Selling Used mowers

Of all the used mowers I have sold I have never had but one complaint. It was a Craftsman mower with a twin Kohler and the ignition module went out on it. Not my fault. But fixed it anyway.

Hello H.,

You forgot to them give them a "lifetime warranty" and beg them to take it off your hands. LOL.

Trying to sell used equipment has become a real challenge these days. I take cash only, no check and no credit cards. Sales have been slow, but I tend to be strict about asking potential buyers plenty of initial questions.

Also, a customer is required to run all equipment and mow or weed eat with it on my property before I will even sell it to them. That is their warranty in my opinion. Anything beyond that once it leaves is on them.

Also, I do not sell anything on Friday for a "special event"!

They will always show up after the event wanting their money back after they have beat it to death or broke it. As soon as they mention anything like that, I refer them to the big box stores if they want to play that game. Finally, the big box stores are becoming wise to this game and telling them they have to take the equipment to a recommended warranty shop.

I simply just part out everything. Quit over five years ago when I kept getting insult offers. All they were looking for is ones they could flip. Some I told just shop at your yard sales.

I remember one cat that ***** about a $50 push mower with a 90 day warranty so he goes and buys a $25 as is yard sales mower and then spends $45 in my shop to get it repaired.

StarTech said:

I simply just part out everything. Quit over five years ago when I kept getting insult offers. All they were looking for is ones they could flip. Some I told just shop at your yard sales.

I remember one cat that ***** about a $50 push mower with a 90 day warranty so he goes and buys a $25 as is yard sales mower and then spends $45 in my shop to get it repaired.

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Selling used equipment can be frustrating, however, you just have to wait for the right buyer. Cannot take things personally, and need to find a person who sees real value in the product you have to offer. Used sales provide extra income, can be easy to sell, and help people out that cannot afford new.

I actually think it is the area I moved to. Six miles away across the state line my brother could sale half way repair riders for more money and he didn't even warranty his work. I tried selling at just below and never sold a thing.

Now repairs are different most times as I could charge more and get few complaints. I do warranty my work for 30 days with additional charge for additional parts only during the warranty time.