Hardly, have you seen the price of second hand spread a bales, they barely depreciate
Should a dealer buy back a piece of machinery they sold you
- Thread starter Massey mad
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Dave W
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- chesterfield
@Massey mad have you considered the straw saving by keeping it over bedding up by hand? It might seem an expensive luxury now your missus is back, but could save you money longer term and free up time to use elsewhere. I'm a big fan of being over kitted, machinery is cheaper than labour and if the labour saving gives you chance to do other jobs it very soon makes the machinery look very good value.
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
That really is a great piece of advice where it is at all possible to achieve. My wife never completely gave up her teaching job until she took retirement with an enhanced occupational pension, plus she earned a full State pension through paying National Insurance throughout. Her wage has always been kept as savings, separate from the farm accounts and now having just come to pension age myself, we have three pensions, all going into a substantial savings account which we sometimes draw upon for luxuries and internal house improvements, holidays and so on. We both agree that the best thing she ever did was forgo the farm manual work to work for a wage and create savings. None of that money has ever gone on day to day living expenses.
She still did and does the VAT and that kind of thing.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
If the machine is fit and works in your yard and barns, why the desire to send it back?
No-one has ever said "I miss strawing up by hand"
No-one has ever said "I miss strawing up by hand"
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Sell it privately
I can’t see how the dealer has any responsibility to but it back ?
I can’t see how the dealer has any responsibility to but it back ?
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Surely you can sell it pocket the cash and continue with the finance payments out of the money received. It's not got a logbook as long as you keep up the payments who is to know.
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
That counts as fraud and punishable by cat of nine tail, ninety nine lashes. Or it should be. The problemoccurs when the payer defaults, which is not uncommon, and the bailiffs visit.
Is it that bad you just want rid of it ?
d williams
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What if the man buying wants to put in on finance ??
Serial number says no this is owned by another financial institution
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
It's worth keeping to save your back, that's why I bought a straw blower, one of the best purchases I have done 
Johnnyboxer
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- Location
- Yorkshire
Have you discussed ‘her strawing the livestock, by hand’ …….with your wife???
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
I am working on the premise the seller is an honest man and keeps paying. You could grind the serial number off.
d williams
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If he’s a honest man then he wouldn’t be selling something that’s not his to sell??
Frodo
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- Location
- Scotland (east)
I appreciate things aretough out there, but I was struggling to get my head round specific finance for a new implement let alone a used one.It's worth keeping to save your back, that's why I bought a straw blower, one of the best purchases I have done
I’m not surprised dealer is not wanting to buy it back, his job is to sell them new.
I don’t think it will be hard to sell either through someone who specialises in used equipment or privately. Just need to work out the finance.
hope it all works out ok.
- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
Best thing i ever did was bring my wife into the business. She isn’t ever likely to pick up a shovel but working together makes farming much more enjoyable than doing it on your own. She gets a wage though.
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Especially at the price that it may have dropped to in 12 months.
Price up what it might be worth and look at keeping it as a necessary luxury rather than take the big hit.
- Location
- Yorkshire
And if she leaves you she's liable for half the debt
Doesn't really show that the dealer has much faith in the products they're selling.No, I can't see why the dealer should buy it back if they don't want to.
I do hope you get sorted out soon though. Best of luck.
OP said it's ex demo so had already took a small hit.
I agree though, we're in different times now though from a year ago.