Dear Mr. Browning, As we get older we get smarter. You have learned a valuable lesson. I have a check for $500. Please tell me about your coupe, its current status and where it is located.
Robert Fullenkamp Retired Airline Pilot DeFuniak Springs, FL On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:12 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Having been declared as disabled by my neurosurgeon, a while back I decided > to sell my Coupe project. Advertised it in several places and received > numerous calls inquiring about it. Unfortunately, most of the callers and > ones who came to inspect the project were expecting to see a flyable coupe > for $12,000 or else they had to speak to their wives about the purchase. > Then there were the calls promising to come to the plane on a certain day > and time and never showing. > > I joined the local EAA chapter and discovered a most competent AP/AI, a > rairty in this area. Not getting anyone really interested in a project, I > decided to turn it over to him to do the work. Just before I delivered it, > about a month ago, I received a call from a fellow in Ft Smith,AR who > pleaded with me to not do anything till he could come see the project. He > expressed great interest and didn't say he would have to get permission from > his wife. Said he would come within 2 weeks. Just before two weeks passed > he sent an email stating he had struck a deer with his car and would need to > get it fixed. Another week and a half expired and no call. So I called him > and got the word that he would get the car last Friday and come down > probably last Sunday. Sunday came and went, no call no email. Called the > prospect on Monday and sent an email of inquiry as to the car repair and > possible date of his coming. Today I received a call from him saying he had > gone to look at a project close to Okla City, but decided against it. The > man said he would leave early tomorrow (Thursday July 1) and probably be > here Sunday. Great. > Later on tonight, received another call saying he had decided against > buying the project. Well, of course that is a buyers perogative, however I > didn't take the plane to get it reassembed based on the fellows word and > have loggy gagged around for a month waiting for him to do as he promised. > Now the AP has a project and won't be able to work on mine. > > The moral to this is what you all probably already know. Don't beleive any > promises no matter how they plead and promise, cause they don't come > through. Next time something like this happen, I will ask for a cashiers > check for $500 as security, which they will get back if they don't like the > plane. Otherwise they can go pound sand in a rat hole. > > Thanks for listening to a fustrated old fart. > Lee Browning > > > ____________________________________________________________ > *LCD 42" TV for $26.42? Macbook Pro for $91.73?* > Are these prices real? You WON'T Believe What We Found! > <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/4c2beb9de7b3ce94d9st05duc> > ctips.net<http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/4c2beb9de7b3ce94d9st05duc> > >
