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| Randal |  returns and sometimes you canFebruary 8th, 2006 12:59 AM A former neighbor of my brother in law, worked on mowers on the side (bought a 1960 Snapper Forrest Gump style rider for my father from him). He went to Sears for something one day, and saw a rider out there for a dirt cheap price. There service people said it has xyz problem and they couldn't figure it out. He bought it, then when they were going in to get the paperwork for it, he fixed it. They found out the paperwork was missing and dropped it some more (he was holding back a grin this whole time, as he knew they had just been to close to the problem). After paying, and his ride with the trailer showing up, they offered to help push it onto the trailer, he said, no need, and started and drove it on. Their faces hit the floor, and they asked what he did. He said, you need to figure that out yourselves, as I don't want to kill my deals. I have another friend who goes in the hospital tommorrow, he gets all the problem mowers from the local building centers, fixes them and basically has a mower rental service. $50 gets you an $120 mower that works all year, you take it back after the season is over, he goes over them and back out the door they go. Over the years, he has got many a kid's mowing business going. The deals are out there, it just takes time and luck to find them. |
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