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re: Got screwed out of $800 from a POS
Posted on 6/22/23 at 10:15 pm to VernonPLSUfan
Posted on 6/22/23 at 10:15 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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What's the price of scrap metal these days. Was around .08 a lb. You can re-coup a little. Sell the tires, the blades, and anything that's worth selling, especially the working carb.
Break it down, clean all parts, strip the paint from the major plastic parts and post them on ebay! Profit $3-800 easy.
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Posted on 6/23/23 at 7:31 am to Hold That Tiger 10
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It's being brought to a second mechanic today.
What was the 2nd opinion?
Posted on 6/23/23 at 7:54 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Just buy an engine rebuild kit for like 200 bucks. It’ll take a few days but you will have a new engine, new skills and a mower for just a little bit more than you wanted to spend.
There are videos on YouTube of exactly how to do it.
There are videos on YouTube of exactly how to do it.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 7:57 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Buyer beware
Posted on 6/23/23 at 8:07 am to Hold That Tiger 10
You played yourself and you probably need a new lawn mower guy too.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 8:14 am to Hold That Tiger 10
He let your own greed frick you over, it is oldest trick in the book.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 8:31 am to Hold That Tiger 10
next time you may consider sending someone who knows wtf is going on in terms of mowers.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:04 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Here is what might have happened. The seller couldn’t figure out why his mower wasn’t starting. He guessed that it might be a weak battery so he replaced the battery. That didn’t help. He then guessed that the problem was with the fuel system so he replaced the pump, filter, and lines. Nope. He said frick it, I can’t figure this out so I’ll just sell it to someone who can and just guess that it’s the carburetor. I’ll sweeten the pot with this original battery that wasn’t the problem and this new blade that I have had in my garage for a while that I intended on putting on at the start of this mowing season.
To this guy, money probably wasn’t a concern. Some people are just not good with small engines and have the means to just cycle through new machines every 3-4 years instead of going through the inconvenience of putting it on a trailer and hauling it to a shop.
This guy probably knows zilch about small engines, tried to troubleshoot with a couple videos, replaced some parts, got frustrated when it didn’t solve his problem, decided to buy a new one instead of fixing that one, assumed it might be a carburetor issue, and listed it low to get it out of his garage or shed to make room for the new one that will have similar issues in 3-4 years.
To this guy, money probably wasn’t a concern. Some people are just not good with small engines and have the means to just cycle through new machines every 3-4 years instead of going through the inconvenience of putting it on a trailer and hauling it to a shop.
This guy probably knows zilch about small engines, tried to troubleshoot with a couple videos, replaced some parts, got frustrated when it didn’t solve his problem, decided to buy a new one instead of fixing that one, assumed it might be a carburetor issue, and listed it low to get it out of his garage or shed to make room for the new one that will have similar issues in 3-4 years.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:06 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Sounds like a $800 life lesson to me.
And look, an $800 life lesson is cheap. Trust me I’m divorced.
And look, an $800 life lesson is cheap. Trust me I’m divorced.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:08 am to Hold That Tiger 10
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So I send someone out that knows way more about lawn mowers than me to pick it up if all is well. Everything the guy says about what he had done to it checks out. So I purchased the lawn mower.
Get it to a guy to clean out the carbeurator, and they tell me that the carbeurator is perfectly clean, but the motor on the lawn mower is shot. They told me that the lawn mower is pretty much not worth shite.
Your friend didn't try to start it or anything? Blame him.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:27 am to Hold That Tiger 10
OP I think I may have a Briggs motor that will work for you. I KNOW it runs. It's on a mower that has a bad deck. I just purchased a new mower.
I was the recipient of some OT goodwill at one point (The motorcycle thread).
Shoot me an email at Eitek1@hotmail.com for the details.
I was the recipient of some OT goodwill at one point (The motorcycle thread).
Shoot me an email at Eitek1@hotmail.com for the details.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:32 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Doesn’t matter if the guy knew the motor was bad or not. You decided to buy something used from someone. He could have told you it worked great. It’s on you to decide to buy it or not, which you did. The person who went to pick it up for you should have did better as well.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:34 am to eitek1
Posted on 6/23/23 at 9:59 am to Jack Bauers HnK
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One should be suspicious when buying something that isn’t running but supposedly only needs some cheap part or service to get it running. If that was true, why wouldn’t the seller get it running and then sell the functioning mower for a lot more?
"Man I just haven't had time but I'm sure you can get it done for 'way too low' and my loss is your gain"
A fool and his money...
Posted on 6/23/23 at 10:08 am to Dirk Dawgler
If he couldn’t do something simple like clean a carburetor he knows nothing about lawn mowers. There’s your sign.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 10:23 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Bro I’m not buying nothing till I start the thing
Posted on 6/23/23 at 10:53 am to DomincDecoco
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What was the 2nd opinion?
That OP is a dumbass.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 2:55 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
Did you ever get your money back?
Posted on 7/24/23 at 3:05 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
This happened to me:
I have a perfectly fine KTM 85 2 stroke dirt bike that starts and runs like a champ. I cleaned it up to sell and posted an ad on FB Marketplace. The bike sat for 2 months before the ad was placed.
A guy contacts me and wants to see it, buy it, and haul it off. He gets here and the kid tries to kick start it and it doesn’t start. I told him I’d flush the carb and have it started in less than 10 mins. He gets pissed and leaves cursing. Of well.
I have it started in 10 mins, kid rides it, and we park it. Next guy contacts me just offers $200 more so no one else gets it before him. Deal. Everybody happy.
I have a perfectly fine KTM 85 2 stroke dirt bike that starts and runs like a champ. I cleaned it up to sell and posted an ad on FB Marketplace. The bike sat for 2 months before the ad was placed.
A guy contacts me and wants to see it, buy it, and haul it off. He gets here and the kid tries to kick start it and it doesn’t start. I told him I’d flush the carb and have it started in less than 10 mins. He gets pissed and leaves cursing. Of well.
I have it started in 10 mins, kid rides it, and we park it. Next guy contacts me just offers $200 more so no one else gets it before him. Deal. Everybody happy.
Posted on 7/24/23 at 3:19 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
I have some cheap ocean front property in Arizona if you’re interested.
This post was edited on 7/24/23 at 3:19 pm
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