not sure if there was any disclaimers in that fu.ckin 8 pg essay, but beached whales w/ posting habits are not allowed to get in here, sorry <34integras chick, get lostOriginally Posted by <34Integras
not sure if there was any disclaimers in that fu.ckin 8 pg essay, but beached whales w/ posting habits are not allowed to get in here, sorry <34integras chick, get lost
Yeah, sorry about the length, I didn't realize it was that long when I typed it. I just wanted to include all the little details that actually put the situation into perspective. I guess, from my side, the cliff notes kinda go like this:
-I meet Miles
-I fix Miles' car for free (and even give him a part) when the shop down the road did nothing
-Miles' likes my exhaust and wants to know how to get one and I find one that I can't pass up, but let him have first crack at it (which he passes on)
-Miles still wants exhaust, and it would otherwise sit in my garage until I can get around to using it (EG Civic hatch, DC2 catback, works fine), so I let him have it for what I paid for it with the stipulation that whenever decides to sell the car or change exhausts, he will givie it back to me and I'll give him back the $200 that he gave me.
-Several things went wrong on the install, but were eventually worked out, with a little added cost out of Miles' pocket (~$125), most of which could still be recouped from selling off parts
-Between the exhaust install and the selling of the car I fix Miles' 4Runner for free, as well as loan hims some wheels for 3 or so weeks, and help him with the brakes for free
-While I was in the middle of the most convoluted clutch install known to Honda-kind on the S2K, Miles tells me he is, in fact, going to sell his car. He had been going back and forth about this for over a month, and appearently had it for sale the whole time.
-Upon this news I tell Miles that I want the exhaust back, and I'll give him the $200 from before (which he keeps confusing for $300), but he is afraid the buyer won't take the car without it.
-Since I don't want to screw up the sale, I ask Miles to adjust the price to include the exhaust (I said +$600), and I would take half of that, leaving me with getting $500 total, which might be enough to get another Mugen twinloop catback if the cirumstances are correct (and as of right now, Jarco has one for $495 on eBay, so I could have replaced it, but it end in 4 hours)
-Miles agrees to this course of action, while not all that thrilled about, but still has a week to get an answer from the buyer about whether or not he is willing to pay more for the exhaust, and if not arrange to take it off. During this time Miles also had the opportunity himself to purchase a stock exhaust, as I was never going to go out and buy one for him and give him $200, thereby losing the $80 for the stock exhaust.
-Miles never did any of this, so I assumed that he and the buyer had reached an agreement about the price of the car. Perhaps this was my mistake, but again, I had the impression that Miles was going to stick by his word. I even drove him around between when we discused the fate of the exhaust and the actual sale of the car, which was exactly a week, and he never gave me any indication that he wasn't going to hold up his end of the bargain.
-I call Miles after the sale of the car and bring up the money, at which point he gets a little pissy, so I drop it until we can talk about it face-to-face.
-Miles seemingly avoids being in a 1-on-1 converation face-to-face with me in the following weeks, but i corner him at the Athens IA meet 2 days ago. He basically says he "can't" give me $300 for nothing, but I remind of the deal we made. He repeatedly states that I didn't lose money on the exhaust and that he did lose money on the sale of the car (when in fact when it comes down to it he made ~$50 with the exhaust fiasco and I lost ~$75 not including labor)
-I suggest that Miles try to figure out a way to make things right, by first calling the buyer, and he essentially shrugs it off and begins to make comments on this board for all to see.
I know this leaves out many details, so if you want to read the essay above, the gaps will be filled in.
Wow, I had no idea all this was going on. But, I'm not going to get in the middle of it either. Hope you guys can work something out, because I enjoy hanging out with both ya'll. Doesn't sound like that's an option though.
I'm nearly certain that if anything does happen, it will not be as a result of any action on Miles' part. I may, by complete accident, stumble accross a way to get the exhaust back, but I highly doubt it will be for only $200.
I'm not going to bring this up outside this thread any more, nor am I going to bring it up at any social gathering. If Miles does, that's his choice and I'll react accordingly. I just won't attempt to socialize with him, and I'm hoping he returns the favor.
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