Not mine. In Utah. https://www.ksl.com/classifieds/listing/50557385
Nice but sure seems a bit overpriced
Nice but sure seems a bit overpriced
Is the issue with Jeff that he embellishes his product, kinda like a used car salesman? Or even worse; a used Snowcat salesman lol? Or is it something worse, like the sawdust in the diff type of stuff I have read on these forums?
From reading the above post I am left with basically "the cat has some great options" and "it might be worth the asking price" but basically needs to be seen. In my mind that is up to the buyer to do and decide, as is with anything you buy, however, I am also getting a "buyer be warned" kind of vibe. In my experiences with Internet or even print advertisements is that they are rarely accurate and always embellished, I believe this called "marketing" thee days lol, so I take every ad I read with a couple grains of salt. I have reasons to need to know so feel free to PM me if you don't wish to respond here. Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to type the detailed explanation Blackfoot.
Yes, I agree that people should be honest as it reflects integrity. I myself have been accused of being "too honest" and I used to wonder what this even means. After many years I came to realize that this meant that I was taken advantage of, missed the boat a number of times, others taking credit for my work, and many many times ended up selling something for less then I could have gotten for it if I had embellished the description or touched up the one scratch etc etc etc to get the extra dollar. At the end of the day I value my integrity and have never had anyone come back to me and say "you ripped me off" or "I drove down the block and it broke down". This is important to me. I also value my time so when I sell something I take detailed pictures, especially of any trouble areas, and tell the perspective buyers everything I know about the unit, good or bad, simply so I don't need to waste my time showing the item over and over again. I also let the first person who contacted me in regards to the item make a decision on the unit before going to the next in line.
I don't believe in much but I do believe in Karma and need to be able to face myself in the mirror. I believe this is called a conscience. I realize not everyone in this world is like this, especially on the Internet, so personally when I read ads I seriously doubt 90% of the description. This way when I go to see the item it is hopefully not as bad as I expected lol. Sadly, usually they are worse. I had to learn this the hard way after years of looking for boats and RVs on the Internet, which ALWAYS look better in pictures for some reason (once I was selling a boat and no matter how I took the pictures it kept looking much better then it really was so I wrote "DOES NOT REALLY LOOK THIS GOOD as the first line in the description) and was left with the short end of the stick on more then one occasion. I am hoping snowcats are not as photogenic as boats or RVs lol.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I 100% agree with you when you say "Why not just tell the truth?" but sadly this no longer seems to be the world we live in. I attribute very much of that to the Internet, as it seems to be a bit of a double edged sword to humanity (I better not even get started on this).
In any case I am in the process of making a purchase from Jeff. Prior to committing to the purchase I read all of his ads and looked at all the pictures, even of the units I was not interested about, in detail to identify what kind of business/seller he was before contacting him to work out the purchase, as I would not be able to see the unit in person. This was all the diligence I could really do. I came to the conclusion that his ads probably focused on the positive and that he was probably a bit of a salesman but no more than your average sales guy. I spoke with him on the phone and via text messages and he seemed easy going and upfront to me. I guess when I get the unit I will know what I have. If it is 60+% as advertised I will be happy. If it is not I will not have no one to blame but myself for buying something site unseen. Obviously I wish it would not have to be like this but I realize this is the world we live in and my life will go on and I will just kick myself and end up looking forward to laughing about it down the road... Que sera sera...
If nothing else Blackfoot I am happy to know that there is other idealistic and simplistic people like myself out there. Even if we are a dying breed it has bumped my faith in humanity up a notch, so thank-you for that.