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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 9207732" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Well almost correct, but not quite:</p><p></p><p>Years ago, we wanted to buy a yard tractor and I took my boss and as it happened our local Deutz dealer who fancied a day out, with me to the Cheffins sale yard at Sutton.</p><p>It just so happened that there was a rather nice Deutz 80hp 4WD.</p><p>Our local dealer said it was a good one worth about £4K and we should buy it.</p><p>My boss, who had never been to an agricultural sale before asked if he could do the bidding, to which I agreed.</p><p></p><p>The bidding started at about a grand and went up in £100 pound increments.</p><p>When it got to about £1700, my boss suddenly stopped bidding, turned to me and asked “Richard, can you see who else is bidding?”</p><p></p><p>To which the Auctioneer who I knew quite well said to him “Nobody Sir, but the tractor hasn’t yet reached its reserve.”</p><p></p><p>So my boss said “How much is the Reserve?”</p><p></p><p>The auctioneer replied “£2000 Sir.”</p><p></p><p>“OK” said my boss, “I’ll give you £2000 for it”</p><p></p><p>“Done!” Said the auctioneer.</p><p></p><p>“You certainly have been” said my boss. “We would have gone to £4K, if you’d got your act together better!”</p><p></p><p></p><p>The rest of the crowd were pi55ing themselves laughing.</p><p>These days, I suppose they could claim the other bidder was on the Internet.</p><p></p><p>That very tractor, sold to onto a friend </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169273[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And its replacement (there was a Massey 3080 in between).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169274[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 9207732, member: 44728"] Well almost correct, but not quite: Years ago, we wanted to buy a yard tractor and I took my boss and as it happened our local Deutz dealer who fancied a day out, with me to the Cheffins sale yard at Sutton. It just so happened that there was a rather nice Deutz 80hp 4WD. Our local dealer said it was a good one worth about £4K and we should buy it. My boss, who had never been to an agricultural sale before asked if he could do the bidding, to which I agreed. The bidding started at about a grand and went up in £100 pound increments. When it got to about £1700, my boss suddenly stopped bidding, turned to me and asked “Richard, can you see who else is bidding?” To which the Auctioneer who I knew quite well said to him “Nobody Sir, but the tractor hasn’t yet reached its reserve.” So my boss said “How much is the Reserve?” The auctioneer replied “£2000 Sir.” “OK” said my boss, “I’ll give you £2000 for it” “Done!” Said the auctioneer. “You certainly have been” said my boss. “We would have gone to £4K, if you’d got your act together better!” The rest of the crowd were pi55ing themselves laughing. These days, I suppose they could claim the other bidder was on the Internet. That very tractor, sold to onto a friend [ATTACH=full]1169273[/ATTACH] And its replacement (there was a Massey 3080 in between). [ATTACH=full]1169274[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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