I've been in touch with an SLI, T, who lives down the street from my late dad's place, and he wants his lawn mower. Badly. He's been bugging my wife on FB media trying to get the price down. Is it still available how about 600 cash! Then is it still available ad infinitum, to other offers, saying i want it bad i'm starting my landscape business, i'm just a young kid, etc,etc. . It was driving her up a wall.
So, today i asked her to tell him to meet me there at 10ish in the morning. First i mowed our 1 acre lot and the rendezvous with T after 10 AM.
First he offered a lot less, and i said i think it is worth 900, they go between 6 to 1300 dollars in auctions, used, so i think it is fair. It is in great shape with 400 hrs on it. It is a commercial mower and can take a lot of run time.
I said if you put down 100 deposit, I'll want 800 in 3 months and the mower stays here. If in 3 months you don't want it the deposit is forfeited. I said i've had 2 offers in 2 weeks on it at the asking price, but they backed out.
I said T, i'm taking a chance for you because you are local and you need help on your business venture. I will delist until October, but in reality to next year because the season is over then.
He said he cannot do 3 months and was unhappy about it and sort of gave up, let down in disappointment in his hopes and i said i'll run it to October?
I helped him think thru some possibilities, like he wanted to put 500 down now, thinking it would secure it better, but i said what if i died? You might come to my wife and she might not give it not knowing the deal. Or your car might flop and you don't have it now.
He said yeah, i see what you mean, and thank you for the honest concern.
He liked it, but i said think about it overnight, and come back tomorrow.
He's really nice and sincere and a young kid still living at home. Guessing 19-20.
In one moment i felt sorry for him in a way, because he felt intimidated, i could sense it, he was trying to work through sound reasoning's in an adult world here.
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