02-21-2023, 10:42 AM
(02-21-2023, 06:48 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Looking back, the guy who sold me my CB1100 tried to back out of the deal.
I looked at the bike, we shook hands, but it was a Sunday, and I was about to leave for a week. So, bank wasn't open, I couldn't get cash until I got back home.
I left him a check deposit.
While I was away, he started thinking he might want to keep the bike after all. I came back with cash, excited to get the bike, and he started stammering a bit, saying he'd been thinking... a voice shouted from another room, his wife... "Don't listen to him. The bike is for sale. Honey, take his money, and hand him the keys."
He called me a few times after the sale, saying "If you decide you don't like it, I'll gladly buy it back!"
That sounds like such a sad situation for him. Every couple has their issues, but one that I don't have is my wife's disapproval over things related to motorcycles and trips on motorcycles. She will never ride with me, and never wanted me to influence our kids towards riding, but otherwise she has a "sure, go for it" attidtude when it comes to my interest in bikes. Of course, she did increase the life insurance she has on me...