tracotr swapping and ol timers...

Dave from MN · Apr 24, 2012

bought a couple tractors a few years back. Couple nosey, but good, neighbors have to come out and scope out the purchase "payed too darn much if you ask me".. you paid enough that's for sure". So here a few years later I am selling a few of the same darned tractors, all pretty much in the same condition other than fixing what needed to be fixed over time. Now they say "well...ya kinda gave that one away".... I guess you didnt do to bad, I wouldnt sell mine for that" yada yada yada. Nothing was sold, of is for sale for less than I paid. Sure hammers in the fact that you will never do anything right in the views of some people.

Bruce from Can. · Apr 24, 2012

To thine own self be true!! Some folks don't like to see others do well, or get ahead. As long as you are OK with your deals, that is all that really matters. Bruce

Bruce from Can. · Apr 24, 2012

To thine own self be true!! Some folks don't like to see others do well, or get ahead. As long as you are OK with your deals, that is all that really matters. Bruce

wisbaker · Apr 24, 2012

That's one of the hallmarks of Americans, since so many of us have become employees rather than business owners and we are not used to haggling over price we really don't have an idea of what things are worth and the whole give and take of business. Your neighbors also seem to have a need to make accusations against your business abilities, I would guess they're not comfortable with their abilities and need to run you down so they can feel better about their abilities. My take- if you bought them, fixed them and used them and got out of them for what you had in them GOOD JOB!! Also understand this makes you overqualified to be a member of congress, the senate, hold the office of president or be the CEO of a large bank or corporation.

mkirsch · Apr 24, 2012

Well now hold on a minute...

Business is about BUY LOW, SELL HIGH.

You bought and sold for essentially the same price! Their comments are justified.

rustyfarmall · Apr 24, 2012

(quoted from post at 12:04:53 04/24/12) Well now hold on a minute...

Business is about BUY LOW, SELL HIGH.

You bought and sold for essentially the same price! Their comments are justified.

Not very often can you buy a tractor, use it for several years, and then sell it for the same price as you paid. I think their comments are totally UNjustified.

Mike M · Apr 24, 2012

When they come over and ask what you paid say nunya ! As in non of your business !!! same as when they ask selling price.

in-too-deep · Apr 24, 2012

Should tell those old boys that you should hire them to do your buying and selling since theyre better at it.

M Nut · Apr 24, 2012

Isn't that the way it always goes? If you're satisfied, that's all that matters.
P.S. Thanks for the email. I'll respond as soon as time allows. It was good catching up with you, your family, and the farm.

wilson ind · Apr 24, 2012

years ago I bought a half section in ind for 600/acre. Paid 6000..00 in dozer work then had clear field. Neighbor came into my farm store-office and said WILSON didn't you pay way too much for that land!!!!! Replied may have but tell you for sere couldn't make a dime if I didn't own it. Just less than two years later sold it for 1000.00 /acre. Same fellow came in within a week after sale. WILSON heard you sold that land for 1100.00, kind of foolist selling so cheap wasn't it?? Reply was Well Max I just put over 100,000.00 away profit, fuess I am really dumb. The fellow NEVER came in my store again!! He was the kind when he died he was not speaking to his kids and it was not their fault!!

snoopnc · Apr 24, 2012

same with poly-tics!!

John T · Apr 24, 2012

Similar to my friend Wilson's story, several years ago I bought a farm in a strange county far from my home and the old local farmers laughed and told how the seller had ripped me off and I payed to much yada yada yada because they knew what the owner had paid blah blah blah sooooooooooooooooo two years go by and I ended up selling THE HOUSE ONLY NOTTTTTTTTTTT the 80 acres of farmland back to the same seller for about the same price I had paid for house + the 80 acres..........They werent laughing at me after then.

The people you spoke of are out there but "let not your heart be troubled" go about your own business and just walk away and laugh at them (all the way to the bank) is what I do.

John T

John T · Apr 24, 2012

Similar to my friend Wilson's story, several years ago I bought a farm in a strange county far from my home and the old local farmers laughed and told how the seller had ripped me off and I payed to much yada yada yada because they knew what the owner had paid blah blah blah sooooooooooooooooo two years go by and I ended up selling THE HOUSE ONLY NOTTTTTTTTTTT the 80 acres of farmland back to the same seller for about the same price I had paid for house + the 80 acres..........They werent laughing at me after then.

The people you spoke of are out there but "let not your heart be troubled" go about your own business and just walk away and laugh at them (all the way to the bank) is what I do.

John T

Anonymous-0 · Apr 24, 2012

My boss who loves to hunt bought a wet farm a few years ago. In the fall the neighbor asked if he could hunt since he always used to. Boss says "sorry, I bought it so I could hunt it." Neighbors says "Well where am I supposed to hunt then". Boss said "why didn't you buy it then"? Neighbor says "They were asking way too much for it".

Bob Bancroft · Apr 24, 2012

That doesn't happen much to me anymore. I guess because I've made it clear I'm not interested in unsolicited opinions, nor am I interested in the kind of people who offer them.

Spook · Apr 24, 2012

I was brought up in a business, have had one of my own, and my wife has run one for 25 years. Yet we still get folks telling us what we should do. Everybody's a expert?

Paul from MI · Apr 24, 2012

I made my living designing and building special machines. Ususlly I would get one done and running and someone would say "Why didn't you do ???, it would have been a lot better", I always said "Where the XXX were you when I was looking at a blank sheet of paper and a big pile of iron in the corner?" only not so kindly. The moral is don't question the guy that's actually doing something, especially if he's responsible for his own mistakes, just not good form.

j meyer · Apr 24, 2012

I think your neighbors like to egg you on there Dave- I guess I wouldn't listen to them. You getting rid of that 1750 of yours?

ericlb · Apr 24, 2012

you got to play the game with their rules, if they know what you payed for it tell them you sold it for doubble what you really got, and see how long it takes the story to get around, and how much its changed from the way you told it, what really gets old timers going is to throw in some livestock on the deal somewhere, ie i got 2500 cash and 4 2 year old heifers, but i already sold those to joe before i even got them home so he went and just picked them up, but i think he had them swapped to pete for some hay, or similer load of b/s, old timers love that, and it will take them days and gallons of coffee to sort thru a story like that, also it will change each time its told, so in the long run everyone will be so confused as to who sold what to who,and for how much, that they'll just keep quiet

Rick Kr · Apr 25, 2012

Nosey neighbors. Kind of says it all. I have a few of them too.

I would start making up prices then see how fast it gets around, or tell them you don't discuss money.

Rick

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