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Old 09-06-2021, 03:30 PM
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Default Along thoses lines...

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Originally Posted by Ben M. View Post
I respect this considerably. I've had a few houses that didn't go to me when trying to buy because the seller liked another buyer who "had a young family" that they wanted to get into the house. I don't mind losing out on a house because of this - I mind the giant conglomerates\investors who just throw millions around because they can and me losing out because I am not made of money.
I scored a couple cars this way because the other person was going to make crazy mods. The seller liked me better because I just said I was going to get it running real good and fix things that weren't broke. Funny how people are sentimental about things even though they are selling them.

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