[SEL] Didn't want to sell

[Brian Watts]

On a visit to a  small Machinery Museum we sighted an open crank 
3HP.Vertical Blackstone engine,on speaking to the guide who happened to be 
the club vice president  we were quickly told the eng. had been in the 
collection for 32 years and was never for sale, on our suggestion that he 
might donate the eng. to us and we would make a LARGE donation ($00000) to 
the Museum, it was put to a vote by the club and our offer was accepted,we 
now own the little Blackstone.
  I had checked the Museum website before our visit and found out they had 
applied for a government grant which had been approved, a two for one 
agreement on donations they recieved meant they received triple our offer.
Conclusion.
Make an offer that can`t be refused.

David Watts (03) 87616332
damewatt at bigpond.com
Brian Watts (03) 97266147
briwatt at optusnet.com.au
http://community.webshots.com/user/briwat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:38 AM
Subject: [SEL] Didn't want to sell


> Years ago there were a couple of tractor collectors that I knew.  The
> one collector had some tractors that today would be very expensive ones
> to buy and were still pretty valuable when this story took place.
>
> The second collector asked the first one if he'd sell him a couple of
> the tractors.
>
> The first collector didn't really want to sell so he said, "Sure, I'll
> sell them for $xx,xxxx!" which was a lot more than he thought anyone
> would pay.
>
> To his amazement, the second collector whipped out his checkbook and
> bought them!
>
> I was hoping that $20k was outrageous enough that even with the Royster
> oil fortune, you wouldn't take me up on my offer ;-)
>
> So here's a question for the group to answer:
>
> Have you ever offered something you didn't want to sell for a very high
> price and had the buyer accept your price?
>
> George
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Royster
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:13 PM
> To: The SEL email discussion list
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Aermotor was My Homepage
>
> It's like that old joke, now that we know it's for sale, we are just
> haggling about the price!!!!
>
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:35 PM
> Subject: [SEL] Aermotor was My Homepage
>
>
>> Sure Mike!
>>
>> Give me $20k for it and I'll deliver it to Portland IN for you ;-)
>
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