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I've been trying to buy an original one owner tractor for 10 years. I got a call last night from a member of the family that owns it,saying they were ready to sell and was told what the price was. I've been passed off by family members of the estate last night and this morning to the grandson of the deceased widow. His mother gave me his number at noon today and said he gets out of work at five and I'd have to talk to him.

I called him at about 5:20. I told him who I was,told him I'd talked to his mother and his aunt,asked him if the price was right. He said it was. I told him I'd seen it and was fine with that. I asked him when would be a good time for him for me to come with a trailer and some money and all I got was silence then a busy signal.

I waited half a minute or so to see if he'd call me back,he didn't so I called him. It went to voice mail. I just told him I lost him,call me back and gave him my number. Five minutes went by and no call,so I tried again. Went right to voice mail again. I give up. The ball's in his court.
 
I've had that happen when I was talking to someone who was in motion and went into an area with no service, or less service. I hope you'll be able to get the tractor.
Zach
 
I don't use one so I don't know. Would voice mail still answer if the battery was dead? Either way,his mother and aunt have my number if he can't retrieve it. Wait and see I guess. I'm not gonna pester him.
 
Cellular voicemail is at the cellular offices; not on the cell phone. So yes, his battery could have died.

Another possibility is, if he knows your in at the asked-for price, he may be thinking he should pass and ask for more money in an ad. Is a stinky thing to do, but legal as you had no buyer's agreement other than word-of-mouth.
 
Sounds like your getting the run Around. Wait till the advertise it for more or sell to some one else for less. Or how about that cousin that pops up that all of a sudden wants it and pitches a fit thn stores it out door at his mother's house. Good luck.
 
I bet he will sell it to someone else for more $$$. His thinking is, if you are willing to pay that much, that it must be worth more than you have agreed to.
 
Yes, voice mail will catch it if it's dead or out of range.

Typically if it goes straight to voice mail without a ring tone, the phone is off, dead, in airplane mode, or out of range.

Might try calling mother and aunt, maybe they can raise him.
 
I was just thinking,maybe I need to check CL and see if he posted it. I was working along side the yard of the cousin this morning who I had talked to last night and she came out with her cousin's number. She said she had called the cousin last night and told her I wanted it at that price. When I called her at noon,she said she had called her son last night and told him I wanted it. Let it slide for now.
 
There was a ring tone. Rang three or four times then went. Let him call me. I waited ten years,if he backed out,I guess there's nothing I can say to change his mind.
 
There is some people who have a hard time dealing with death of a loved one and really don't want to part with some thing that belonged to the dead one. I know of several cases where stuff is sitting in a barn doing nothing just sitting there, and they are not going to do anything with it. I have quit trying to buy from some one that is like this. Just my two cents.
 
The old guy died in the 80s and the grandmother passed away about ten years ago and was over 100. I got a call back in January from the old gal's nephew telling me they'd sold the place and had to get it out of the barn. I called her son right then and there and he said ya,they were thinking about selling it but hadn't made up their minds,but he knew who I was and wanted me to have it since he knew I'd have some respect for it and take care of it. If after his mother told him last night that I'd take it,and he couldn't tell me as soon as I called that he'd changed his mind,well,let's just say he should have said it right then.
 
When I bought our farm from my dad's cousin there was a D15 Allis that he had bought new and had never left the farm. I told his son I would like to buy it, we decided on a price, I wrote him a check, and the deal was done, or so I thought. Two weeks later he was complaining to me that he wished he hadn't sold the tractor. I ended up taking my check back and he drove the D15 to his place in town to add it to his enormous stash of junk where it will no doubt become ... junk.
 
It's Spring, got money, been buying stuff. But boy are there some squirrels out there selling! I would call his mom back and ask her if there is a problem.
 
You have your money and he has his tractor. If somebody did that to me I think I would keep it that way. There are some strange ones out there that's for sure.
 
I'd also agree with the comment to "talk to him in person" before you write it off. Who knows the situation?
Here's a story from me with similar tractor purchase: About 10 years ago, I purchased an Oliver gasoline 66 on an estate sale. Tractor was not running, engine seized and wheels rusted through. Let's just say I got it for a super low price and it's going to be my retirement project. In other words, I haven't done any restoration to it yet.
About a year ago, a co-worker talks to me and asks me if I purchased on Oliver 66 on a farm sale about 10 years ago. I was shocked. I didn't think anybody knew about the tractor.
I told him I did. It turns out my co-worker was on the job site and a guy he barely knows asks him about me. Tells my co-worker that the 66 was in him family when his dad purchased it and, as a kid, he had drive it home for 12 hours one day in both the heat and the rain. Says he remembers it like yesterday. (How he found out I purchased it is beyond me) NOW HE WANTS IT BACK! I thought about it a day and told my co-worker that I have no real bond to this tractor, I haven't put any money into it yet, and if the guy wants to give me another 66 in the same shape as this one, he can have it. He even got my phone number.
I haven't heard a peep from him yet....
 
I don't know where he lives,just the town where he lives. His dad's cousin and his wife are our next door neighbors and good friends. He and I have been talking about that tractor for years. That was where this deal got started. He called me and told me he'd seen his cousin in the store,the farm had been sold,they had to get it out of there and so on.

I'm busy right now getting corn in. If I haven't heard anything back by the time I'm done,I'll see what's going on,until then,I'm over it. He has my name and number.
 
No,this tractor is older than I am. Still looks like brand new though. Should be in a museum.
 
I'd call the mother tell her the son's phone went dead and you need to make a connection with the son to make the deal.That way the son can't B-S the mom on what he tells her about the conversation between you and him,hard to tell what he might tell her otherwise.
 
(quoted from post at 00:27:41 05/15/19) I bet he will sell it to someone else for more $$$. His thinking is, if you are willing to pay that much, that it must be worth more than you have agreed to.
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This was my first thought as well. Had something similar happen to me a long time ago.
 

what you dont get wont cause you any problems if he wantes to sell he would he probly thinks its worth more money and it probly isnt .
 
They know what they have. They're already asking twice what I'd give for one that was complete but average.
 
You got a lot farther than I ever did with these type of deals. I gave my number to plenty a person who was to give me first chance if it ever came up for sale. I do not think anyone ever called me.
 
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