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I freaking missed out on a CL deal that is going to haunt me for a long freaking time. Just 120 miles away, someone listed a 4 burner Summit 450 for $175. For all I know, it was in perfect shape. BUT, let's presume that it had some problems. What it still had was 2 U Rails which are danged near impossible to find, of which I need 1. It had 2 condiment trays that are also danged near impossible to find, of which I need 1. It had a work surface on the left hand side, which is also danged near impossible to find, of which I need 1. It even had a freaking side burner which is danged near astronomically impossible to find, of which I don't really NEED one, but damn it would have been great to have !!!
It gets even worse.
The guy had some spare parts! 4 burner tubes and 2 crossovers and 2 ignitors, all brand new.
I emailed the guy on Thursday evening at 1am just after it was listed telling him that I definitely wanted to buy the grill but couldn't get free until Saturday afternoon. Friday morning he replied back saying "Great, give me a call and we'll work out the details." I was busy as heck when I got the email and couldn't call the guy until 1pm. He proceeds to tell me that someone else is coming over at 2:30 to look at the grill.
NO@!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went through all the "if they don't show or don't buy" stuff and he said that I could have dibs if the deal fell through. He later emailed me and told me they guy took it.
DOUBLE, TRIPLE, OCTUPLE NO@@@@@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO not happy right now. Damned thing was EVERYTHING I was needing. Hell, if the 4 burner was in good shape, after stripping parts and putting them on the 6 burner, I could have stashed it in my garage until I found even more parts.
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\Did I mention just how absolutely, positively not freaking happy I am right now
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Ok, still not happy but I feel marginally better now after getting this off my chest.