beltbreaker
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- Location
- Ross-shire
If say I wanted to buy a tractor or forklift over the phone at a farm sale and I am unlucky enough to but the machine who has responsibility for the security of it until such time as I pick it up?
Buying from a farm sale?
- Thread starter beltbreaker
- Start date
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Generally its your problem on fall of the hammer.
beltbreaker
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- Location
- Ross-shire
That's what I figured 
Pretty sure its your responsibility after the hammer fall however might be different with current covid restrictions.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
The auctioneers should have a booklet freely available publishing their conditions of sale. I have never forgotten my solicitor telling me, "You cannot be bound by the terms of a contract of which you have no prior knowledge". So if you ask, they should make them available to you.
- Location
- North Suffolk
Technically you, but having worked on the other side of the fence we used to, nine times out of ten, put them back in the shed if possible until collected. Best to speak to the auctioneer
Paddington
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- Location
- Soggy Shropshire
Bought some strainer posts at a farm sale and asked the auctioneer if they would be safe enough to return next day with a trailer ? His reply was not round here they wouldn't. 
- Location
- South Molton
It's your responsibility at the fall of the hammer.....but you cant take it away until its paid for as the vendor retains ownership.
Work that one out!
Work that one out!
Shirley the purchaser has a form of contract irrespective of whether or not the item is still there on pick up?Best not pay for it until collection then
Dont know anyone local who would remove it on sale day? Personally I wouldnt want it unattended for a minute after the fall if the hammer, if it was a tractor I really wanted. If you will not be too disappointed if it is stripped, tampered, stolen, then insurance should sort it. NFUM cover our machinery wherever in the Country it is, apparently.
Sandy
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Just drive it home!
beltbreaker
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- Location
- Ross-shire
Aye, Sandy a long way from below Wolverhampton to Tain on back roads. Never mind, 2001 8550 with 5k hrs, £27800+ buyers premium. I'm out
Sandy
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
@Zebbedee likes a road trip a few drums of red diesel and he’s off!Aye, Sandy a long way from below Wolverhampton to Tain on back roads. Never mind, 2001 8550 with 5k hrs, £27800+ buyers premium. I'm out
- Location
- North West Wales
We sold a Lely MoCo at collective sale years ago. Dropped it off day before sale as a lot go for a nosy anyhow and returned morning of sale with PTO shafts and fitted them. I was stood next to it and gave auctioneer the nod and it was sold. I pass the yard on way to,work everyday and noticed for over a week that the mower was still in same place, they even had a couple of livestock sales anweek happen and yard was always full of pickups and trailers surrounding the aband looking mower. anyhow near on two weeks later the purchaser contacted us to accuse us of not including a PTO shaft with the mower,as he had just been to pick it up......
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
Are you sure that Shirley is the purchaser?
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
I think "big daddy" was a Shirley?Are you sure that Shirley is the purchaser?
borderterribles
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- Location
- South Shropshire
A few years back, I despatched my Missus to a farm sale, to buy a bale squeeze, which she duly did (along with some "off list" stuff too ☹). Paid on the day, but when I went to collect it the following weekend, it was missing. I moaned mightily to the auctioneers and iirc they and the vendor stood the loss between them. The most annoying part of it was that the vendor was ALMOST certain that he knew who had taken it.