"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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Offers me $9k for it cash.

I told him to pound sand and get the hell off my property. Ok, maybe
not exactly in those words, but the efffect was the same.

Get this - the guy says "hey, I can buy one in Georgia for that kind
of money." Well, I happen to know that the boat for sale in Georgia,
an exact sister ship to mine except for the engine, is listed for $22K
and the seller is holding firm - and his engine is older and out of
warranty.

So I told him - well, go buy it then. I'm not interested.

Guy says - you have to sell it it, that's my best offer.

I say - Wrongo sport. I don't have to sell it, I want to sell it
because I want a bass boat and Mrs. Wave will not allow me to expand
the fleet beyond three boats I already own.

He says - Well, it's a standing offer.

I say - You're going to standing there for a long time then - probably
forever.

Jerk.


I need to share some lessons in salesmanship with you, I can see.

I decided to sell my Mustang. It's just not "me" and I've put 900 miles on
it in 3 and a half months.
So, early Saturday I did some research on it's private sale value and listed
it on Craigslist for the going private sale price.

Got a couple of inquiries from, believe it or not, car dealers. One asked
me if I would accept $1000 less than my listed price. I responded to him
and said, ok. Didn't hear back from him.
Then Monday morning I got an email from a private buyer asking if it was
still available. I responded, "yes", although I had some inquiries from
dealers, but no commitments. He email back that he was interested, but had
to get his wife's permission first.

I emailed back and said I understood. Also told him that one of the dealers
had asked if I'd accept $1000 less, so to be fair, that would be the price
to him as well.

I then deleted his emails with full appreciation that "getting the wife's
permission" is the sign of doom for any kind of sale, especially for a
sporty, somewhat fast car.

To my surprise, he emailed this morning that the wife had given the thumbs
up. The $1000 reduction in price sold her on it. Women just can't resist
a sale.

Eisboch