Hi Max,
I put the same ad on Gumtree 24 hours before my son put them on market place, I got 1 person wanting a catcher for a 16 inch mower and another wanting one for a 19 inch Masport. Put exactly the same ad on market place and it went stupid within minutes. I have a couple of early Victa low arch catchers here and I will probably just cut them up because it is always somebody interstate wanting them.
A lot of the people I get coming here to get something fixed (somebody told them to come and see me) if they took their mower to a mower shop they wouldn't get through the door and I don't blame the mower shop, why would they bother spending a couple of hours repairing a mower that they know they will never get paid for. I had a bloke here last night who fixes mowers in his spare time and we were chatting and he was saying that he can often spend 4 hours getting a mower ready to sell and sometimes longer. I agreed and the problem then is somebody wants to give you $50 it and they think they are doing you a favour. I'm in the process of clearing out all my mower stuff and then I will concentrate on the slashers and a some Victa 2 strokes (only if I can get those bastard float needles and primer caps to work. They are by far the worst design of any float needle I have ever come across in my life. Once you get them to work they are fine but I can waste hours trying to achieve that
Another thing with working on the bigger slashers you are dealing with a different breed of people who have some idea of machinery and what it does and understand why they cost more than $50 to repair and build. That being said I had a clown a few weeks ago wanting me to sell him a Victa 24 cheap. I told him I would sell him one for $80 as I picked it up, seeing I run all around Vic picking them up. Once I told him he would still have to put another motor on it, rebuild the front end and probably new front wheels, carby, new blades and all the other bits that have to be repaired on them. He didn't reply, I am better off without fools like that
Another thing yesterday I put a 6x4 trailer on Gumtree for free, got not one enquiry, my son put it on marketplace and he had to remove the ad because of so many people wanting it

Last edited by NormK; 26/01/24 08:18 AM.