Honor among theives (or pilots)...

[grayforge]

Guilty!

On an RV note: I'm nearing completion of my RV-7A, but now having added our 2 dogs to the household, I'm trying to decide if I should:

1. Sell the plane as-is and start an RV-10 or
2. Finish the plane, fly for a while (though no family trips with the pups), then sell and start an RV-10.

[Sam Buchanan]

Originally Posted by grayforge

Guilty!

On an RV note: I'm nearing completion of my RV-7A, but now having added our 2 dogs to the household, I'm trying to decide if I should:

1. Sell the plane as-is and start an RV-10 or
2. Finish the plane, fly for a while (though no family trips with the pups), then sell and start an RV-10.

Perhaps your question should be posted in a new thread since it isn't related to the topic of this thread?

It's that thread creep thing again...

[got my Mod hat on...]

[grayforge]

Yep. Not really a question for a sales nightmare thread.

Thanks,
Russ

[pa38112]

I once had a mechanic do a pre-buy on a plane that came with a spare cowling. After the pre-buy the seller decided he was not going to sell after all. - I was upset, but I cant make him sell it.
A few months later I bought another plane that needed a new cowling. I called the guy to see if he would sell me the cowling and he informed me that he sold it with the plane. Now I am more pissed, but not 1/2 as much as when he told me the mechanic who did my pre-buy is the one who bought it!

[CubedRoot]

Originally Posted by pa38112

I once had a mechanic do a pre-buy on a plane that came with a spare cowling. After the pre-buy the seller decided he was not going to sell after all. - I was upset, but I cant make him sell it.
A few months later I bought another plane that needed a new cowling. I called the guy to see if he would sell me the cowling and he informed me that he sold it with the plane. Now I am more pissed, but not 1/2 as much as when he told me the mechanic who did my pre-buy is the one who bought it!

Now that is pretty low! I get that a seller might change their mind on selling, or selling to another buyer at a higher price, etc. But man is it shady that your mechanic came in and bought the plane out from under you.....especially after paying the guy for the pre-buy.

[OkieDave]

Originally Posted by CubedRoot

Now that is pretty low! I get that a seller might change their mind on selling, or selling to another buyer at a higher price, etc. But man is it shady that your mechanic came in and bought the plane out from under you.....especially after paying the guy for the pre-buy.

No kidding! An agent owes a duty of loyalty to his principal. I hope you badmouthed him all over the airport.

[Jesse]

Originally Posted by pa38112

I once had a mechanic do a pre-buy on a plane that came with a spare cowling. After the pre-buy the seller decided he was not going to sell after all. - I was upset, but I cant make him sell it.
A few months later I bought another plane that needed a new cowling. I called the guy to see if he would sell me the cowling and he informed me that he sold it with the plane. Now I am more pissed, but not 1/2 as much as when he told me the mechanic who did my pre-buy is the one who bought it!

I've done a couple of Prebuys where I told the buyer, "if you don't buy it, I will." I would never buy it out from under him, though.