Loosing Faith in Humanity . . .

[dingbat]

Listed a tractor on Market Place at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Rolled it on the guys trailer at 5:15 that evening

 

[Scott Danforth]

There are north ends of south bound mules on facetube and craigslist. Don't let that discourage you

I would have told the guy.... $25 deposit required to take the part home

 

[alldodge]

I think you might be able to get a tax break if you do that as well. I have given a car and a couple trucks away to young kids that need some help getting started in life. My friends think I’m crazy but at the end of the day the day the vehicles owed me nothing and it was happy to help them out.

Tax deductions note
The good thing is next to no one "needs" to give things to charity because a married couple filing joint gets a flat $31,500 deduction. So giving to charity, home interest deduction, and other charities gains most nothing.

The bad, many charities are having a really hard time because of it. Things are rough, giving to them is a big help

 

[redneck joe]

I never give based on deduction, but I guess rich people do. I hate being in the financial donut hole. I'm not poor nor rich enough to exploit the system.

 

[redneck joe]

I think you might be able to get a tax break if you do that as well. I have given a car and a couple trucks away to young kids that need some help getting started in life. My friends think I’m crazy but at the end of the day the day the vehicles owed me nothing and it was happy to help them out.

Only one truck, but four times we have had people live with us for a year or so for the same reasons. Just got a text an hour ago from one thanking us for being parents when she needed them and 'raising' both her and her kid. The 4 year old kid is 18 today.

 

[Grub54891]

Gave away a 21’ Sylvan deep-v to a local kid, Mercruiser drive, small cuddly cabin. He used three years to get to work on Madeline island and was happy as a clam. This year he upgraded to a a different boat, and moved the Sylvan on to another guy who wanted to get into fishing on Lake Superior. Sometimes it’s nice to see good things happen.

 

[Jeff J]

Listed a tractor on Market Place at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Rolled it on the guys trailer at 5:15 that evening

This is exactly what I need to happen. Unfortunately the tractor won’t start and I don’t have time to mess with it. I’m pretty sure the float either stuck or sunk. Gas probably went bad by now too.

I have a couple of mowers that need new homes too. One is a Kubota G3200 that runs and mows.

 

[dingbat]

This is exactly what I need to happen. Unfortunately the tractor won’t start and I don’t have time to mess with it. I’m pretty sure the float either stuck or sunk. Gas probably went bad by now too.

Fortunately, this was a diesel tractor (IH) with a Woods belly mower. It started right up, but the rear tire/inner tube would no longer hold air.

Happy to wave good buy since Mrs. Dingbat had been on me to sell it for over a year.

 

[Scott06]

Quick Update . . .

I've listed about 25 items on eBay. Half of them have sold totaling about $1K. I'm getting about 67% of the gross as a net into my account.

The other stuff has been on there for a couple of months, and I am not sure at this point if it is worth continuing to list them. Most of the higher dollar value items have sold.

Also plan on getting a tax document from ebay. I so,d a machine from work on my eBay acct ended up getting a 1099 or similar for $8 from ebay …