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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:30:57 AM
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someone out with buying our 5th wheel??
Welp, it has come back to bite me big time. Finally, it is down to 'only' $800 that they owe us but it has been a battle. Now, every time I speak to her, there is a complaint about the trailer and I'm starting to get the feeling that she wants to take some $$ off cuz she's had to fix some things.
I sold the trailer 'as is, where is' and she said she understood that, also written down in contract, which she signed.
Never again will I sell something over time. Either they have the money or they don't get the product. You would have thought I'd have learned my lesson with selling horses (that I KNOW not to do, selling horses on time, with certain exclusions) but we thought we'd help them out and we get to sell the trailer so we could move.
Sheesh! It's been a pain in the neck all the way. Never again.
*This is a vent post, BTW!* 
Winona 
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:35:33 AM
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Winona, you know what they say about hindsight? Well, I don't either but you probably won't make THAT mistake again, unless you have another 5th wheel to sell. Sorry things didn't go smooth and as planned. I guess we just can't trust anyone these days.
It's OK to vent. Hope it made you feel better.
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:46:54 AM
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Oh Man!! -- we had a similar thing happen when we sold a riding lawnmower..an old man bought it & knew it needed work, but he said he'd make the repairs. No problem.
He kept the mower, got it to run and had it for about 6 months I think. He was in poor health, and figured that the mower would keep his yardwork to a minimum so it'd be "one less thing to mess with" -- Well, he passed away I think about 9 months after he bought the mower, and this lady shows up, telling us she was his "care-taker" and claimed that the mower caused him to get sick, and eventually gave him heart trouble. Stood in our driveway ranting about how we knew "it'd end up killing him.."
We just sorta felt numb, and the lady eventually left, still mumbling about how "you killed him, you know!!" -- We never saw the lady again, never heard from any family or lawyers..just one ranting woman. Weird. So since then, we've been very careful when selling anything to anybody -- Making sure there is a contract is the key, and we look back now and wonder if a contract would've been the thing to do. But it was a used machine...so who knows.
Sorry all this is happening to you. Makes you second guess what you've done. An' all you wanted to do was be the nice guy...
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 3:47:57 PM
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Lauri, I know, there are some strange beings out there. Your story reminds me, for some odd reason, of the time I called about a house for rent out in the country. The lady who answered screamed at me, and I pretty well quote, "Quit calling! I've told you 6 times that's it's rented! Don't call again!!".
Hello??
My point is that in her mind, and probably 'your' lady also, somehow we're responsible instead of thinking it thru! Egads!!
Winona :-)
To read funny stories about my cooking 'skills', please visit http://lostadventuresincooking.blogspot.com/
For uber-opinionated, pleasurable horse related reading, please visit http://horseinfoperson.blogspot.com/
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 3:50:55 PM
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Originally posted by Bellepepper
Winona, you know what they say about hindsight? Well, I don't either but you probably won't make THAT mistake again, unless you have another 5th wheel to sell. Sorry things didn't go smooth and as planned. I guess we just can't trust anyone these days.
It's OK to vent. Hope it made you feel better.
Belle
I quoted you cuz I also wanted to answer your post. Well, there really may be a time. More likely a horse trailer than a 5th wheel! But we do sell stuff now and again. I'm out of practice and wanted to be 'nice' and where, oh where, does it get me? hehehe...
Winona 
To read funny stories about my cooking 'skills', please visit http://lostadventuresincooking.blogspot.com/
For uber-opinionated, pleasurable horse related reading, please visit http://horseinfoperson.blogspot.com/
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 4:19:00 PM
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Winona:
Sometimes when one tries so hard to be nice, goes out of the way, it eventually bites you in the butt. Vent away.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Hosanna
True Blue Farmgirl
466 Posts
Hosanna
Alton
Virginia
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 4:42:01 PM
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| You know that new Billy Currington song: "God is great, Beer is good, and people are crazy." Well, God IS great; but I thing beer is gross, actually. But, people are Crazy, for sure! |
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