Re: [Amc-list] Frustration

[Keleigh Hardie <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Back in the late Seventies, when I lived in Tucson Arizona, I won a 
Chevy Monza (yuck!) in a supermarket contest. I had to drive to Phoenix 
to pick up the money (you don't think I wanted that car, do ya?) so my 
wife and I decided to shop around for a Javelin while we were there. I 
found one that looked reasonable we stopped by the guy's house to check 
it out. Upon our arrival, he informed us that he had been offered $1200 
for it, but was hoping for more. I wasn't sure if that offer was real or 
not, but I took to mean that was his bottom line. After checking the car 
out, I told him I'd give him $1400 cash money, like now. Just let me run 
to the bank. He accepted. When I returned, he informed me that during 
the 45 minutes I was gone to the bank, the other guy had called back 
(what a coincidence) and told him he'd give him $1600 if he'd hold the 
car for him. "Really?" I asked, folding fourteen one hundred dollar 
bills back up and putting them back in my pocket, "If I were you, I'd 
take it." Then, I turned and left. If there is any justice in the 
universe, that 'other guy' didn't exist...

Keleigh

PS. We ended up buying a darn nice 73 Gremlin X, Maxi blue with white 
hockey stripe and interior, 258/TF. I miss that car to this day.

Armand Eshleman wrote:
> How about the one where you go into a car dealer, test drive a 4 wheel drive
> truck that's older than the hills, rusty and all that kinda crap and then
> tell the dealer you'll take it for his advertised price, his comment comes
> back, well I have to have $100 more because a regular customer has promised
> to buy it next week for the advertised price??  "WHAT? You mean you'll turn
> down money right now for a suppossedly "promise" next week?" what ever
> happened to cash in hand is worth two on the promise. or something like
> that.  Suppossedly this "regular" customer has much greener money than mine
> just like the guy who wanted $300  for the same  crap he can only get $100
> for at the shredders. For some reason people just think that they ought to
> screw every one every chance they get just to make a buck. I hope all of
> them can sleep at night and I hope the Pearly Gates have equivalent
> treatment for them as they gave here.
>
>   
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