powerjoke
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OK, So here's the deal.... i found this loader for sale by this dealer and it was cheap enough so I thought I would call him. So when I talked to him the first time he told me that he had just spent $8K on it at the undercarriage shop and that he was looking at the ticket while talking to me. He went on to read from the bill tha it had Pads,Sprockets,All Rollers, and also had the pins turned but was on origional rails.....and that the machine had 8800 hours, with NO service codes and it was ready for work.
Well, I proceded to tell him that I had bought a machine from him last year (another 963C) and when it got in it had the boom broke and welded and cab broken up (like the machine had rolled) and that the hard bar was worn etc. and a couple other small things that was NEVER disclosed to me and that I was pretty pissed....he told me i should have called and he would have made it right with me.
I also asked him if he would take one of the old Komatsu's ('00 PC200LC-6 w/8k hrs) in on trade and he said that he was sorry to hear about the mis-representation of the first 963C and that he would trade me straight across.
so anyway's I told him I was sending a truck and that it was going to cost about $1500 to send it down, and he said that since he had to pick up my PC-200 he would split the trucking if we used his guy and i had no problem with that since it was still going to only cost me $1500 and I really didnt have a truck in the Dallas area anyway's lol..
So, Here is how the machine came in, What would you have done? send it back or keep it and swallow the undercarriage cost?
I called him and he told me to send it back and then he told me to tell the driver to take it to the FortWorth TX Ritchie Bros. lot, My problem is....why would a guy lie to me if it's going to cost him $3k outta pocket? does he think im a total moron?
Pj
Well, I proceded to tell him that I had bought a machine from him last year (another 963C) and when it got in it had the boom broke and welded and cab broken up (like the machine had rolled) and that the hard bar was worn etc. and a couple other small things that was NEVER disclosed to me and that I was pretty pissed....he told me i should have called and he would have made it right with me.
I also asked him if he would take one of the old Komatsu's ('00 PC200LC-6 w/8k hrs) in on trade and he said that he was sorry to hear about the mis-representation of the first 963C and that he would trade me straight across.
so anyway's I told him I was sending a truck and that it was going to cost about $1500 to send it down, and he said that since he had to pick up my PC-200 he would split the trucking if we used his guy and i had no problem with that since it was still going to only cost me $1500 and I really didnt have a truck in the Dallas area anyway's lol..
So, Here is how the machine came in, What would you have done? send it back or keep it and swallow the undercarriage cost?
I called him and he told me to send it back and then he told me to tell the driver to take it to the FortWorth TX Ritchie Bros. lot, My problem is....why would a guy lie to me if it's going to cost him $3k outta pocket? does he think im a total moron?
Pj
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