Misidentified parts on EBAY

Richard from SE AZ · Mar 28, 2011

I like to check out tractor parts on ebay to see if I can find original accessories or parts that I don't have and sometimes try to get. Has anyone else noticed that some of the parters are listing parts and have no idea what they have?? Newly listed is a Ford N distributer listed as a magneto and a cable shift sherman described as not having a handle.A little research goes a long way.

JF in MI · Mar 28, 2011

Worked out great for me. I won the bid for my Ford 4500 Industrial TLB from a guy who thought he only had a 4400. Got it for a lot less.

Jim

tlak · Mar 28, 2011

I don't see a problem, a person should know what they're bidding on regardless of the describtion and there may be less bidders because it might be catagorized wrong.

Errin OH · Mar 28, 2011

That is just normal. Many of the "part’ers" are just someone trying to make a buck. They buy something at auction and pick it apart. I seriously doubt they have a manual or a clue.

What bugs me is eBay. I search for a bearing for my Ford 4000 and get 150 listing's that do not have Ford or 4000 or bearing in the title. That stupid best match feature. How does a JD steering wheel end up in there??? The other is the ability to list in multiple categories. What fool would just be looking in “Business and Industrial/Agriculture/Implements/Balers” for a manual for his plow. I mean come on. 300 manuals just to browse through planters. If I wanted a manual, brochure, catalog, or book I’d look in manuals.

NEBeef · Mar 28, 2011

Here's something to try if you get a page that doesn't seem to match your search terms.

Bring up the page, and then do a "Select All" from the Edit menu. Look for some text that doesn't show up except when "selected" - the "Selected" text will be a different color from when it was unselected. Some folks will add lots of extra words in the ad and set the text color the same color as the background. That makes them invisible so you won't normally see them, but the search engine will still find them...

Wardner · Mar 28, 2011

It doesn't bother me as erroneous titles are a favorable opportunity for the bidder.

There is a dismantler in Bad Axe, MI who doesn't have a clue yet he has listed 15,000 parts. A quarter of his stuff is mislabeled. He does manage to get the make and model of the source tractor right. At that point, all I need is good pictures. I have emailed him several times requesting he use a better camera and background but he refuses.

I suspect he is losing megabucks on his inability to submit good auctions. I have gotten numerous good deals.

Clodbuster · Mar 28, 2011

Invisible text, now THAT is sneaky!

Mike M · Mar 28, 2011

careful ,he may be here ?

rustyfarmall · Mar 28, 2011

(quoted from post at 09:30:26 03/28/11) It doesn't bother me as erroneous titles are a favorable opportunity for the bidder.

There is a dismantler in Bad Axe, MI who doesn't have a clue yet he has listed 15,000 parts. A quarter of his stuff is mislabeled. He does manage to get the make and model of the source tractor right. At that point, all I need is good pictures. I have emailed him several times requesting he use a better camera and background but he refuses.

I suspect he is losing megabucks on his inability to submit good auctions. I have gotten numerous good deals.

I suspect that some of those ebay sellers purposely use cheap cameras and very poor photography practices to prevent the potential buyer from being able to see all the defects, cracks, broken parts, etc. If the picture is blurry, or too dark to really see the details, I hit the back button and move on to the next listing.

Wardner · Mar 28, 2011

I doubt it. He has no interest in tractors except to destroy them. I am guessing most of his parts go to a metal recycler as he doesn't get bids on most of his listings. eBay serves to obtain some added value on some parts in lieu of scrapping.

Wardner · Mar 28, 2011

Rusty,

I don't think that is true. eBay has a "buyer protection program" and it works. I used it three times last year.

I believe that poor descriptions and photos suppress the number of bidders and bids. Full disclosure is usually beneficial for both parties.

Moreover, who needs the grief and the excess communication that happens when a customer is unhappy. And let's not forget the importance of buyer feedback.

D-C-741 · Mar 28, 2011

Well Scrapping them by him is No Different than the Big Yards with several Locations, They Dont Care if it OLD OR NEW ! It's Just There for PARTING OUT !& They do 100's a year !Do you Protest them ????By the Way I Am a Dairy Farmer Who has Been BEAT Up with LOW Milk $$$$ over the last few Years and I SCRAP Gotten in to Scraping Tractors and Equipment& Trucks,And am Getting my $$$$ back on them.here Iron is /short 370 a ton.

RayP(MI) · Mar 28, 2011

Some of the ads on Craig's list are even poorer descriptions, wording, etc. Wonder where some of these folks didn't get their education.

gab · Mar 28, 2011

That reminds me of an unpleasent E BAY thing a couple of years ago. I just took the head off my super m one night, cleaned up and tuned in EBAY. Here's a guy with a 8060 db or dc head, super rare one of a kind lp head off a super m. It's the same number I got laying on the bench.
So I figure I'll do the guy a favor,maybe save the guy some trouble and tip him off that he should do some research on that head because I did'nt think it was anything special.
This guy went nuts and demanded I send him a pictue of the one I had. Claimed his was off a one owner tractor and was going to sue IH if it was'nt a lp head. I told the guy his cyl. head was as common as dirt and sorry to bother him.
When I hit the switch on the computer the next day there was like fifteen e mails from this guy demanding that I prove that I had the same # cyl. head. I had to finally block the guy on my e mail.

Dean Olson · Mar 28, 2011

I agree with Wardner. I have gotten some great deals due to folks not knowing, or caring what they have.

I bought a pair of planter/ fertilizer drives for a super c for $20.00. That's the best deal I've gotten.

My favorite eBay add is the guy advertising a Farmall Super C touch control temperature gauge as a "traction control gauge".

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