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Old 01-09-2007, 11:40 PM
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Good Sam get's 'taken' again!

About 11 years ago, a woman and her grandchildren were passing through the area and the rusted to death Buick she was driving died... I found them sitting in a parking lot of a gas station that was about to close.
I hauled the trio to my humble abode and had the Buick hauled to the planet MRAF, so we could try to save it.

It turned out to be a terminal affliction.

I had an old Ford station wagon that I had been dumping money into, trying to make a car, so I 'fronted' it to her, on the promise that she would send me $100. per month. She DID, so I figured that ALL people were honest and tried it AGAIN!
A girl was running on hard times and HER Buick died. I Knew her husband for 30 years, her dad for 20 years, so I 'Fronted' her a Dodge van.. Guess what?? She STIFFED me for $700.!!!
That was 2 years ago, and I swore that I would NEVER do that again.


WELLL.... A neighbor needed a car for his daughter and I had about 50, so I asked him what he was looking for....
He said that he had about $1,000. saved and the thousand dollar cars he saw were sad.

I, FORGETTING the lesson I had learned 2 years ago, offered a 95 Subaru Legacy AWD, Maryland inspected, for $1,600. he produced a 'good' check for $500. down, a $450 check for the paperwork and inspection papers, looked me in the eye, shook my hand and promised the balance in 'monthly payments.
He told me, ( when I asked him how the car was doing), that it had a problem with the gas filler tube and he had to have it replaced. I told him that I would give him $100. off the balance owed for the inconvienience....


That is the only 'payment' that I have recieved in over 4 months!!

If anyone else want's anything I have on CREDIT, Go to Hellin Wait, She's my NEW credit manager!

I will cut it up, crush it, part it out, whatever!!! there are only 5 people in the WORLD that will EVER get anything from me on a 'promise', because they are the only 5 people that are GOOD on their word!


Horror stories, anyone?? Tell us about the people YOU trusted that 'stiffed' you.
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Old 01-09-2007, 11:45 PM
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Horror stories, anyone?? Tell us about the people YOU trusted that 'stiffed' you.

i won't go into that here.

however, i would like to buy a car from you, Jerry. i will gladly pay you Tuesday.
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Old 01-09-2007, 11:51 PM
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I have had the same experience from time to time. It is hard to be trusting when you get stiffed by several people - especially when they call you a friend.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:09 AM
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A month or so ago I was sitting at some traffic lights, in a very special Subaru which I have passed on to my son. I have been storing it and drive it regularly, so that it remains in good nick. It is a 1971 1300 c.c. sports sedan that I purchased new to race in a production series which I won.

You can imagine my feeling when there was a woomph and the car rocked forward in a shunt from the rear. I got out mad, but found a very distressed young woman in tears in the car behind. My soft side took over. She had third party insurance but the excess was $500, so had to pay the first $500 in any claim.

After checking the damage, bent bumper and stove in rear panel, I told her that if I stripped things down I could probably get things fixed for less than $500. She gave me her name and address and I told her I would get back to her. Naturally I also took her car registration number.

When I got home I found, damn it, that the left tail light was also broken so I phoned and told her of this bad news. ( I did not think this story would involve so much finger larbor still interested ? ) To try to cut a long story short ----.

After doing the best I could the total bill exceeded $500 and again I phoned with the bad news. She thanked me for my efforts and said she would call in in a couple of days with a cheque. She was good to her word and paid in folding stuff. I was chuffed.

I will have to leave the nasty experiences to someone else.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:17 AM
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i won't go into that here.

however, i would like to buy a car from you, Jerry. i will gladly pay you Tuesday.
Why NOT go into it here?? this IS the 'STIFFED' thread!

Sorry, I CRUSHED all the inventory.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:27 AM
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Horror stories, anyone?? Tell us about the people YOU trusted that 'stiffed' you.
Well I have a story, but it doesn't involve cars and I don't feel to much like going over it now.

Doncha wish that we could pile all of those people into one big box and send'em all straight to Hades....
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Old 01-10-2007, 01:53 AM
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Well I have a story, but it doesn't involve cars and I don't feel to much like going over it now.

Doncha wish that we could pile all of those people into one big box and send'em all straight to Hades....
I have been known to build campfires that could 'consume' many things. the last time I lit one off, Harry thought the schoolbus was on fire, because the flames were 35 ft into the air. ( he couldn't see the base of the fire)

One night, I lit off 3 brush piles that were 15' across at the base and piled 20' high. It was raining and you could walk over all of my 7 acres and about 200 state owned acres without a flashlight.
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Old 01-10-2007, 10:18 PM
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About 11 years ago, a woman and her grandchildren were passing through the area and the rusted to death Buick she was driving died... I found them sitting in a parking lot of a gas station that was about to close.
I hauled the trio to my humble abode and had the Buick hauled to the planet MRAF, so we could try to save it.

It turned out to be a terminal affliction.

I had an old Ford station wagon that I had been dumping money into, trying to make a car, so I 'fronted' it to her, on the promise that she would send me $100. per month. She DID, so I figured that ALL people were honest and tried it AGAIN!
A girl was running on hard times and HER Buick died. I Knew her husband for 30 years, her dad for 20 years, so I 'Fronted' her a Dodge van.. Guess what?? She STIFFED me for $700.!!!
That was 2 years ago, and I swore that I would NEVER do that again.


WELLL.... A neighbor needed a car for his daughter and I had about 50, so I asked him what he was looking for....
He said that he had about $1,000. saved and the thousand dollar cars he saw were sad.

I, FORGETTING the lesson I had learned 2 years ago, offered a 95 Subaru Legacy AWD, Maryland inspected, for $1,600. he produced a 'good' check for $500. down, a $450 check for the paperwork and inspection papers, looked me in the eye, shook my hand and promised the balance in 'monthly payments.
He told me, ( when I asked him how the car was doing), that it had a problem with the gas filler tube and he had to have it replaced. I told him that I would give him $100. off the balance owed for the inconvienience....


That is the only 'payment' that I have recieved in over 4 months!!

If anyone else want's anything I have on CREDIT, Go to Hellin Wait, She's my NEW credit manager!

I will cut it up, crush it, part it out, whatever!!! there are only 5 people in the WORLD that will EVER get anything from me on a 'promise', because they are the only 5 people that are GOOD on their word!


Horror stories, anyone?? Tell us about the people YOU trusted that 'stiffed' you.
This MAY sound stuppid BUT call Judge Judy! Or any of the other court TV shows. You get a free trip to wherever, then they pay whatever the verdict was! Boy I could go on and on about tis crap happening to me....
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Old 01-14-2007, 08:15 PM
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Old 01-14-2007, 09:31 PM
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Never got stiffed, cause I never sold anyone a car like that.

Getting ripped off hurts though.
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