Arthur
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Misprint, Agriland have it @ €1550, http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news...-from-huge-punchestown-auction/#lg=1&slide=11Is that is misprint on the Ford 4000 @ €15,550.00?
Misprint, Agriland have it @ €1550, http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news...-from-huge-punchestown-auction/#lg=1&slide=11Is that is misprint on the Ford 4000 @ €15,550.00?
Doubt he will pull it off unfortunately, I have one for sale that's definitely cleaner and I've only got two calls about it, neither were serious buyers :cry:I presume he wants to sell it directly from punchestown without transporting it home.
He is selling as seen so hopes for a quick profit with zero expense.
Might be as good an idea as any
The FTMTA themselves are upbeat about it anyway - http://blog.ftmta.ie/
Carefully worded though, nothing about how many lots were actually sold.
If any vendor wasnt upbeat about a sale they had voluntarily organised and are just a middle Man, why wouldn't they be happy!
I was up at this Auction yesterday.
Can't comment on the tractor ring which was ring one because I was at ring two for the time I was there but noticed a few things.
Anything that was sold outright a bidding number needed to be shown and the auctioneer tried really hard to sell it often going down to bids as low as £25 but some bigger items including the Claydon drills were not sold, the auctioneer knocked them down very easily and no bidding number was looked for after sale.
The whole non reserve auction wasn’t fully as it seemed,Seen this sold ,went for €6800 I think and was actually sold.
Looked a very straight outfit
The whole non reserve auction wasn’t fully as it seemed,
The reason i asked about the berthoud elyte was because iv sold a few and just got another into stock ,i had seen the one in the auction previously advertised but i see the seller has it readvertised,so all wasn’t as it seemed,
Ah now, you cant say that without telling us more :rolleyes2:I bought a machine at it and my experience with the auctioneers wouldn’t encourage me to deal with them again.
Ah now, you cant say that without telling us more :rolleyes2:
I stated about how I was sceptical about this auction at the start of this thread, none of these dealers we're going to leave machines off at a tiny fraction of their value, this was always going to happen when it wasn't at their valuation a friend or a shadow would stick up their hand and the auctioneer would knock it down, a week later the dealer would have it again and that person "couldn't come up with the money" so unfortunately wink wink they have it back in their yard, they pay the auctioneer the 5% for running it through and loose a couple of hundred instead of a couple of thousand.
The tri axle Herron was something I was curious about, never saw it listed in any of the pictures after the sale, someone else might have.There were also some items missing from the published 'full' list of prices achieved. It looks as if they split the whole auction up into categories and then omitted to publish all the lists. I saw no mention of a grain drill list for instance, but it may have appeared since.
I guess they thought the gamble might pay off and all the advertising might cause a bit of hysteria among buyers in the same way that the BNM auctions saw machines probably making more than they were worth reallyWhat was the point of the whole thing I wonder . If a lot of stuff has ended up back in dealers yards again . Have they not put more expense on machines they're finding hard to shift . The haulage to and from the auction wasn't free .
I guess they thought the gamble might pay off and all the advertising might cause a bit of hysteria among buyers in the same way that the BNM auctions saw machines probably making more than they were worth really
It hardly shows the FTMTA in a good light though, and will make any potential buyer totally sceptical about any future auctions.
Not only was the 'No reserve' part a total joke, but anyone that bought machines there were probably bidding against the seller.
Long story but I put a proxy bid on a item, saw what it made at the auction knew that my bid was more than that so assumed I had got it. Rang on Monday to confirm and mysteriously my bid could not be found despite the deposit coming out of my credit card. A lot of phone calls followed during the week and then I was told that my bid didn’t win as it sold for a higher amount. Then a few days later I got a phone call from a member of their staff to know when whas I collecting the item I explained what had happened during then week and they laughed and said things are a bit messed up but at least you got the machine. Not a great way to conduct business in my view, I know that mistakes can happen but they should be dealt with quickly and more professionally than what happened with me. Now I just have to try and get a invoice from them...
Good luck with that. I know a man that cant get a substantial amount of vat from them never mind an invoice! A bad outfit to deal with indeed to say the least