Posted by Buzzman72 on September 07, 2009 at 08:54:21 from (74.129.194.33):
On Saturday, the wife's nephew called me up at 7:30 in the morning...got me out of bed. Jerry told me the neighbor had a Cub Cadet with mower in his yard sale, and had a sign on it: MAKE OFFER. Jerry allowed as how he was gonna offer him $10 and see where that went.
About 9 o'clock, Jerry called again. He'd raised his offer to $50, because the guy said "it ran pretty good but it smoked when you started it." I told Jerry that if it ran at all, it was probably worth $50.
At 9:30 Jerry called me back and told me he'd bought it for $50. Jerry said they started it with jumper cables, and it DID run pretty good, "'cept it smokes." I allowed that Jerry had found a good deal.
At about 10, Jerry called me again. "I took the brand new Wal-Mart battery out of my Murray rider, and this thing started right up. So I took it across the road and filled up the gas tank, and I brought it back and mowed my yard with it. It mows pretty good...but it smokes. And it's got wheel weights on the back."
THAT got my attention. Cub Cadet "factory" rear wheel weights, which are the same as front weights for a full-size Cub, sell for anywhere from $75 up on eBay. So I told Jerry I'd be over in about an hour to look at it.
Just before 11, Jerry called me back. "I sold that Cub Cadet."
"What'd you get for it?" I asked.
"$100," Jerry said. "After the gas and the battery, I guess I just about broke even on it...but I did get my grass cut."
About this point, I'm thinking that, since I alreadyhave a good mower battery, I could've given Jerry $75 for the thing, removed and sold the wheel weights, and had a mostly free Cub Cadet. But I didn't move quickly enough to "vulture" it, I didn't really have the money to spend, and Jerry's pretty happy about getting his grass cut.
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