Hick the Bargain Magnet found some cabinets for Bargain House, our latest flip. He was talking about them on Saturday morning before leaving for his SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5).
"I found cabinets for the house. They're down in Genius's college town. I had told the lady I'll take them, but I had a question about whether the countertop comes with them. And a time to go pick them up. She never got back to me last night."
"Well, I'm not surprised, with all those tornadoes last night. One hit College Town! They had a nail salon owner on there, asking for help moving her stuff. The whole building was destroyed. It hit some chain store, too. Pictures on the news. So that cabinet lady probably had more important things to worry about besides your cabinets."
"Huh. I wonder if they got destroyed!"
"I wasn't even thinking about THAT. Only that if might be hard to get around in town during the cleanup, and she might be without electricity. You don't need to be going down there this weekend."
"Yeah. If she ever gets back to me, I'll tell her Monday."
"How much are the cabinets?"
"They're $500."
"How much would they be worth new? In a store?"
"A lot! Anywhere from $7,000 to $10,000. The countertop is granite. They're nice cabinets."
"How much would new cabinets be here at a store?"
"If I got the cheap particle board cabinets, about $2,500."
When Hick got home Saturday evening, the woman sent him a text.
"Huh. I told her I could get there Monday if she gives me a time. I said I hoped she survived the storm okay, and she said everything was fine, they just got rain and a little wind."
"That's weird."
"Yeah. And then she said she hopes the cabinets are still here if I wait until Monday, that they're taking a $100 deposit to hold them. She never mentioned any deposit before!"
"Maybe she has somebody who offered her more."
"I'm wondering if she's a scammer. I told her I don't pay nobody no money up front! Maybe the cabinets got damaged. Or maybe she don't even live there in College Town. She said she's going to list them as "contingent" on her page. I just looked at it, and it says 'These cabinets are worth $7,000 to $14,000, and we will take offers.' So now she's changed it."
"That does sound fishy. I'd say forget it! Other cabinets will come along."
"Yeah. I don't want nothin' to do with that deal now."
Oh boy, that does sound like a scammer doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteYeah. It's not even a local person. Why would Hick pay $100 before driving two hours to look for the place and the cabinets? The weather comment was suspicious. She could have at least said how some areas of town were hard-hit with damage. And in their previous contacts, no mention was made of a deposit.
DeleteWell bugger! Those last two paragraphs do sound fishy, like she's going to hold out for the highest possible price.
ReplyDeleteSigh, I do love granite counter tops though. I'd even settle for a fake (a GOOD fake) one that's polished and looks real. Sigh.
It would have been a great deal, and a nice upgrade to that little house, IF those cabinets really exist!
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