I have always boasted of my great buys; so it is only fair to mention a
screw up. Maybe someone can learn from it.
I bought a set of reconditioned Dewalt 36v tools on Ebay for $480. That is
$75 less than I could find them for anywhere else.
There was a packing slip on the box. The seller had bought them from Amazon
two weeks earlier for $399!
I checked Amazon today, and they have them for $399. ARRRGGGHHH!
Well, they didn't have them when I checked, and I sure don't need them now;
but they are great tools, so if anyone wants a good buy...
But you know, they are going for over $500 right now on Ebay, maybe if I
bought a few sets... nah; ain't worth the hassle for a $25 profit.
(freight, ebay expense, paypal expense...)
On Jun 29, 6:57 pm, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >> But you know, they are going for over $500 right now on Ebay, maybe if I
> >> bought a few sets... nah; ain't worth the hassle for a $25 profit.
> >> (freight, ebay expense, paypal expense...)
>
> > Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?
>
> I bought them because I needed them.
> I "don't need them now" from amazon because I already bought them on ebay.
> Get it?
You have a disease. How do I know? Because I have the same one.
After I do all of my homework, scour the web, check eBay, and make my
purchase, I keep shopping until I find a cheaper price.
I think it's my way of keeping me humble. ;)
R
Leon wrote:
>>>
>
> Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?
We often see a similar question in regard to guns, usually framed in an
accusatory fashion: "Why do you need a firearm capable of [holding 30
bullets, spraying death indiscriminately, that looks so menacing, capable of
bringing down an airliner, etc.]?"
This is often followed by the opinion that: "No one needs ..."
The operative word is not "need;" the action word is "want."
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
>
>> We often see a similar question in regard to guns, usually framed in
>> an accusatory fashion: "Why do you need a firearm capable of
>> [holding 30 bullets, spraying death indiscriminately, that looks so
>> menacing, capable of bringing down an airliner, etc.]?"
>
>
> Seems like a good question to me.
>
> IMHO, if you need more than one shot, you don't deserve the meat.
>
> At least that is the way I was taught.
>
Good point. There's a one word retort, though. I can't use the word on a
family-oriented newsgroup, but here's a translation:
"Zulus! Thousands of 'em!"
-------
I got into a conversation with one of my customers who lives on Cape Cod. I
told her about visiting a local (Texas) gun show and being somewhat
surprised at the number of crew-served weapons for sale.
"What's a crew-served weapon?" she asked.
I replied: "Oh, it's one that takes more than one person to operate it - a
heavy machine gun, a mortar, things like that."
...
"What are the people who buy these things going to do with them?"
"Uh, nothing," I said. "It's just having them that is the goal."
"I don't believe that," she said. "They must have some plan in mind!"
...
"Okay, Carol," I confided. "I can tell you. We're stocking up for the
revolution."
"I KNEW IT!"
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>> Well, they didn't have them when I checked, and I sure don't need them
>>> now; but they are great tools, so if anyone wants a good buy...
>>>
>>> But you know, they are going for over $500 right now on Ebay, maybe if I
>>> bought a few sets... nah; ain't worth the hassle for a $25 profit.
>>> (freight, ebay expense, paypal expense...)
>>>
>>
>> Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?
> I bought them because I needed them.
> I "don't need them now" from amazon because I already bought them on ebay.
> Get it?
Now that you have put in all the explained what you were trying to say I do.
You said,
> I checked Amazon today, and they have them for $399. ARRRGGGHHH!
>
> Well, they didn't have them when I checked, and I sure don't need them
> now; but they are great tools, so if anyone wants a good buy...
That sounded like you were trying to sell the ones you bought.
HeyBub wrote:
> We often see a similar question in regard to guns, usually framed in an
> accusatory fashion: "Why do you need a firearm capable of [holding 30
> bullets, spraying death indiscriminately, that looks so menacing,
capable of
> bringing down an airliner, etc.]?"
Seems like a good question to me.
IMHO, if you need more than one shot, you don't deserve the meat.
At least that is the way I was taught.
Lew
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I have always boasted of my great buys; so it is only fair to mention a
>>screw up. Maybe someone can learn from it.
>>
>> I bought a set of reconditioned Dewalt 36v tools on Ebay for $480. That
>> is $75 less than I could find them for anywhere else.
>> There was a packing slip on the box. The seller had bought them from
>> Amazon two weeks earlier for $399!
>> I checked Amazon today, and they have them for $399. ARRRGGGHHH!
>>
>> Well, they didn't have them when I checked, and I sure don't need them
>> now; but they are great tools, so if anyone wants a good buy...
>>
>> But you know, they are going for over $500 right now on Ebay, maybe if I
>> bought a few sets... nah; ain't worth the hassle for a $25 profit.
>> (freight, ebay expense, paypal expense...)
>>
>
> Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?
I bought them because I needed them.
I "don't need them now" from amazon because I already bought them on ebay.
Get it?
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have always boasted of my great buys; so it is only fair to mention a
>screw up. Maybe someone can learn from it.
>
> I bought a set of reconditioned Dewalt 36v tools on Ebay for $480. That
> is $75 less than I could find them for anywhere else.
> There was a packing slip on the box. The seller had bought them from
> Amazon two weeks earlier for $399!
> I checked Amazon today, and they have them for $399. ARRRGGGHHH!
>
> Well, they didn't have them when I checked, and I sure don't need them
> now; but they are great tools, so if anyone wants a good buy...
>
> But you know, they are going for over $500 right now on Ebay, maybe if I
> bought a few sets... nah; ain't worth the hassle for a $25 profit.
> (freight, ebay expense, paypal expense...)
>
Why, did you buy them if you did not need them?
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:44:37 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I bought a set of reconditioned Dewalt 36v tools on Ebay for $480. That is
>$75 less than I could find them for anywhere else.
>There was a packing slip on the box. The seller had bought them from Amazon
>two weeks earlier for $399!
The seller left a neener in the box? <G>
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