u/Character_School_671

Hey everyone.

I'm a farm owner here currently shopping for a basic used work trim pickup. I buy lots of farm and heavy equipment, semis, machinery, bulk products, I deal with lots of sales people.

And I'm gonna be blunt here - car buying is hands down the \*worst sales experience\* of all of them. It is time consuming, things are never ready when I am told they will be, everyone wants to talk and not find me what I need.

I know what I want -make, model, years, features. I want a salesperson to find it for me, we negotiate a price, and I come with a check and drive the ready vehicle home. I want to do this via email, because I am busy.

What I am currently experiencing, and do each time I buy a small vehicle, is that I can't even \*reach\* anyone by email, if it's even given out at all. Everyone calls me when I say to email. They ask me if I would be interested in a 2WD black crew cab when I specified the opposite.

What are the asks or magic words to use to communicate that I want these specs, and when price is settled I'm coming to get it and that's it. Have it ready, sign papers, hand check, drive home.

I would rather buy 10 semi trucks and tractors than one pickup. It's so frustrating.

Is there a better way, or is this just how it is?

Got a couple more weeks of this and am definitely looking forward to the end! But love it when things go smooth and we get a lot of acres cut!

It comes with the job, it doesn't last forever, but have a solid month that is pretty much all work.

The example that I have thought of repeatedly is scrap metal theft. It appears to be a net drain on the economy, and it certainly is to those who are the victims. I have heard of the term Broken Window fallacy but I feel like it doesn't apply to an element of this.

Person A rips up copper wiring from Person B's property, burns off insulation, sells to scrapyard.

For person A it's a gain via theft. For scrapyard it's a gain via price markup, on up that chain.

Obviously for Person B it's a loss. But there's an additional loss that occurs due to the deliberate devaluing of the wire. It used to be far more *useful* and had far higher value as electrical wire. Now it is scrap value.

It seems there ought to be a term or consideration for this extra layer of destruction. In most other theft, while the thief may not realize the full value of the good upon resale, the good is still inherently capable of that less depreciation from use.

When it's deliberately scrapped, there is an additional loss, and I feel like there should be something that describes this.

Thanks all!

Pretty much as described.

I am working some long days It gets repetitive after 10+ plus hours staring at fields!

Got some good EDM on and watching the occasional wildlife and a thunderstorm building up on the horizon.

We could talk about deep things or what's going on in your life or world or work. I am very curious about a lot of things and I'm also very much a people person.

I don't care if you are a boy or girl or age, just bring your curiosity and let's chat!

I've been running a farm for about 15 years, had a couple separate careers off the farm prior to that.

We have a medium sized farm in a super dry area and grow wheat using only natural precipitation, which adds a lot of interesting challenges.

I really enjoy agriculture and being part of it and happy to answer all your questions!

Pretty much as described.

I am working some long days It gets repetitive after 10+ plus hours staring at fields!

Got some good EDM on and watching the occasional wildlife and a thunderstorm building up on the horizon.

We could talk about deep things or what's going on in your life or world or work. I am very curious about a lot of things and I'm also very much a people person.

I don't care if you are a boy or girl or age, just bring your curiosity and let's chat!

So pretty much exactly as the title states haha. It's a long day sitting in the equipment cab and watching wheat. So it's fun to chat with people!

Happy to answer questions about farming, the business of agriculture, equipment, details of agronomy or country life. Or all the awesome birds I get to see doing badass stuff!