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Wed Mar 14 2018 06:42 PM
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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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Should have gave him $500 and you still stole it!! Nice pump! Also looks like a narrow body. Chris
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A whole 100 bucks, you are generous.
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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Wanna double your money? Call me.
-Steve B. (WTB: 48" Flying A button, 48" black/org Phillips 66, White Star, and Chevrolet Signs. Also looking for a Wayne 866. Send a PM. Thanks.)
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Should have gave him $500 and you still stole it!! Nice pump! Also looks like a narrow body. Chris I agree, $500 at a minimum. What a despicable deal.
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Very nice original condition pump, and neat photos, thanks for posting them......
I do hope however you might make it right with the seller if you go back for more pumps, or regardless. I'm usually not one to make a controversial post or join in a "heated" discussion on OG, but I have to agree with a couple other posts above. We all love a great deal, I get that. But with the information you posted above for all to see, it isn't a reflection of an honest deal in the majority of the membership's eyes. It's very evident the seller didn't know what they had, and I don't think the extra $35 made it "right" as the post reads to me. Darin
Darin Sheffer Always looking for Mobil and Marathon items I don't already have!
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Great pump, sad to see a person who has no knowledge of valve taken advantage of especially a 95 year man. I don't like getting involved in these types of discussions but I think the issue here is pretty obvious. Hell, the pickers would even stepped up.
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I was going to let this post pass and not comment on it but here goes.
I have purchased a number of pumps over the past 20 plus years. Many of these purchases have come from farms, gravel pits, wanted ads, etc. and I can proudly say that on numerous occasions I have paid more, sometime much more, than the seller was asking. My dad was with me a couple of times, and after the deal was completed and we were back on the road, he would ask why I did what I did. I would tell him that this is a hobby for me, that I got a good deal and that I needed to be able to sleep at night. He never said anything after that but there was always the hint of a smile on his face.
Again, this is my hobby and where I put my disposable income. I do not purchase pumps to resell because I need the money. I'm certain that isn't the case with everyone.
Treat others as you would want to be treated!
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I know I joked up above, but here’s a little story that I tell often....
I once went to purchase a sign from an older gentleman and he wanted $300 for it. He showed me around his shop/barn and showed me his collection. He showed me a Wayne 60 he was restoring and said that the only piece he needed was the base. We got to the sign and I told him I would take it. I told him it was probably worth a little more than $300. I gave him $400 and told him to put the extra $100 towards the base he needs. I also told him I would help find the base for him. He was somewhat shocked at what I did. A week or two later I located a base and gave him the gentlemans info. He ended up striking a deal with the guy and completed his pump.
About two months later I unexpectedly received a call from him out of the blue. He said he got his base and finished his pump. He was very happy. He continued on and asked me if I would be interested in coming back up to his place and driving to two of his friends houses to buy some signs they were selling. I drove back up and went to his friends with him. I ended up buying 1 pump, 2 antiques and 16 signs from his two friends (at fair prices).
We are still friends to this day; we talk to each other on a REGULAR BASIS, visit each other and go to auctions together every once in a while. He is now a good friend. (I also became good friends with his other friend that I bought signs from and we still talk often as well).
I just thought I would share this, as I thought of it while reading this thread. A little goes a long way.
-Steve
Oh, and as far as the sign goes, it's far from perfect, but I will never sell it as long as I live.
Last edited by Speedracer; Thu Mar 15 2018 10:08 PM.
-Steve B. (WTB: 48" Flying A button, 48" black/org Phillips 66, White Star, and Chevrolet Signs. Also looking for a Wayne 866. Send a PM. Thanks.)
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Good story Steve, and good on ya for paying it forward.
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