Allis Chalmers Data Book

This should get good!!!

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So much for the vaseline. Huh

38 & 41 B, sickle mower, 2 way plows, rear field cultivator, 2 row drill planter
40 Combine
66 Combine
Roto Baler

I am not saying I got screwed, I like the book, and was willing to pay the price, thinking it was out of print, my mistake for not doing my research. However, In my opinion, a 100% mark up is unethical and not good buisness practice, they will not get any of my buisness in the future, and I am currently building 2 ACs that will need a lot of parts.

I'm not upset about it, just want others to be in the know.

Bill B

Allis B, IB, Low B, G, D10, JD M, 8KCAB, C152

I think you'll find Jim to be a very honest guy, I've done business with him several times both from his site and in person at shows. The price was OK to you when you bought it, the issue seems to be that you found it cheaper later. I think that would fall into poor shopping on your part, not Jim/OK tractors fault. I do however think I would have brought this to Jim's attention offline before starting something here. I know he's home with a new little one, but I'm sure he'll weight in soon

Allis Express North Georgia
41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's,
Ford 345C TLB

Never been accused of ripping somone off before. Send it back and I'll refund your full purchase plus shipping. I agree, calling my toll free number, or email would have been a little nicer, but that's the way it goes.

$28.50 by the time I can get it in my hands and I sold it for $39.99 then a few percent to paypal, and ebay fees. That's a 25% markup, not 100%.

Lastly, I never pointed anyone here to my ebay listing. I would rather you buy them from my website where they have been $29.95 for over a year. I actually make more when you buy from my website. In fact, I've had a few call and say they wanted to buy it at the eBay price, and I sold it to them for the website price saving them $12.50 over ebay and shipping.

JimD

Pretty sure all my ads state it's a new book, and nothing about out of print.

Owner of OKtractor.com PM for an instant response on parts. Open M-F 9-6 Central.

We have new and used parts. 877-378-6543

I have bought many parts from Jim over the years. In my opinion, he is reliable and always has reasonable prices. Sometimes you may be able to buy cheaper elsewhere, but you should do your shopping before making a deal. PS: I always use he toll free number and talk to either him or his wife Christina and have never gotten a raw deal nor had any difficulties.

When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!!

Done business with Jim in the past....and like others I dont think I was ripped off.

BTW...go to the car dealer and buy a part for your truck or wife's car......mark-up STARTS at 100%

Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity"

1968 D15D,1962 D19D
Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start

From what I see:

Steiner   $19.95
OK Site   $29.95
OK ebay   $37.99

Now what I do when I'm shopping is figure in shipping and taxes and any discount coupons if offered and usually order from the place with the best price.

In this case it probably would be from Steiner.

I know there are some on here that could not sleep at night knowing you did not support OK.

In that case buy from OK and sleep tight.

That Was Easy

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wbecker wrote:

So about a week ago I was reading the post about a war time B project on this site.

The thread lead to talk about a book "Allis Chalmers Data Book" by Terry Dean.

What I got from it all was that it was a very good book, but was out of print, and therefore hard to get, and expensive. There was a post saying that OkTractor had some on ebay for $38, I bought one, $38 + $10 shipping.

On the back cover it is printed "STEINER", so I looked in my new 2012 Steiner catalog, and there it is for $19.95, page 50, item # BOK074.

Just trying to help people not to get ripped off by OkTractor, as I apperently did.

Bill B

So let me get this straight, you don't do your own shopping and you can't do a simple math problem and it is somebody else's fault?
If Jim buys at the advertized price of $19.95 and then pays to have it shipped to his business, then adds $10 to ship it to you, he is getting nothing for the service of sending you the book you want for $39.95. But you paid the shipping from him so he might have made 20% of the original price. How do figure 100% mark up?
I have never heard of any business keeping the doors open without a considerable mark up on prices. Many use 100% for starters .

http://www.ae-ta.com
Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF

What I see here is buyer's remorse. Bill, you failed to do your research and over payed. This isn't the fault of the seller and isn't a rip off. This was an advertised price that you agreed to pay. No strong arming involved. If you wanted to be helpfull it may have been better to just report a cheaper price and leave it at that.

Joe's 1939 Model WC, 1940 Model RC, 1944 & 1950 Model C's, B-125 PU

Michael Crowe wrote:

Jim has my vote of confidence in this matter. You should have contacted him directly and settled it privately with him.

Well if he did that we wouldn't have anything to talk about today except the difference between a WD and a WD45 and that's getting real boring.

I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions}

OK wbecker, That's the spirit.
I have to say it all the time.

I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions}

So, What oil should I use in my WD engine???

I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions}

Oh Man now you went and did it.
Don't you remember the mess with the ammeter verses volt meter posts.
God help us now.

I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions}

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