Donedeal ads for Mart sales... new pheneomenon?

49801

noticed a few ads on done deal lately for cattle that were to be sold in mart on a certain day.
Just wondering is this a new phenomenon?

I was quite tickled by this ad. Anyone know what they made?

reilig

49801 wrote: »

noticed a few ads on done deal lately for cattle that were to be sold in mart on a certain day.
Just wondering is this a new phenomenon?

I was quite tickled by this ad. Anyone know what they made?

Special sales or special lots to be sold in marts on certain days ahve been advertised in newspapers around here for the last 30 years. I've seen these types of ads on donedeal since it was set up.

Its not really a new phenomenon. It just a ploy to get extra bidders around the ring to try to push up the price.

leg wax

i put up my cattle on it and got 1 phone call and the caller went saturday and bought 4 of the heifers and he would not have been at the mart,so worth the 3 yoyos.

vanderbadger

leg wax wrote: »

i put up my cattle on it and got 1 phone call and the caller went saturday and bought 4 of the heifers and he would not have been at the mart,so worth the 3 yoyos.

ya i think the price is a big factor in the success of donedeal, you can put up all the pics you want and videos for €3, a pic and a few words costs about 40 euro in the journal :rolleyes:

whelan1

ye , we bump up my husbands ad everyday for transporting machinery, great job, dd really had given the autotrader and the farmers journal a kick in the butt:D

pakalasa

have you ever tried looking at tractors on www.farmandplant.ie
It's a slow as a wet week,if it doesn't crash. A complete joke!!!

vanderbadger

pakalasa wrote: »

have you ever tried looking at tractors on www.farmandplant.ie
It's a slow as a wet week,if it doesn't crash. A complete joke!!!

ya can never understand why they dont look after that site, its never updated and as you say doesnt even work right anymore, they had it all to themselves before donedeal in terms of machinery

bbam

whelan1 wrote: »

ye , we bump up my husbands ad everyday for transporting machinery, great job, dd really had given the autotrader and the farmers journal a kick in the butt:D

Simplicity is the other big advantage. You don't need an IT qualification to place an add or search for one.
I know lots of fellas that got to know how to switch on a computer just so they could look at DD.
We've sold stock on it and the phone just rings off the hook with 90% genuine callers.
I'd guess that the motors and farming sections are the bigg earners for them.

whelan1

ye, my husband is one of those people:p but then in his ad he has a picture of a digger , saying machinery transported, hes always getting calls if the digger is for sale! he just says read the ad!

bbam

Ya,
Each time we've had adds up we've gotten texts offering 50% of the asking price for cash immediately " if your stuck for cash". Makes me mad, but thankfully most callers are genuine and we've never failed to sell.

nashmach

leg wax wrote: »

i put up my cattle on it and got 1 phone call and the caller went saturday and bought 4 of the heifers and he would not have been at the mart,so worth the 3 yoyos.

If they were in Ross - lots of good stock there on Saturday and very strong prices!

Have sold a few bits and pieces on Donedeal now and got those timewasters with insulting offers too. :mad:

leg wax

nashmach wrote: »

If they were in Ross - lots of good stock there on Saturday and very strong prices!

Have sold a few bits and pieces on Donedeal now and got those timewasters with insulting offers too. :mad:

no passed it by to carnew:p

johngalway

Seems like a good idea for €3 it's hard to go wrong.

49801

just found it a bit odd advertising cattle that are going to be sold in the ring regardless.... especially when there are lots of spealist sales those cattle would of fit into better.

I suppose I was really just fishing around to see if i could find out what sort of money those cattle made.

dealerman

leg wax wrote: »

no passed it by to carnew:p

well how did you get on

johngalway

49801 wrote: »

just found it a bit odd advertising cattle that are going to be sold in the ring regardless....

The more folks around that ring bidding, the better it is for the owner though. Mart gets paid either way once the lot sells, price don't matter to them.

LostCovey

johngalway wrote: »

The more folks around that ring bidding, the better it is for the owner though. Mart gets paid either way once the lot sells, price don't matter to them.

It's an awful thief of time, isn't it, you just keep looking.

We have a neighbour who doesn't have time to talk to anyone since he got DoneDeal set up on a smartphone.

They call him Crocodile DoneDeal in the pub.

reilig

We have a "retired" neighbour who spends all his time on it too - turns it on at 8am and can still be looking at it at 12 at night. He looks at everything that goes up on it trying to seek out a bargain and make a few pound on it (not that he needs to). Last september he saw an ad for somewhere in Kildare who was giving away a horse. He drove to kildare with a jeep and trailer. Picked up the horse and brought him home, fed him for 3 weeks, paid for a horse passport for him and brought him to the October fair in Ballinasloe. He spent 2 days over there and eventually sold him for Eur280. He bragged about it in the pub for hours. Easiest money he ever made. He didn't realise that he spent over 500 on fuel, transport and the passport

Its an addictive thing!

LostCovey wrote: »

It's an awful thief of time, isn't it, you just keep looking.

We have a neighbour who doesn't have time to talk to anyone since he got DoneDeal set up on a smartphone.

They call him Crocodile DoneDeal in the pub.

leg wax

dealerman wrote: »

leg wax wrote: »

no passed it by to carnew:p

well how did you get on

could only fit 21 in the lorry,the best bull weighed 560 kilo made 1500,average weight was 420 kilo at 2.70 a kilo.

49801

leg wax wrote: »

could only fit 21 in the lorry,the best bull weighed 560 kilo made 1500,average weight was 420 kilo at 2.70 a kilo.

that is very impressive.
what was their breeding?

leg wax

49801 wrote: »

leg wax wrote: »

could only fit 21 in the lorry,the best bull weighed 560 kilo made 1500,average weight was 420 kilo at 2.70 a kilo.

that is very impressive.
what was their breeding?

blue ,blonde,lim bulls, blue heifers.

Bleating Lamb

Am new to both Boards and dondeal but know from a few neighbours that it can be well worth it to advertise stock prior to a mart....amazing how many people check them out...and if it brings one more bidder to the mart your 3 euro is for nothing.looking at those heifirs I would say 1200 + for them at current trade.

pakalasa

leg wax wrote: »

blue ,blonde,lim bulls, blue heifers.

Great prices ! Fair play. Were these the ones you showed on the turnips?
What age were they?

blue5000

well done legs, hope you get on as well with the rest of them

stanflt

whelan1 wrote: »

ye, my husband is one of those people:p but then in his ad he has a picture of a digger , saying machinery transported, hes always getting calls if the digger is for sale! he just says read the ad!

even with the silage on the bonnett:)

whelan1

stanflt wrote: »

even with the silage on the bonnett:)

yup ... has been washed since ,also get alot of interest in the vintage lorry in the background;)

dealerman

leg wax wrote: »

could only fit 21 in the lorry,the best bull weighed 560 kilo made 1500,average weight was 420 kilo at 2.70 a kilo.

well done you had super cattle watched your 2 videos on youtube keep them going

Farmtrader

49801 wrote: »

just found it a bit odd advertising cattle that are going to be sold in the ring regardless.... especially when there are lots of spealist sales those cattle would of fit into better.

I suppose I was really just fishing around to see if i could find out what sort of money those cattle made.

It's always worth doing everything you can to sell stock, especially if they are top quality. People have been advertising stock that is heading to the mart in papers for years. You often find full dispersal sales of sucklers or freisan heifers advertised, it helps attract specialist buyers.

Forumsrule

Hi,

I found this 5 star Limousin Bull on Buy and Sell http://www.buyandsell.ie/search/for-sale/farming/leitrim/-/limousin-bull-2 seems a little dear at € 4,500 but has all the credentials. Can anyone tell me whether he is value for money or not ?

Farmtrader

Forumsrule wrote: »

Hi,

I found this 5 star Limousin Bull on Buy and Sell http://www.buyandsell.ie/search/for-sale/farming/leitrim/-/limousin-bull-2 seems a little dear at € 4,500 but has all the credentials. Can anyone tell me whether he is value for money or not ?

If your looking for Value here's an ad for a couple of quality Charolais http://www.buyandsell.ie/search/for-sale/farming/tipperary/-/charolais-bulls-pbr

PS. I'm a Charolais man myself.

island of tighe

leg wax wrote: »

blue ,blonde,lim bulls, blue heifers.

great prices there perc