NOTE: Originally, in an attempt to disguise the story out of concern the person in question might read this thread (he's a good guy overall), I referred to things as widgets and wazzles. This was apparently confusing so I'm fixing it. Hence the annoyed replies 
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I almost never start threads here, so please excuse this rant. If I don't get this off my chest I'm gonna scream!
I use a certain piece of equipment for sports. Its a helmet and cage combo for playing hockey (cage being the wire thing over yer face). Not many people use this cage, because its pretty ugly and not stylish/modern - but the few who do use it - love it (including me).
So the company stops making these cages. 'Get 'em while you can before they are all gone.'
I have 2 right now - I really should have 3 or 4 as they tend to last a year each. That would take me far enough to save up for an acceptable (read safe) alternative (an expensive mask).
Well, I know this guy who plays the same sport. He's a good guy and all, so for various reasons (some for my benefit - taking team pressure off me) I got him a spot on my league team.
He mentioned he was looking for cages himself, but a different make/model from me. His cages are also harder to find.
Well I found one of his style of cages at a store and bought it - and immediately offered to let him have it for my cost. Turned out to be a little too small for him, so I kept it. Fine - no prob.
Well now this guy has found and bought TWO of the particular cages I use. He doesn't use them but was sorta toying with the idea. Even if he went ahead, he'd have to find the necessary mounting hardware and helmet to make them work. The hardware is VERY hard to find ( I have only one set of this hardware myself).
He has decided NOT to use the cages - he's going to get a much more expensive, high end mask instead. He also doesn't need these cages for backup use as he already has his other set, and doesn't have the rest of the needed hardware.
But he is still sitting on the cages even after I have offered him TEN times the price he paid! He has NO use for them! He has assured me that if he sells them, I'll get "first dibs" so this isn't about him wanting more $$$ on ebay or something either. But for the forseeable future he is going to keep them for who knows what reason.
ARGH.
Do I have any right to be annoyed at this? If he wanted to Ebay them, fine - I'd be in there bidding. If he wants more $$$, why not tell me how much? WHY is he just sitting on them when he so CLEARLY knows I need them?
My rush is that if I don't stock up now, I will not be able to when they are all gone. So I'm faced with trying to find them other places while he sits on these useless-to-him cages. He gets annoyed if I even ask about them.
Am I wrong here? I know I have no "rights" to what he found, but isn't this pretty cheap and low of him - to buy them knowing I am desperate for them and then mess with me like this?
Am I nuts (about this )????
To further annoy me, 2 other people I've run into online have one of these cages and aren't using them. When I ask how much they want to sell them for, they both immediately chimed up with "Since I know you are desperate, you would have to pay me 3-4 times what they cost me!". They won't ebay these things because they hate Ebay.
Sometimes I hate people - it sucks as soon as they have ANY advantage over you - they immediately start the manipulation.
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I almost never start threads here, so please excuse this rant. If I don't get this off my chest I'm gonna scream!
I use a certain piece of equipment for sports. Its a helmet and cage combo for playing hockey (cage being the wire thing over yer face
). Not many people use this cage, because its pretty ugly and not stylish/modern - but the few who do use it - love it (including me).So the company stops making these cages. 'Get 'em while you can before they are all gone.'
I have 2 right now - I really should have 3 or 4 as they tend to last a year each. That would take me far enough to save up for an acceptable (read safe) alternative (an expensive mask).
Well, I know this guy who plays the same sport. He's a good guy and all, so for various reasons (some for my benefit - taking team pressure off me) I got him a spot on my league team.
He mentioned he was looking for cages himself, but a different make/model from me. His cages are also harder to find.
Well I found one of his style of cages at a store and bought it - and immediately offered to let him have it for my cost. Turned out to be a little too small for him, so I kept it. Fine - no prob.
Well now this guy has found and bought TWO of the particular cages I use. He doesn't use them but was sorta toying with the idea. Even if he went ahead, he'd have to find the necessary mounting hardware and helmet to make them work. The hardware is VERY hard to find ( I have only one set of this hardware myself).
He has decided NOT to use the cages - he's going to get a much more expensive, high end mask instead. He also doesn't need these cages for backup use as he already has his other set, and doesn't have the rest of the needed hardware.
But he is still sitting on the cages even after I have offered him TEN times the price he paid! He has NO use for them! He has assured me that if he sells them, I'll get "first dibs" so this isn't about him wanting more $$$ on ebay or something either. But for the forseeable future he is going to keep them for who knows what reason.
ARGH.
Do I have any right to be annoyed at this? If he wanted to Ebay them, fine - I'd be in there bidding. If he wants more $$$, why not tell me how much? WHY is he just sitting on them when he so CLEARLY knows I need them?
My rush is that if I don't stock up now, I will not be able to when they are all gone. So I'm faced with trying to find them other places while he sits on these useless-to-him cages. He gets annoyed if I even ask about them.
Am I wrong here? I know I have no "rights" to what he found, but isn't this pretty cheap and low of him - to buy them knowing I am desperate for them and then mess with me like this?
Am I nuts (about this
)????To further annoy me, 2 other people I've run into online have one of these cages and aren't using them. When I ask how much they want to sell them for, they both immediately chimed up with "Since I know you are desperate, you would have to pay me 3-4 times what they cost me!". They won't ebay these things because they hate Ebay.
Sometimes I hate people - it sucks as soon as they have ANY advantage over you - they immediately start the manipulation.
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