Yeah, I'm crazy. I'm now the proud (possibly temporary) owner of two (that's TWO - 2!!!!!) Earthway seeders!
I broke down and ordered one off of Amazon the other day. My knees are just not doing well and I don't think I could hang in there to poke a couple of hundred feet of cow pea seeds in the ground this year. Anyhow, that's my rationalization for purchasing it. I had looked for a second-hand one but only found some on eBay that I was a bit suspicious about and they were still up around $100.
Well, today FedEx was scheduled to deliver the seeder when I decided to look back on Craig's List for some reason and there it was...an Earthway seeder with an extra set of plates and the fertilizer dispenser (extra $70) for the whopping grand total of.....$50. $50. I emailed the got and he still had it for sale so I told him I wanted it. What puzzles me is that seeder had been listed for three weeks and I had searched earlier...odd.
About 10 minutes later Fedex delivered the new one that I had ordered.
Well, it was about an hour's drive and I passed through lots of areas I used to deliver tires to. It was fun to see some of the old places. Anyhow I got to the guys place and the extra seed plates ended up being duplicates of the originals. The fellow thought they hadn't included the cucumber plate so he ordered another set of plates only to find out the cucumber plate was already installed in the seeder...that's the story he told me, anyhow. He bought it in 2019 and used it one season...he said he *thought* he wanted to garden. I had to take a little drive to get it, but I couldn't resist it. Now I've got to figure out what to do. I can use the fertilizer dispenser see if I like it or not and I guess the extra plates can be spares (not sure I'll ever need them). If I find the need to modify a plate the extra ones will leave me one unadulterated. I'm just not really sure about the assembly of the seeder but I can tinker with it. The guy was nice, it was really big house with a couple of BMW's sitting there and a few other nice toys. I think he wasn't really worried about the $50, he just wanted to get the seeder out of his way. Oh well, I was happy to get it.
Now to go see what's involved with returning one from Amazon. It was "sold" and "shipped" by Earthway Products, Inc. but in the final shipping notice and what pulls up when I look at the invoice that has changed to read VX Express. I inquired with them why they were shipping it to me and they said they were a third-party seller. Weird that it didn't have their name associated with the item until *after* the sale was completed. So, I'm hoping this third-party whatever doesn't give me much grief on returning the new seeder. If I've gotta pay shipping or something I'll just keep the new one and gift the used one to my gardening buddy...it'll give him something he can aggravate himself with.<grin.
Weird...been trying to decide whether to get this seeder for a couple of years now and suddenly I have two of 'em!!!
Dang sure wish I'd seen the Craig's List one sooner! Oh well, off to Amazon and see what the return entails...