abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

[tjkubota93]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

I did that to my dad once, on accident, I kinda feel like it was his own fault. Anyway I had an over under shotgun i didn't like anymore (got it for a steal, but it didnt fit me).

My parents were visiting and I asked dad if he wanted it, he said yes. So I said let's go to the store and you get a hardcase for it so you can take it home. He him hawed at 2 or 3 stores because they were too expensive this and that excuse. So it went back in the safe.

6 months later a guy wants it and offers 3 times what I paid so I sold it. I did remember dad and called and told him what happened, he didnt act mad. He bought a real fancy job later with adjustable stock and comb.

Glad bob hooked you up after all.

 

[/pine]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Reneging on deals has been going on since man could first communicate/negotiate...it's the reason we have binding contracts and also the reason there are so many scum sucking lawyers...!

It used to be a mans word was as good as it gets...a mans word of honor was worth more than his life...it was his life...

In our P.C. world we live by the judiciary and whoever controls the judiciary controls everything...!

 

[CobyRupert]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Ok so here's what happened today. I'm trenching a ditch with my backhoe while Bob's working. I finish, I'm installing a frost proof hydrant and 3/4 black plastic line.
We never talked. This afternoon he walks over "how do you get up leaves?".
"With a rake and pull behind sweeper" I say.
He says "then you wouldn't need a Trac Vac 880 would you?"
Long story short (and man would it make a strange book)...
..Anyway this Trac Vac works fine...they're about $3500 new. He said for helping him...how about $450? And the edger. They worked...I had trailer and check with me.

Sweet deal!

Bob’s ok.

 

[AWSubie]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Wow! That edger alone has to be worth about $200

 

[Deere Dude]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Thanks for replies.

Yesterday as we were working is when Bob mentioned post driver...would I like to buy it. It's for sale $300. I said "yes, I'd love to have it". After lunch he mentioned some guy driving a long distance to pick it up. I said "what!?!? You said I could buy it! Call him back, say it's sold". He said too late, he's on the way. Goes on to say "I didn't think you were serious". I repeated what I said...he said "well, I have to leave now to meet him...maybe he won't buy it".
I said no one is driving 3 hours one way and not get it. Then he said "I didn't know how expensive they were...but I priced it at $300, that's what guy is paying".
I feel screwed royally. I could have used it, needed it.
I'm taking my wife's advice...no more helping Bob.

I think Bob had a buyer before he even talked to you about it. He was just making small talk. Regardless, don't be a Bob.

 

[D2Cat]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Yes, In the beginning it was stated Bob had the ad and he was getting a lot of calls. So Bob could of very easily had a discussion with the interested party, giving him details of the implement, his location, cost, etc.

Then during the day Bob ask the OP of his interest, and he's interested. In the mean time the guy interested in the implement heads out and then calls Bob to let him know he's on his way. Bob is now in a pickle. One guy coming and one guy says he wants it.

I can't blame Bob for selling it to the man he's already had a conversation with.

And just because he says it's a "post driver" does not make it a multi thousand dollar implement. I sold a post driver two years ago for something around that price, and was glad to get it off my place!! It was a hydraulic actuated accident waiting to happen. I wouldn't even loan it to a neighbor farmer to use. I told him I'd come over and use my tractor and operate it. I didn't want to end up in a law suit!!

 

[4570Man]

Indian giver? Post driver!#%@&

I’ve been in similar predicaments. You list an add that gets a lot of interest, you can’t tell everyone sale pending because 3/4s or more of your potential buyers won’t show up, and if you don’t respond to the rest they’ll move along. Then someone who you didn’t think was a serious buyer calls that they’re on they’re way what are you supposed to do? I’ve never and won’t sell something out from under someone that’s on their way but someone that’s maybe coming later should’ve moved faster.

 

[two_bit_score]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

I would ask ol' Bob if he would like to get paid...and leave him hanging.

Oh that's very mature.

Maybe, but dang funny though. :laughing:

 

[Exchanger]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

And they lived happily ever after. Happy ending

 

[PA hayseed]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Sounds like you hook up with very shady type contractors. It is unfair to apply that label to all. Did you count the material/brick and block when it was delivered and compare it to the invoices or are these å¡—and shake deals where youæ±*e paying flat rate?

MY brother owns his own Plumbing HVAC business, so I would never say that all contractors are the same. This is a regional issue generally, where a specific type of behavior once unheard of has become the norm. In my area the pole building "crews" are known to overbid jobs to the point of watching them take the stuff from the delivery truck directly to their pickups. I feel for those people who hire a contractor, but work full time and can't see what is going on. In some areas of the country this would be a crime, in others underhanded, and in others it is common.

I don't want to get into one of these TBN thread arguments, but the way I see it is this: if I ask for a bid to do a job, It isn't an invitation for you to increase profit margins by over ordering supplies for your next job. That is lying in my opinion. To be clear, I am not talking about the generally accepted practice of ordering the 10% extra for mistakes. I have met professional contractors who would consider the standard practice of order 10% extra to be wasteful, and it isn't part of their bids. What I am getting at is the guy who intentionally orders way to much and passes it on to the homeowner. Like I said, I am normally at the jobs on my property, and I generally know what would be required. For the uninitiated and uninformed, wow is there abuse.