The 2024 Bobcat E55 as advertised
the listing on dealer-auction-inventory.com offered a 2024 Bobcat E55 with 245 engine hours for an asking price of $19,000. The site publishes sales@schochequipment.com as its contact email. The listing page presented the make, model, year and hours as its principal specification but provided no verifiable business address or phone number on the listing that we were given.
What the buyer reports
A reporting buyer told us they paid the full $19,000 asking price by bank wire for the advertised 2024 Bobcat E55. According to the buyer's account, after wiring the funds the buyer never received the machine. The buyer reported the payment method as a bank wire and supplied the payment amount as $19,000. We are publishing the buyer's account as filed with this publication and attributing the sequence of events to that account.
Checking a Bobcat E55 before you pay
When you are looking at an excavator such as a Bobcat E55, make these checks before you transfer funds.
Inspect the serial number and product identification number. On this class of compact excavator the PIN and serial plate are usually fixed to a visible metal plate on the chassis or the boom. Ask the seller to provide a clear photo of the plate and a closeup of the PIN. Confirm the characters in the photo match the PIN shown on any bill of sale or listing paperwork.
Match photos to the claimed hours and condition. Compare closeups of the undercarriage, tracks, boom pins and cab wear to the advertised hours. If photos are the only evidence, request dated photos or a short video showing the hour meter reading clearly and a hand holding a dated sign so you can see the meter and the date together.
Ask an authorised Bobcat dealer to check the PIN. A dealer can confirm whether the PIN format is valid for the model year and may be able to pull service history if the machine was serviced through a dealer network.
Verify the seller. Use the contact details published on the listing to search business registries, phone directories and the seller's own domain. If the listing supplies an email that belongs to a different domain name, treat that as a mismatch to resolve before paying.
Run a UCC lien search in the state the seller gives you, and a national stolen-equipment check. A lender could have a security interest recorded that will follow the machine and complicate ownership transfer.
If you must pay before delivery, insist on an escrow service that supports machinery sales or on payment terms that preserve a recovery route. A settled bank wire leaves no chargeback route and is the most difficult payment to reverse.
How the payment was taken
According to the buyer's account, the payment method was a bank wire. A settled wire transfer generally cannot be charged back by the sending bank and is difficult to reverse without cooperation from the receiving bank. That means recovery efforts are usually reliant on the receiving bank initiating a recall, the receiving bank freezing funds, or voluntary repayment by the payee.
What we have and have not verified
We have verified the contents of the listing as published on dealer-auction-inventory.com and the contact email that appears on the site. We have verified the domain registration date 2026-07-10 and the registrar record details supplied to us. We have the buyer's account that states a $19,000 bank wire payment and non-delivery of the machine. Outstanding checks include: confirming the recipient bank account and whether a wire recall has been attempted, verifying the provenance of the listing photos, confirming any seller business registration or physical premises tied to sales@schochequipment.com, obtaining the PIN or serial plate photo for the advertised machine, and completing a UCC lien and stolen-equipment search tied to the machine's PIN.
If you have already paid
If you have already sent a wire, contact your sending bank's fraud or wire department immediately and request a wire recall. Provide them with the transaction reference and any communications with the seller. File a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov and with your state attorney general. Preserve all messages, invoices, receipts and bank transfer confirmations and share them with your bank and any law enforcement contact you use. Keep a copy of the listing page and any screenshots that show the advertised PIN or hour meter if available.
This record is published as filed. The operator of dealer-auction-inventory.com is welcome to supply additional documentation or a reply; we will update the entry if verifiable new information becomes available.