ShootNSteel
10-26-2012, 08:33 PM
I just got screwed out of a deal I've been working on for 3 days.
Me and a buddy had a lead on a magma bullet master and an auto sizer to go with it, along with a lot of miscellaneous stuff we could really use, really way too much to list. The caster came with molds for 45 38 and 9, and the sizer came with a bunch of star dies and about 50 big sticks of tamarack lube. There was also about 2k lbs of lead, most lino.
The guy and his wife are downsizing and moving into a trailor because of his health, they used to run a cast boolit business back in the day.
Anyway we sorted through everything and made the guy an offer on it all. We didn't have a whole lot of money to deal with, being I was layed off today doesn't help a whole lot. Well we himed and hawed for a good hour or so and we finally setted $200 apart from each other, and he never budged one dollar the whole time stuck at 3k.
He said repeatedly he could wait a few weeks for the extra $200 when we could caugh it up, but would not budge. We said we would have to sleep on it and would get to him the next day and he said we could call at 2 or 5 when he got home. He did get a call for the equipment while we were negotiating...
I made sure before we left to get both his and her word that they would give us the first shot at buying it, and they would hear from us tomarro either way. We shook on it, and left.
The next day.
As I mentioned it was my last day of work and it was very very busy, I said goodbye to about 60 people on the shop floor and then made my way up front for some last minute training as I handed off my position to another engineer. All the while I'm getting bombarded by everyone, and also trying to finish drafting my last machine fixture. By the time I could catch my breath it was 3:45 and I called and left him a message we'd be there at 5 to make the deal.
I hadn't heard from him and we decided to take my buddies truck over there at 5. Well we beat them home and when they pulled in they did not look happy. We got out of the truck to meet them and he said you might be too late. He proceeded to tell us that he decided to give the equipment to his grandson, a 21 year old kid that had all his **** stored in their house anyway that needed to move!!! He said since he didn't hear from us at two then he decided we didn't want it, but just the night before he would of waited weeks for us to scratch up an extra $200!
We said we had called and let him know, he said his phone died and he could not check it and he didn't have a charger in his car. My quick thinking partner dialed him from his pocket right there on the spot and guess who's phone ringed in their front pocket, yes.
There were so many holes in his story I cannot begin to explain them. So not only had he lied to us and not kept his word, he lied about selling the equipment out from under us.
I'm glad I wasn't around greater Cleveland Ohio to shoot Mr.Millers bullets 20 years ago when he was making them, because I'd rather throw money away then give it to a dishonest individual as himself.
Me and a buddy had a lead on a magma bullet master and an auto sizer to go with it, along with a lot of miscellaneous stuff we could really use, really way too much to list. The caster came with molds for 45 38 and 9, and the sizer came with a bunch of star dies and about 50 big sticks of tamarack lube. There was also about 2k lbs of lead, most lino.
The guy and his wife are downsizing and moving into a trailor because of his health, they used to run a cast boolit business back in the day.
Anyway we sorted through everything and made the guy an offer on it all. We didn't have a whole lot of money to deal with, being I was layed off today doesn't help a whole lot. Well we himed and hawed for a good hour or so and we finally setted $200 apart from each other, and he never budged one dollar the whole time stuck at 3k.
He said repeatedly he could wait a few weeks for the extra $200 when we could caugh it up, but would not budge. We said we would have to sleep on it and would get to him the next day and he said we could call at 2 or 5 when he got home. He did get a call for the equipment while we were negotiating...
I made sure before we left to get both his and her word that they would give us the first shot at buying it, and they would hear from us tomarro either way. We shook on it, and left.
The next day.
As I mentioned it was my last day of work and it was very very busy, I said goodbye to about 60 people on the shop floor and then made my way up front for some last minute training as I handed off my position to another engineer. All the while I'm getting bombarded by everyone, and also trying to finish drafting my last machine fixture. By the time I could catch my breath it was 3:45 and I called and left him a message we'd be there at 5 to make the deal.
I hadn't heard from him and we decided to take my buddies truck over there at 5. Well we beat them home and when they pulled in they did not look happy. We got out of the truck to meet them and he said you might be too late. He proceeded to tell us that he decided to give the equipment to his grandson, a 21 year old kid that had all his **** stored in their house anyway that needed to move!!! He said since he didn't hear from us at two then he decided we didn't want it, but just the night before he would of waited weeks for us to scratch up an extra $200!
We said we had called and let him know, he said his phone died and he could not check it and he didn't have a charger in his car. My quick thinking partner dialed him from his pocket right there on the spot and guess who's phone ringed in their front pocket, yes.
There were so many holes in his story I cannot begin to explain them. So not only had he lied to us and not kept his word, he lied about selling the equipment out from under us.
I'm glad I wasn't around greater Cleveland Ohio to shoot Mr.Millers bullets 20 years ago when he was making them, because I'd rather throw money away then give it to a dishonest individual as himself.