Then my wife comes out of left field and says, "Cut us a price and we will take both!" Hell yeah!!!! I like how she thinks. It was a good five minutes of contemplating between the two and I hated wasting the owner's time.
The Hobart that needs work or the other slicer that I don't recognize the name of. I had to apologize to the owner on which one to get. Literally all I need to do is wash it down and I have a perfectly good running slicer where the Hobart will need some $$$ put into it. Then I thought maybe I get the other one that looks brand new and is just as solid as the Hobart. I had my eyes glued on the Hobart but I noticed it was missing the depth gauge lever, a big chip in the blade, and the plastics on the tray are looking a little sad but still a Hobart. I'd let them each go for the same price as the Berkel." Whoa I thought. I say, "what are you thinking on price for these?" He says, "I sold my business in California and I'm sick of storing them. I notice one is a Hobart and the other I didn't recognize. He pulls back a blue tarp and I see these huge slicers.
I didn't want to show my excitement and have to pay more because of it. "Ummm.YES!!!!!" I thought but played it off more like "sure I can take a look". Well.technically wrong place right time!Īs I was packing the slicer in the truck he mentions if I want to look at the other slicers. He even got numbers from people in case I didn't show. Fortunately, he put it off to the side for me knowing I was serious about the purchase. The owner had several people try to buy it from him that day at their garage sale. We finally make it down to Iowa to pick up the Berkel slicer. He did mention that they were bigger than the Berkel. So the whole trip down there my mind was wrapped and twisted around what the other slicers might be. I didn't ask much about them as it was just a quick mention towards the end of the conversation. When talking to the owner on the phone he mentioned he had another couple slicers available if I was interested. Still couldn't pass on a $80 Berkel slicer. Maybe it was me trying to convince myself that if I buy this slicer the other project is going to sit. See this slicer only costs $80!" She didn't care about the price. If it's not 100% it will sit until he has the time to make it 100%) I also probably have $150+ in powder coating that will need to be done with it. The sand blasting cabinet needs some tlc. I can't work on it until my Dad finishes his work project." (Which is true. "Ahhhhh.my dad's sand blaster is down for the moment. She asked what's going to happen to the 1930's Globe slicer I'm restoring. So I send a text to my wife saying that we are headed down to Iowa after she gets off work.
What do I do? Do I think about this or do I call to be the first person? I called! Call first, figure out details later. I see a Berkel slicer listed for $80 and now see that it's in Des Moines. Sure sheet I see a Berkel slicer post come up 3rd or 4th from the top of the most recent postings. So I click on Craigslist "general" section to browse. A few minutes go by and I completely forget that I'm still in the Des Moines Craigslist search engine. After about 10 minutes and 300 miles I stop searching. Next thing I know I'm looking down in Des Moines, Iowa. I checked the local Twin Cities Craigslist but didn't see anything that caught my eye, so I decided to expand my city parameters.
(His brother's business.) So being my friend is looking for an older Toyota Tacoma, I thought I might be a nice friend and do a little searching for him. The other day my buddy mentioned that his work was thinking about buying his 2016 Silverado HD from him and using it strictly for work.