Jan van de Ven from Someren, The Netherlands - sellerJan van de Ven (67) is quitting the activities of his contractor and earthmoving company ´Gebr. Van de Ven´ after 45 years; founded by his father back in 1967. Jan explains: "Last year my brother, with whom I ran the company, passed away and my children will not continue the business. I then started thinking about what would be a good time to stop. It actually happened very quickly, as agri-account manager Stef convinced me that I had to sell in the spring because of the mowing season. After all, no one is waiting for mowers in the fall. And that worked well; there was a lot of bidding against each other!"
"When I decided to sell my business, I did not hesitate for a moment: I wanted to do it with the help of Troostwijk. Troostwijk has an exceptionally good reputation. And buyers from all over Europe. I did not even consider other auction platforms, as I do not think it would work out. The great advantage of auctioning through Troostwijk is that you can offer not only your machines, but also all other conceivable goods. So, I ended up with a total of over 500 lots!"
Unburdened by employees of Troostwijk
A year ago, account manager Stef Hooijman already visited Jan once to do a valuation. "I first wanted to see if I could sell everything at once, but that did not work out at that time. Then I chose to auction. Site managers from Troostwijk came along and took a lot of the work off my hands by numbering everything, photographing it and putting it online.
The conduct of the auction
The auction went beyond all expectations. All but a few old tires were sold. This went extremely well for Jan. With a fantastic result; the auction raised 350K more than he expected!"
Lots sent abroad
The collection day also went very well. Jan: "It was very busy and quite chaotic, but the Troostwijk staff remained very calm. What I found special was the number of lots that went abroad. Even small items like tires. Many foreign buyers then come with a van and then they just load it on collection day."
Not a black hole
Jan is not afraid of falling into a black hole now that his business has been sold, "I always worked very hard, and we rarely went on vacation. I never really needed one either, but now that is different. Next year we want to take a nice faraway trip. And we have been able to buy land to put up a bungalow. In addition, I am not going to sit completely still; one day a week I will continue to do best-equipment support, for which I have set up a one-man business. Now that the auction has concluded so well, I can set my sights on a new phase of life again."
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