Here is the Seller's wording in the ad.
Case Tractor 220 Hydra - $600 (08844)
Date: 2011-02-07, 1:02PM EST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]
Excellent condition Case 228-78 Tractor. Product ID# 974945
Needs a battery and is ready to go. Was purchased brand new and stored in garage. Used to cut 1.5 acre yard. Machine is build for heavy duty usage. Has amazing cutting ability and custom height settings.
This is also a collectors item!
Quick CASH sale. $600 or reasonable offer
All questions welcome and welcome to view.
Picture for representation purposes but unit is identical and in amazing shape.
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Here we have someone who apparently wants to sell their tractor. In one breath, they say that it's a 220 but then turn around and say that it's a 228...when there is no such animal. Apparently, this is done to deliberately confuse potential buyers.
S/he then puts the serial number of the tractor but that is missing one digit, so who knows for sure which digit is missing. Presumably, s/he got the dash 78 right and it is a 1978...whatever.
And the tractor is in "excellent condition" but it "needs a battery". Hmmmmm. If a potential buyer cannot climb aboard, turn the key, start the tractor and test it......then how can it be in "excellent condition"?
All of this is followed up by putting a photo of a 400 series tractor in the ad and then telling the reader that the 200 series tractor s/he is selling............is identical.
To me...... a non-running tractor is nothing more than a "parts tractor" and I would value it at $250.00 tops. As a potential buyer, it is not my job to arrive at the home of the Seller, haul out a pair of booster cables so I can get his or her tractor running. If they are too stupid, too lazy, too cheap (pick one or more) to make this tractor fully operational, then why should they be rewarded with their asking price?
New batteries are available at WalMart for $30.00. It takes ten minutes tops to put a new battery in. If you want good money for your item, then you have to do the work to get it. No reputable dealer is going to put that tractor on his sales floor with a defective battery in it. That would be the quickest way to turn off an interested party because they would wonder about all the other things the dealer has failed to address.
Lastly...... while it is true that all Case tractors are collectible, I don't consider a 1978 220 to be high on the "want list" of any collector.
You can fix the tractor but you can't fix stupid sellers.
