If every investment paid this type of dividends I'd be to my goal in no time! I found this 2006 Gary Fisher Tassajara Disc mountain bike on craigslist from a nice buy who was leaving that weekend for Afghanistan for a year with the Army and was getting rid of everything he had. This bike new was $900 and it had about $200 of extras on it. I was thrilled to pick it up for only $80! I wasn't as thrilled when I realized that upon loading it in my car, I locked my keys in my car and myself; out. It was slightly embarrassing going back to his apartment to ask him to help me get the keys out. I learned something new about my car that day; it was designed with a "feature" where you can't open it without unlocking it, even if pulling up the lock or on the handle. I guess this is so people can't reach in and open it through the window. Anyways, a few hours later my wife showed up to unlock my car. If it weren't for such a great deal I might have been upset, but considering I also walked away with a lamp and a snowboard for only $10 more, how could I be upset?
So after cleaning up the bike and replacing the front and rear tubes it was ready to go back on the market. I was able to get $500 for it for a profit of $420. This brought the new total to $605; about enough for one masters credit! We still have a long ways to go, but we're moving in the right direction for sure!
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