Update on the camper!
After four months of little interest in the travel trailer that will refill our coffers after the $5000 House adventure... Hick thinks he has a buyer!
Let the record show that Hick took his own sweet time prepping that camper, from May through August, and pulled it up to the Storage Unit Store parking lot when summer was almost over. I've had little hope of unloading that beast before next April, when people get the urge to go camping again. Hick said that he was sure he could sell it for deer season, that hunters would be looking for a camper like that. Pshaw! I declared that deer hunters don't want some luxury camper that could be a home, but would be happy with a sleeping bag in the bed of a pickup, under a camper shell. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
Anyhoo... last weekend, Hick changed the listing on the camper, and slashed the price from $10,900 to $10,000. This bumped it up to the top of the Buy/Sell/Trade listings. Hick had three families call him to set up a time for viewing.
The first was a couple who liked what they saw, but said they had visited the local camper dealer, who was bringing a camper up from his lot near the bootheel for them to look at. They looked at ours on Friday evening, when Hick made a special trip back to town to show it to them. They were going to the lot on Saturday. Hick did not hear back from them.
The second couple called on Saturday, when Hick was busy selling his wares. The guy said he'd like to come look at the camper, as soon as his son woke up from his nap. Hick said he'd be at the units until 1:30. I drove by at 1:40, and saw a blue pickup (big enough to pull that camper!) parked in front of it, and a man's legs walking around. Hick said the guy said he was very interested, and that he and his wife (who also viewed it) would think it over.
The third couple was shopping at Hick's store when he got the call. They said they would like to look at the camper when the other family was done. Hick said they were older people, and wanted a camper to live in. They asked if Hick would deliver it to them, to their town about 20 miles away, and he said he sure would. They also wanted to think it over. Hick said no hurry.
Tuesday, Hick was putting merchandise away in his Storage Unit Store. He walked out to get a foam cup off the back of the camper (ne'er-do-wells!), and saw a guy looking at a smaller camper that had just been parked next to our a few days ago. That guy said he'd seen (the blue truck) people looking at ours, talking about how they really wanted it.
Tuesday afternoon, Hick rushed to my dark basement lair, declaring that he'd been talking to the blue truck man, who offered him $9000. Hick said we'd need a minimum of $9200, because that's how much we have in it. Which is true, if you include the $5000 house, the money put into renovations, and establishing the legal trust (through the bad-hay-baling lawyer).
Blue Truck Man said that he'd have to spend money to put an awning on the camper. True, it does not have the awning. Hick said that if he looked it up, that camper sells for around $13,000 (presumably including the awning). Anyhoo, Blue Truck Man said he was pretty sure that was his firm offer, $9000. Hick said he'd have to talk to me about it.
I'm pretty sure Blue Truck Man would cough up the $200 if Hick declined his offer. But Hick likes to rush into things, and I could tell he was itching to make that sale. So I agreed, not wanting to take a chance on waiting through the winter for another buyer. Seriously, though. If I really wanted a camper, $200 would not be a deal-breaker for me, and I'm hard-headed. I think Hick left money on the table, but it won't kill us to eat $200.
Of course I told Hick that the $200 would come out of his stash that he'd spent on renovations for the $5000 house. Funny, that look on his face.
Anyhoo... Hick sent a picture of the title. Blue Truck Man is going to the bank Wednesday, and will report to Hick how they will proceed with the almost-certain upcoming transaction.
Lose a deal over $200 and hick might be sitting on it for another 7 or more months. $9000 at 4% interest for 7 months is $210, plus the trailer might not sell as high 7 months later.
ReplyDeleteI'd say smart to take the $9000.
We might be sitting on it anyway! Still waiting to hear back. Hope he can get his loan!
DeleteI think Hick owes you a cut, just from making you dicker about the $200. Your houses come cheap out in backwoods. $5,000-9,000.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! Not likely. Just shows how lucrative Hick's Storage Unit Store is, since he's been out a couple thousand all this time, after using his money for renovations on the $5000 house.
DeleteHick found a $10,000 house the other day, but I said we couldn't buy another one until we got our money back on this one!
Well, patience rewards those who wait.
ReplyDeleteI'm usually good with patience, and even better with getting rewards! Hick is good with the rewards part. The patience, not so much.
DeleteLosing $200 is not such a bad deal, and getting the trailer off your hands will be good. We lost a whole lot more when selling our first house, because the agent over-priced it and got our hopes up, then when we sold for almost $10,000 less, hubby informed me we couldn't afford to pay back my dad the $1000 we owed him, so of course I vetoed that right away and paid my dad. It was hubby's fault we had to sell, he had gambling debts and got behind on the mortgage payments, I wasn't about to let my elderly dad suffer because the gambling fool (hubby) had creditors breathing down his neck.
ReplyDeleteGood for you, taking charge!
DeleteOh I hope it sells.
ReplyDeleteHick heard from Blue Truck Man this afternoon. Said the bank was taking their time about the loan, and that he and his wife might just get a cashier's check. However, his dad advised him to take his generator to the camper and make sure the air conditioning and refrigerator work. Which they do. Hick is going out of town, so The Veteran will handle the specifics with me if the transaction needs to happen while he's gone.
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