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I am heading out on a 10 hour round trip drive this weekend with a couple thousand US dollars in hand. All I have is the sellers word that he is holding something for me. I will call again before I leave. Don't think there is much more that I can do.
A deposit works with some but I have done deals with this seller before and he only works with cash.
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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Thankfully only 1 or 2 out of a 100 deals go bad. The vast majority of people I've dealt with are trustworthy. Greed does trump integrity once in a while unfortunately. I deal with people the way I expect to be dealt with.
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I am not sure what Ohio oil meant by that, if it was sarcastic or how it came out. Never swore at the guy, called him names, just told him that he made the deal on the phone and in my thinking if I would have been closer and came earlier I would have possibly owned the pump. By the way it was not just minutes later, probably 10 at least. Again, it was a mistake on his part and I showed him or tried to that it was a life lesson and even he had to laugh when I told him that the mistake would probably never happen again. I have had many people honor what they said on the phone even later when others have asked to sell for more. Even gave a guy an extra $100.00 for doing so, In fact still have the pump. The Bowser 310 in which I was trying to match.
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Craig, I meant my response to be more generic in nature, absolutely not personally directed at you.
My difficulty in these type of threads talking about deals gone bad, is it's just so easy to call someone nobody here has ever met, dishonest, unethical, lacking honor, and use $$$ signs when talking about them.
We've all been disappointed about losing out on a purchase, sometimes it just doesn't work out. Doesn't mean the guy is dishonest..stuff happens.
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How about riding about an hour to an estate sale where they had a nice gas pump in jacks book worth about 1200 unrestored. Said they were taking silent bids and at 3:30 that afternoon high bidder gets pump. Gave a bid and a phone number and left . Got a call about an hour before it ended and lady says you are still high bidder but we have had so much interest we will hold a live auction at 3:30. I said ok withdraw my bid she of course says what if you are still high bidder , I said withdraw mine and hung up . Greed , they were going to do that all along even had it in newspaper as silent bid.
Remember you are only as good as your help If you don't make any noise no one will hear you!
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Hey Craig, You have to wonder if he didn't intentionally plan on playing CL and EBay both to get the most, but once he told you sold, it should have been sold. I have committed to deals before where I could have gotten more before deal was finalized. Guess I'm old school where I like to think you can give someone your word or shake their hand and it's a done deal. Have to agree, it's about greed. Reason for my pm is is to ask your opinion. I bought an Oregon Pride pump plate at Iowa Gas. It is a 9+ condition. Did not buy to sell, but a good friend wants it to pair up with his. Haven't seen any for sale lately and am trying to come up with a fair price for him. Seems like they used to be all over the place from 1k to 3k. I know you might be prejudiced being from Oregon, but was thinking you may seen them sell lately. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Pat Anderton
Looking for early Pure Oil Company items(Energee,Detonox,Puritan)as well as any Woco Pep items.
Looking for graphic quart cans for my collection.
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Pat, do not know much about pump signs, but a guy here PDXgasman would be the guy to ask. His name is Glenn and he has the Astro stations here and is very up on the prices of that item. Thanks Craig
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Bottom line here is that I appreciate all the different viewpoints and some that I did not even think of or see that direction. Good to have the discussion about this to maybe see someone elses way of thinking. Thanks Craig
Craig
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