abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

[Industrial Toys]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

I knew a lot of guys that "owned" a lot of stuff, half or not paid for, in a lot of places.

Reminds me of something else. Had a friend that had a canoe stored in my barn and an old Rupp snowmobile parked behind my garage. Do you think I could get him to get that stuff out of my place? Then, I became the bad guy!

 

[CobyRupert]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Okay. -Not a case of "gift" vs. "offer to sell."

He knew (or should have known) you wanted to buy it.

I sort of agree with Industrial Toys and 4570Man, at that point you should of bought it. You "said" you wanted to buy it, but like others have mentioned, what does that mean these days.
From Bob's point of view, you were probably in the same boat as his help who "said" they'd show up to work.
Or like TheOldGrind said: "..we deal more and more with... folks to whom promises are often just idle talk to gain favor. Their two most common expressions I hear are 'I'm gonna'...."

From Bob's pointy of view , he may be a practitioner of the ole adage: "Money talks, ******** walks."

All in all though, it still was a crappy thing to do. Reciprocally, I wouldn't do him any favors either.

 

[Industrial Toys]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

More often than not, if you try and pay for something from someone you kind of know, before you get it, they refuse the money at that time. Or it seems like you are trying to seal the deal on a really good bargain. If you buy something from a friend, cheap, and they find out it was worth a whole lot more, that doesn't look good either. Sometimes, you can't win! When money and friends collide!

 

[Zebrafive]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

I did not understand if "Bob" was offering to give it to you OR sell it to you?? I also did not understand if you wanted to buy it OR just "loved" have it, but not buy it??

I don't know how many times someone has said: "If you EVER want to sell _________, I'd LOVE to have it" But when you do offer to sell, are no longer interested. It's like they are complimenting you on something you have, but really have no interest in it.


Even before this offer happened, I would NOT have started to help build my own barn, that I was paying to have built. I also would not have accepted months to build, life is too short for that.

 

[4570Man]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Without money changing hand or at minimum making a plan to come get it in the near future I’d have done the same thing. “I’d love to have that” is quite possibly the worst and most reliable thing you could have said. Maybe I might buy it after I get paid on Friday would be worse. Maybe your “friend” could have handled it better but you certainly didn’t clearly communicate your intentions.

 

[4570Man]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

If someone was offering to sell me a multi thousand dollar post driver that wasn’t stolen for $300 I’d be in my truck right now to go get it not diddly farting around hoping to maybe get it later.

 

[Industrial Toys]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

This guy "Bob" was not really a friend so that changes things a bit. On the one hand, you can think that Bob is a such and such, but the guy does sell good stuff pretty cheap, so he can't be all bad and selfish.

Ever want to sell something but not to a friend because you figure you can get more money on the open market? Especially, if the friend maybe knows what you paid for it.

 

[Diggin It]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

Driver issue aside, I'd be wondering if 'Bob' will be finishing the barn to my satisfaction.

 

[jblac197]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

So what exactly are you looking for here?? Sympathy?? People to tell you Bob's a jerk? Don't really get it...

 

[4570Man]

re: abrogator? Post driver!#%@&

On a similar note. Ever have friends that always want something you got advantageously? They never get up at 5 am to go to an auction but when you get a bunch of something, they speak up and say they wiill take one of those!

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I know the feeling. I’m always on patrol for a good deal and I’m not afraid to stop and ask about something sitting in someone’s yard either. I’ve gotten some of my best finds doing that. But then there’s never a shortage of someone telling me how lucky I am or wanting to buy it for just a couple more dollars than I paid. I made a lot of people jealous when I bought my 428d Kubota powered grasshopper for $500. Well, they all saw it sitting there and I was the only person that asked about it.