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that is well said, have the knowledge to know a good deal but be humble enough to say you got lucky without making the other guy look stupid. knowledge is power and being humble is priceless!!
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oh i forgot to say, good job....you were very fortunate and the work pays off sometimes.....want to double up?? JK, LOL
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I agree, I got lucky. What gets me is the guy had a Royal Crown Cola Tin sign worth about $60 and he was asking $150 for it. The Veedol DSP was $125, I was in shock when I saw the ad. The seller was a standup guy for when others were calling him, he told them it was sold. We did a gentleman's hand shake over the phone that I would get the sign. Someone called him before me and offered him $100 for it. I gave him what he wanted and got the sign.
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I some time ago bought a pair of Texaco Globes from a gentleman who contacted me with a price he wanted for them (he even insinuated that he might be willing to negotiate a little bit). I paid his initial asking price. The next weekend a friend was at the gentleman's garage sale where he was bragging about my not even blinking an eye when he told me what he wanted for them- just counted out the money.
Funny, I never thought of him as a low class old fart. I think in fact, he was just as tickled as I.
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Congrats on that one
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"I just picked this sign up. Called the guy last night, tossed and turned, no sleep."
Losing sleep over a sign sounds strange to me. I can understand losing sleep the night before a hospital operation or when your wife is expecting a baby.
You must really be attached to advertising signs. Nothing wrong with it, I just find it comical in a friendly way. Cheers to your new purchase.
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hri_2008 I'm not like all you rich guys that have 20+ cars in the garage, all the nice signs and gas pumps. So when I find a good deal (to good to be true deal) I get excited. I know I can make some money on that sign and pay some bills.
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Hey whether rich or not its about making the buy. I'd be with signgod (not literally BTW)and toss and turn in excitement if its a sign that I want and it could be gone to somebody else tomorrow. And then sigh in relief too when it's in my hands. We all react differently to "the buy".
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Yes thats funny that this comes up, I would to be nervouse there are many people whould sell you out for $5.....I always thought that your word on the phone is as good as a hand shake, but I have been sold out many times...Even from people here, one guy swore on his familys life that the deal we made over the phone would be honored when i returned home; 3 days later when i return, he says "what, i have the right to change my mind!!! then i see it on ebay 2 weeks later........as far as all us rich guys who have 20+ cars, I only know 2 "rich" guys here on this forum & they don't have 20 cars, they are very humble and you can almost guarante there word is as good as gold....
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