Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Doesn't it just. We refinanced last year to 3.125% and my mortgage provider keeps offering me 2.5%. I haven't done the math but I suspect the fees would result in little actual savings for me. I'm amazed at people that won't even try to work on stuff. "I don't know how" to me means "its time

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
You need to go back and get your masters to add Q to the L studies, that will take a year and another $30k, you should then be able to find a job with Uber or Lyft (after you buy a car) where you could make at least $100/wk.  You can supplement that income with part-time gigs as an Antifa

[MBZ] Not perfect at this price. Dont expect it.1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Sedan 4D, $1, 500

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1060881110988610/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Winter is the wet season in the southwest. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 12:38 AM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > It must only rain in AZ and NM when I'm trying to fly over them . > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:50 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > OK Don via Mercedes

[MBZ] Does not run. Mercedes Clk 320,$1,500

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Kinda high for a dead car, might be worth a few $100 as it doesn't look too bad https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/231218535395809/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
From what I've seen the problem is that companies seem to think they can just throw all the work to an outsourcer and get quality results back. To get a quality product a bunch of your cost savings are going to be eaten up in managing the outsourcing company. I actually did that for a little

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Do you mean that my 10 years of degrees and studies in the fine art of "Lesbian Underwater Basket Weaving" is worthless in the job market place and I will never be able to pay back the unforgiveable $400,000 in student loan debt from my job at Starbucks where my hours just got cut back to 15 hrs a

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Correct. There is a monsoon season in the area and it’s quite real. Just as with other arid parts of the country, these often result in flash flooding and related fun. This is why it’s important to pay attention to FEMA flood maps when looking at raw land, especially in the open meadows. Water

[MBZ] 2007 Mercedes-Benz Interstate Lounge · NaN millas

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Limited edition model Esta muy buenas condiciones no tiene nigun defecto buenito pordentro titulo limpio https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/711493729530744/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
A liberal arts degree is worthless nowadays. They force feed you crap like gender studies and indoctrinate you with liberalism. In the past, I mean 100 years ago, you’d come out of an undergraduate institution an educated person, versed in the classics, philosophy, history, art and the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
Yes your degrees are worthless! You suck! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2021, at 10:01 AM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > Do you mean that my 10 years of degrees and studies in the fine art of > "Lesbian Underwater Basket Weaving" is worthless in the job market place > and I will never

[MBZ] Top don’t come down cause headrest is up 1999 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class CLK 320 Coupe 2D,$2,500

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Welcome to Arizona, where "Whiskey is for drinking and Water is for fighting." I have a well at the Ranch. It is 998 ft deep, with good water. Cost for the well, with pump and water tanks, was just shy of $90,000. I look at it by comparing the monthly water bill for a city home, over 30 years,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We've gone through this at work, they offshored a bunch of stuff to China, the results were disasterous, nothing usable came out of it. Same thing in the Ukraine until they made the office there not an outsource company but actual employees of our company, quality improved dramatically

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I just played with the build-a-Dodge and even the base model Tradesman 4 door starts at $32k. By the time I add the v8, towing package and a color other than white or silver its at nearly $40k. You can't not have the doodad electronics screen... -Curt On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 11:48:22

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Just in time to participate in the Summer of Love II --FT On 3/16/21 11:44 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: Talking with realtors to off load the SEA home. This place has lost its mind. I am being told that inventory is so tight I should expect bidding wars and escalations of $200-300K over

[MBZ] No catalytic converter. , Price is firm 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 320 Sedan 4D, $1, 300

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I bought this turd from auction for $500, stripped off the cats, now flipping it to make $1000 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/815495695987099/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Thanks, Grant. That pretty well matches up with what I’m hearing for a similar setup around Flagstaff. Youngest son says most of the city’s wells in the area are between 1,000 and 1,500 feet deep. One of the wells they have in the San Francisco mountains has a 36” casing! Imagine what it took

Re: [MBZ] for sale by Pull-A-Part Augusta-- 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300 Series, $1, 950

2021-03-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I like the large tea cozy covering the driver's seat. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 10:00 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Probably a good price considering what these cars are going for, if it runs > > >

[MBZ] for sale by Pull-A-Part Augusta-- 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300 Series, $1, 950

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Probably a good price considering what these cars are going for, if it runs https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3858863627485781/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I don’t know about Dodge, but my local Ford dealer has a totally separate group of people that handle “work” trucks. I've never spoken to them, but I’ve wondered if they will speak to an average consumer about buying a “basic” truck. I did this years ago in Wisconsin for a Suburban, because all

[MBZ] rims are painted white to match the car color -- 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 300D Sedan 4D, $2, 500

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
which actually doesn't look as bad as one might think https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/151454040092814/?ref=search_code=marketplace_search -- --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sit back and enjoy the ride, buddy. You’re firmly in the driver’s seat. -D > On Mar 16, 2021, at 11:44 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Talking with realtors to off load the SEA home. This place has lost its > mind. I am being told that inventory is so tight I should expect bidding > wars

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > Note: Starbucks will be adding robot baristas as soon as the min wage > goes to $15, so you might want to go to trade school to learn how to > service robots.  That might conflict with your deeply-held beliefs > though, it would require showing up to work

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
You can see pretty clearly how the precip varies with altitude. Flagstaff looks a lot like the Black Hills despite being much further South. https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/precip_freq_map_show.php?simg=az100y6.gif On Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 9:38 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > It must only rain in AZ

Re: [MBZ] Does not run. Mercedes Clk 320,$1,500

2021-03-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Wtf does it mean to say quote does not run? Doesn't start, dies after starting? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:17 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Kinda high for a dead car, might be worth a few $100 as it doesn't look > too bad > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Curt Raymond writes: > The call had been "answered" which we paid the call center a fee for, > but they wouldn't be connected to a tech for 10 minutes. The call > center wanted you to hang up and call back so they could get paid the > connection fee again... Yes you have to be careful with

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
I have a coworker that purchased 40 acres off grid in AZ several years ago. He is retiring to there later this year. His water is trucked in on tank trucks. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] 2007 Mercedes-Benz Interstate Lounge · NaN millas

2021-03-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Looks like marketplace is limiting the number of photos that can be posted. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:25 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Limited edition model > > > Esta muy buenas condiciones no tiene nigun defecto buenito pordentro > titulo limpio > > >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Clay via Mercedes
There is a very soft “offer” floated this week of $1.1M prior to listing. Once it gets out into the MLS wilderness, then the circus begins and the six figure bumps kick in. Up to SWMBA to decide if she wants three rings or a quiet sale Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Mar 16,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Go for the money. Prices _everywhere_ are going up, you'll need it. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
Mo money, mo money. Make mad money then sponsor a posr-covid Maine Q that will rewrite the history books. AZBob, who loves Maine, btw. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > wrote: > > Go for the money. Prices _everywhere_ are going up, you'll need

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The engine is in front - and the rear is almost too high to begin with. Uphill is fun! It would feel like sitting in a tailwheel aircraft! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 3:35 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > No, would need the back ones too. (You wouldn't want to be going

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Probably had a PhD in Medieval English Literature --FT On 3/17/21 2:05 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: Note: Starbucks will be adding robot baristas as soon as the min wage goes to $15, so you might want to go to trade school to learn how to service

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Flat fee service if that works for you. We’ve sold a couple of homes this way when we wanted to be on MLS. Around $500 for the selling broker, you determine the buyer’s broker’s commission - we usually pay 2%, which no one has yet to turn their nose up at. The listing broker handles all of the

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Can you farm something besides trees? Or potatoes? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 4:39 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We bought the farm next door to our farm thus providing road frontage. > The "new" farm has been actively farmed through last year and we'd like to >

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Sure, didn't you know about the herd of cats? RB On 17/03/2021 4:22 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Can you farm something besides trees? Or potatoes? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 4:39 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: We bought the farm next door to our farm

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I hadn't thought of that. RB On 17/03/2021 4:38 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: The engine is in front - and the rear is almost too high to begin with. Uphill is fun! It would feel like sitting in a tailwheel aircraft! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 3:35 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <

[MBZ] 1972 450SL - been in storage for 30 years, 141k miles

2021-03-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
No price listed. "Partially restored" https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/carmel-mercedes-450sl-1972/7292882516.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

[MBZ] Sprinter food/utility truck - 334k miles - $5,500

2021-03-17 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"I believe the engine is making noise" https://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/d/georgetown-food-utility-truck/7292860171.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yup, the way the billing was structured if definitely incentivized them to cheat. I spent a significant portion of every day checking up on the call center to make sure we were getting what we were paying for. -Curt On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 2:01:19 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Does not run. Mercedes Clk 320,$1,500

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
The mystery of the Faithbook --FT On 3/17/21 12:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Wtf does it mean to say quote does not run? Doesn't start, dies after starting? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 11:17 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: Kinda high for a dead car,

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We had a lawyer do the whole transfer on the new farm. I think it cost all of $600. We did it all through the mail since Caribou is so far away... -Curt On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 3:11:52 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: I suggest a quiet sale, with no real estate brokers, go

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
At least in the front! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 2:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It just needs bigger tires! > > RB > > On 15/03/2021 5:41 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > I must be too fat - I still have to jack it up. Might be the running > boards > > now

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I suggest a quiet sale, with no real estate brokers, go directly to the best title company in your area and pay no real estate broker fees, put it in your pocket instead. The title companies are the people that make it happen, with all the legal documents and whistles, even if you use a real

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Better get ahead of this trend https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-shrinking-seattleites-moved-out-in-droves-in-2020-though-they-didnt-go-far/ --FT On 3/17/21 12:53 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: Mo money, mo money. Make mad money then sponsor a posr-covid Maine Q that will

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
It just needs bigger tires! RB On 15/03/2021 5:41 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: I must be too fat - I still have to jack it up. Might be the running boards now that I think of it. On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 4:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: And it is not

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes what did Dan say about listing his old house? Flat fee listing service? You definitely do not need the marketing help of an agent. Keep the 60k. On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 12:11 PM G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > I suggest a quiet sale, with no real estate brokers, go directly to the > best title

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
This is not the tree farm? Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Mar 17, 2021, 3:36 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We had a lawyer do the whole transfer on the new farm. I think it cost > all of $600. We did it all through the mail since Caribou is so far away...

Re: [MBZ] Fumoto Drain Plugs

2021-03-17 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
No, would need the back ones too. (You wouldn't want to be going uphill most of the time.) RB On 17/03/2021 3:31 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: At least in the front! On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 2:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: It just needs bigger tires! RB

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
We bought the farm next door to our farm thus providing road frontage. The "new" farm has been actively farmed through last year and we'd like to continue that into the future. To help with that we're looking to merge some of the fields on the front of our existing farm with those of the new

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
And then some. Not only does such an "education" show zero useful knowledge but also very poor judgement and poor work habits. I would hasten to add that some colleges still teach actual disciplines that are important in the real-world. But none of those important majors contain the words

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Clay via Mercedes
Too small for SWMBA to cover. Her deals are for mines and oil field real property deals. Selling a house bewilders her. As for effort, I can spruce up the place a bit. Doing “business” is outside my bailiwick. Tend to be a bit acerbic and terse when dealing with standard humans. Best that

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:18:42 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > In your market if you’re willing to invest the time, I would consider > FSBO if you’re looking to net the maximum out of the sale. It involves > a lot more effort on your part, but the proceeds that you would net by > doing so

Re: [MBZ] OT - Crazy Real Estate

2021-03-17 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
They rotate plantings, potatoes are a major part of that but if you eat broccoli theres a good chance at least some of it comes from Aroostook county Maine. Broccoli is only once every 4 years though, otherwise mustard seeds build up and the plants are hard to get rid of. They also do peas and