be true?
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JohnTexas
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I was interested in a John Deere tractor which was advertised locally but pictures looked to be stock types. They said the machine was not in the area and they would ship to me all at prices below market. Never felt comfortable so deleted.
As an aside I bought a small JD tractor with about 10 hours on it at an auction with a large and reputable company. Story was it was donated to a church along with a new JD zero turn mower and they were selling both for funds. Turned out they were financed by John Deere through fraud and the church ownership was also fraud. John Deere finance wanted the machine back and auction company refunded my money. Through all this I made a good contact with the local JD agent and he found me a good deal on low hour repo machine they obtained.
As an aside I bought a small JD tractor with about 10 hours on it at an auction with a large and reputable company. Story was it was donated to a church along with a new JD zero turn mower and they were selling both for funds. Turned out they were financed by John Deere through fraud and the church ownership was also fraud. John Deere finance wanted the machine back and auction company refunded my money. Through all this I made a good contact with the local JD agent and he found me a good deal on low hour repo machine they obtained.
RayIN
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Compare that to these: Machinerytrader.com
As to personal experience, look up my post from a year ago about a John Deere tractor in Chicago.
paulsharvey
Super Member
So, no way i would wire the money. Before I even drove to look, I would want to speak/text with the seller, not just message.
Sometimes real deals can be found; owner died and kids/wife selling his stuff; repo's; people closing a business (often heirs), so I wouldn't go so far as to say absolutely scam.
Machines dont have a title, but they do have serial numbers, and if stolen, it is generally reported. Here, most stolen stuff ends up in Tampa/Miami on a boat to central/south America pretty quickly.
If its real, and you see and pay in person; I might be leary of sharing serial numbers; but I think you May be able to make an anonymous inquiry about a serial #? Like a fire arm, you can search FDLE, and see if it was reported stolen, no strings attached.
Sometimes real deals can be found; owner died and kids/wife selling his stuff; repo's; people closing a business (often heirs), so I wouldn't go so far as to say absolutely scam.
Machines dont have a title, but they do have serial numbers, and if stolen, it is generally reported. Here, most stolen stuff ends up in Tampa/Miami on a boat to central/south America pretty quickly.
If its real, and you see and pay in person; I might be leary of sharing serial numbers; but I think you May be able to make an anonymous inquiry about a serial #? Like a fire arm, you can search FDLE, and see if it was reported stolen, no strings attached.
Shawn T. W.
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Most dealers I understand will search the serial number for both if it's stollen, or if it still has an unpaid loan on it ...
coast40
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Google photo search of the first photo found it on Proxibid sold by Joey Martin. Dec. 2019.
Click on the camera icon on the right side.
