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November 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM #480994November 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM #480183
Eugene
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If some stranger approached you in the street and offered to sell you a car for $100, and he had keys & what looked like a legit title, would you go for it? Clearly an awesome deal. He’ll even let you inspect the car and make sure that it has seats, a steering wheel and an engine. All you have to do is fork over $100.
Tongue in cheek here..
Depends upon the car, condition and title. Unfortunately I have an unfair advantage. I have worked on cars since I was a very young kid, doing repairs w/o supervision when I was 14.. (first one was a waterpump). I would be in the equivalent position of a coin collector on this one…[/quote]
You’re missing the point. One, you can’t test drive or even start the car (just like the coin buyer can’t do chemical analysis of the coin). Two, you can’t be sure that the seller is in position to sell you this car. Maybe he stole it and printed the title on a color printer. There are only two certainties:
– You’ll be separated with $100 of your money and you’ll never see those $100 again
– There is no such thing as a free lunch.November 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM #480348Eugene
Participant[quote=ucodegen]
If some stranger approached you in the street and offered to sell you a car for $100, and he had keys & what looked like a legit title, would you go for it? Clearly an awesome deal. He’ll even let you inspect the car and make sure that it has seats, a steering wheel and an engine. All you have to do is fork over $100.
Tongue in cheek here..
Depends upon the car, condition and title. Unfortunately I have an unfair advantage. I have worked on cars since I was a very young kid, doing repairs w/o supervision when I was 14.. (first one was a waterpump). I would be in the equivalent position of a coin collector on this one…[/quote]
You’re missing the point. One, you can’t test drive or even start the car (just like the coin buyer can’t do chemical analysis of the coin). Two, you can’t be sure that the seller is in position to sell you this car. Maybe he stole it and printed the title on a color printer. There are only two certainties:
– You’ll be separated with $100 of your money and you’ll never see those $100 again
– There is no such thing as a free lunch.November 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM #480708Eugene
Participant[quote=ucodegen]
If some stranger approached you in the street and offered to sell you a car for $100, and he had keys & what looked like a legit title, would you go for it? Clearly an awesome deal. He’ll even let you inspect the car and make sure that it has seats, a steering wheel and an engine. All you have to do is fork over $100.
Tongue in cheek here..
Depends upon the car, condition and title. Unfortunately I have an unfair advantage. I have worked on cars since I was a very young kid, doing repairs w/o supervision when I was 14.. (first one was a waterpump). I would be in the equivalent position of a coin collector on this one…[/quote]
You’re missing the point. One, you can’t test drive or even start the car (just like the coin buyer can’t do chemical analysis of the coin). Two, you can’t be sure that the seller is in position to sell you this car. Maybe he stole it and printed the title on a color printer. There are only two certainties:
– You’ll be separated with $100 of your money and you’ll never see those $100 again
– There is no such thing as a free lunch.November 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM #480789Eugene
Participant[quote=ucodegen]
If some stranger approached you in the street and offered to sell you a car for $100, and he had keys & what looked like a legit title, would you go for it? Clearly an awesome deal. He’ll even let you inspect the car and make sure that it has seats, a steering wheel and an engine. All you have to do is fork over $100.
Tongue in cheek here..
Depends upon the car, condition and title. Unfortunately I have an unfair advantage. I have worked on cars since I was a very young kid, doing repairs w/o supervision when I was 14.. (first one was a waterpump). I would be in the equivalent position of a coin collector on this one…[/quote]
You’re missing the point. One, you can’t test drive or even start the car (just like the coin buyer can’t do chemical analysis of the coin). Two, you can’t be sure that the seller is in position to sell you this car. Maybe he stole it and printed the title on a color printer. There are only two certainties:
– You’ll be separated with $100 of your money and you’ll never see those $100 again
– There is no such thing as a free lunch.November 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM #481009Eugene
Participant[quote=ucodegen]
If some stranger approached you in the street and offered to sell you a car for $100, and he had keys & what looked like a legit title, would you go for it? Clearly an awesome deal. He’ll even let you inspect the car and make sure that it has seats, a steering wheel and an engine. All you have to do is fork over $100.
Tongue in cheek here..
Depends upon the car, condition and title. Unfortunately I have an unfair advantage. I have worked on cars since I was a very young kid, doing repairs w/o supervision when I was 14.. (first one was a waterpump). I would be in the equivalent position of a coin collector on this one…[/quote]
You’re missing the point. One, you can’t test drive or even start the car (just like the coin buyer can’t do chemical analysis of the coin). Two, you can’t be sure that the seller is in position to sell you this car. Maybe he stole it and printed the title on a color printer. There are only two certainties:
– You’ll be separated with $100 of your money and you’ll never see those $100 again
– There is no such thing as a free lunch.November 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM #480374scaredyclassic
Participantif someone offered to sell me a $100 bill for $10, of course I wouldn’t take it. But a gold coin…I’d have a look, break out my portable gold fake coin detector and cut a deal.
November 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM #480541scaredyclassic
Participantif someone offered to sell me a $100 bill for $10, of course I wouldn’t take it. But a gold coin…I’d have a look, break out my portable gold fake coin detector and cut a deal.
November 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM #480904scaredyclassic
Participantif someone offered to sell me a $100 bill for $10, of course I wouldn’t take it. But a gold coin…I’d have a look, break out my portable gold fake coin detector and cut a deal.
November 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM #480985scaredyclassic
Participantif someone offered to sell me a $100 bill for $10, of course I wouldn’t take it. But a gold coin…I’d have a look, break out my portable gold fake coin detector and cut a deal.
November 10, 2009 at 9:28 PM #481206scaredyclassic
Participantif someone offered to sell me a $100 bill for $10, of course I wouldn’t take it. But a gold coin…I’d have a look, break out my portable gold fake coin detector and cut a deal.
November 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM #480384moneymaker
ParticipantWAMU is no longer (it’s Chase now) and no need to stop by I believe they are paying .01% on their savings accounts and no that’s not a typo. I guess they don’t need my money any more now that the government has bailed them out with cash and artificially low interest rates.
November 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM #480551moneymaker
ParticipantWAMU is no longer (it’s Chase now) and no need to stop by I believe they are paying .01% on their savings accounts and no that’s not a typo. I guess they don’t need my money any more now that the government has bailed them out with cash and artificially low interest rates.
November 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM #480914moneymaker
ParticipantWAMU is no longer (it’s Chase now) and no need to stop by I believe they are paying .01% on their savings accounts and no that’s not a typo. I guess they don’t need my money any more now that the government has bailed them out with cash and artificially low interest rates.
November 10, 2009 at 9:43 PM #480995moneymaker
ParticipantWAMU is no longer (it’s Chase now) and no need to stop by I believe they are paying .01% on their savings accounts and no that’s not a typo. I guess they don’t need my money any more now that the government has bailed them out with cash and artificially low interest rates.
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