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Ha! Well, fortunately for me she was in a great mood when I broke the news to her this evening, and tires are on sale at Pep Boys, so I'm not in too much trouble. With a little luck, I'll be looping in a matter of days! --Josh > Don't know if this will help--but there isn't much depreciation on the > purchase of a used item on ebay. You could reassure your wife that if > worse comes to worse, you can sell it for pretty much what you paid > for it. (If you value your relationship, you probably shouldn't point > out that this isn't true for a lot of the stuff that she buys. . .) > > Anyway, congratulations! I'm very happy with mine. > > On 6/18/06, Joshua Carroll <josh@infinivert.com> wrote: >> Well, I won an auction for an almost new FBC1010 this morning for under >> 120 USD after shipping. Woohoo! I had the cash saved up, and almost >> ordered a brand new one about a week ago, but at my wife's request, I >> put >> off ordering for a few days "just in case something comes up." When I >> saw >> this one going so cheap, it seemed that her better judgment had paid off >> in the form of cash. But as fate would have it, no sooner had I >> committed >> the cash elsewhere than a tire on my car decided to explode. We have a >> small emergency fund for things like this, so we're OK, but that's not >> going to stop the inevitable "I told you so" coming my way as soon as >> she >> gets off of work. And with a baby on the way, it's going to sting... >> >> I've never felt simultaneous excited anticipation and dread over the >> purchase of gear before... woohoo! >> >> --Josh >> >> > > > -- > Art Simon > simart@null.net > http://art.simon.tripod.com > http://www.myspace.com/artsimon > >