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jdemaris
03-25-2004 06:21:41
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Re: location costs in reply to Brian, 03-22-2004 20:40:23
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I don't know of a good way to ascertain that kind of information. I'm in central New York state, and there's a big difference between what you see for sale in the classified and what may be found privately. I bought a good running backhoe last year for $1200, and a similar one ,once advertised in the local paper, sold for $6500. I was selling some goats to a guy and came upon a Deere crawler in his field, and bought it for $800. Also, while fixing someone's well, was offered a Terractrac dozer with rear ripper, running, for $700 - and like a damn fool I didn't buy it. I think the Internet and things like Ebay are ruining the chances of finding such deals though. Now, someone decides to get rid of what they consider "junk", and their neighbor tells them to stick it on Ebay instead of selling it locally. I worked for a Deere dealer for a long time and this area is/was rural, with what was, a lot of farming and logging going on. I used to find some great stuff out in farmers fields or woodlots. Funny thing was, my boss was selling most of our trade-ins to people down south in the Viginia area, because used equipment was going higher there at the time (mid-80s). It's disappearing now around here but, there's still some to be found. Problem is, eithter the seller wants fanstastic prices for the stuff (Ebay mentality) or, they scrap it and it goes for next to nothing. The happy medium is disappearing.
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