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Example site for an entirely fictional business — not a real company.

Stock

412 machines. And the rule that orders them.

Filter by trade, year, hours and distance. Listings from private sellers sit in the middle of the list — recognisable by their label, not by their position.

Marketplace for used machinery

Ordering, labeling, reviews

The default is „most recently listed", after which you can sort by price, year, hours and distance. Where values match, the older listing goes first.

Paid placement exists here, and it is labeled as such: pay $45 for fourteen days and your listing sits above the list carrying the words „paid placement". Three at most at any time, they count for nothing in the sorting, and they drop out of the header as soon as somebody sorts by price or distance. Without that label an advert becomes a recommendation, and that is precisely where a marketplace stops being honest.

Every listing says whether a company or a private person is selling. In sales between companies the warranty is almost always excluded by contract — that too is stated on the listing rather than buried in the terms. Where a private person sells there is neither warranty nor recourse, and because you as the buyer are a business yourself, no consumer law steps in for you either.

Reviews can only be left by someone who has bought or sold through this marketplace and whose escrow transaction is closed. We check that link, not the text. Below five reviews we show no average.

Stock, a selection

All prices exclude sales tax. Location and condition come from the seller; what we checked is proof of trade and identity, not the machine.

Press brake 2000 mm, 2011

$14,800

Hargreaves Sheet Metal LLC, a company. 41,000 hours, Boston. Viewing compulsory. Paid placement until 16 August.

CNC lathe, 2007

$26,500

Insolvency administrator, Whitfield estate, a company. 63,000 hours, Kokomo. Sold as inspected, warranty excluded. Collection by 30 September.

Panel saw, 2015

$5,200

T. Woodhouse, a private person. Racine. No warranty, no returns. Viewing required, escrow available.

Electric forklift 2.5 t, 2018

$18,900

Sanderson Logistics LLC, a company. 6,100 hours, Muskegon. Battery replaced 2023, report included.

Compressor 15 kW with dryer, 2019

$6,400

Reynolds Metalwork, a company. 9,800 hours, Racine. Pressure vessel inspection valid to 2028.

Beam saw, 2009

$11,200

Marsh Furniture Workshop LLC, a company. Sheboygan. Control replaced 2021. This seller has two reviews — too few for an average.

Welding robot with turntable, 2013

$31,000

Eastfield Welding LLC, a company. 28,000 hours, Sheboygan. Dismantling is the buyer's job; the seller provides loading.

Overhead crane 5 t, 12 m span, 2004

$8,700

Sanderson Logistics LLC, a company. Muskegon. Inspection book available, dismantling by a specialist only. Price excludes dismantling.

Edge bander, 2016

$17,400

Marsh Furniture Workshop LLC, a company. Sheboygan. 12,400 hours. Two questions still open; this seller replies in 8 hours on average.

From the marketplace

28 July

Viewings now compulsory for more machines

Above $3,000 the escrow order can only be started with a signed viewing record. The threshold used to be $10,000 — nearly all the disputes arose below it.

14 July

Paid placement now labeled on the listing itself

The label used to sit above the list only. It now also appears on the listing page, because anyone arriving from a search engine never sees the list.

2 July

Payout period extended to ten working days

Seven working days was too tight for machines that need delivery and installation. The clock still starts at handover, not at payment.

19 June

Two accounts suspended over false figures

Both had understated running hours considerably. The buyers objected, the money was still in escrow, and it went back to them.

One listing in full

What a listing page looks like — seller details, condition report and the viewing calendar.

Ironvale Machinery Exchange

Businesses sell machines to businesses. We provide the marketplace, the viewing slots and the escrow account — the selling is done by the businesses.

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