Shopping for a Wreck - Update 2
By Mike Hillyer | Related entries in Automotive, Spend LessOh the sheer and utter agony of it all…
So, to continue our story, it’s 10:30 this morning and I haven’t heard from the loan guys, the auction closes soon, and I still don’t have money to back a bid. At 10:40 with 20 minutes and counting I get through to the loan guys… I’m not approved for a loan.
Well, that’s life. I’m out of time and don’t have the money needed to bid on the van. There is no shortage of vehicles moving through the auction, so I know there will be other vehicles, other chances. I don’t put a hail-mary bid on the van like I did on the Expedition, I figure this one will go pretty high.
Now for the agony part: in order to do this follow-up post properly, I call the towing company and ask what the van actually went for, just to see if I would have won had I put up my intended bid. What do I find out? There were no bids on the van! I could have made the minimum $75 bid in desperation and walked away with a $12,000 vehicle.
Once I finish kicking myself volunteers can feel free to line up and take a swing.
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May 2nd, 2005 at 10:22 am
At least you learned something: from now on you will always put a minimum bid on any vehicle you’re interested in…
May 2nd, 2005 at 10:32 am
Absolutely. It is so odd that after putting in a longshot on the Expedition I failed to put one in on the van. I think I was just resolved to my fate on the van.
May 3rd, 2005 at 7:21 pm
Try “resigned to my fate”:
resolved to fate vs. resigned to fate
The collective wisdom of Google has spoken.
May 3rd, 2005 at 10:51 pm
Wow, there’s a grammar mistake I’ve never made before, thanks for pointing it out.
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