some people just piss me off (centra wheels)

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1558303

annoying how after i offer to more than double his money (he got em for $40 
locally), he suddenly likes them. i'll paste the IM convo we had going in 
the background. compare times with those posted in the thread.

(6:56 AM 8-25-2004) Allyn: heya man, im Al, the guy building the twin engine 
scirocco. Jeff let me know about the possible sale of those centras. please 
let me know if its a possibility. i'm on a budget with building the twin and 
all, but i promise i'll try to make it worth your while. here is a link to 
my project page:
(6:56 AM 8-25-2004) Allyn:  http://www.malventano.com/scirocco/twin/cam/
(6:58 AM 8-25-2004) Allyn: heres a link to what i'm trying to re-create:
 http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/360-4_mq.jpg
(8:26 PM 8-27-2004) grayfox: hey you imed me? i didnt get any of them
(8:33 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: Allyn (6:56 AM 8-25-2004): heya man, im Al, the 
guy building the twin engine scirocco. Jeff let me know about the possible 
sale of those centras. please let me know if its a possibility. i'm on a 
budget with building the twin and all, but i promise i'll try to make it 
worth your while. here is a link to my project page:
(8:33 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: Allyn (6:56 AM 8-25-2004): 
http://www.malventano.com/scirocco/twin/cam/
(8:33 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: Allyn (6:58 AM 8-25-2004): heres a link to what 
i'm trying to re-create:
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/360-4_mq.jpg
(8:34 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: if you want a better way to im me back, my i.m. 
details are on the project page, just pick your poison
(8:36 PM 8-27-2004) grayfox: looks pretty good how far are you so far? where 
are you located?
(8:37 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: im in charleston, SC, but a bud of mine lives 
right near ya and could arrange pickup. easy for you - no packing / shipping
(8:38 PM 8-27-2004) grayfox: ahh cool right now im just needing the money to 
buy new tires for my bbs wheels and help pay off my speeding ticket
(8:40 PM 8-27-2004) Allyn: well, let me know what you are looking to get for 
them. i cant relaly offer more than i might end up getting for selling off 
the curved face ones (centra type 6) that i already have. i've got like a 
billion things going on financially at the moment (in the navy, about to 
change duty stations, trying to buy a house at the next station, arranging 
the move, all of that crap). its kind of the worst time for me for these 
wheels to finally show up, but i'll try to make it work if i can.
(8:30 AM 8-28-2004) Allyn: so... how much ya want for em man?
(2:50 PM 8-28-2004) grayfox: let me think about it a bit. i looked in the 
classifieds of the vortex and there was a guy selling some for 400.. im not 
going to sell them for that much but it gives me an idea
(8:50 PM 8-28-2004) Allyn: ok, just keep in mind i can make it an easy sale 
for you - as far as you not having to ship or anything (my friend is more 
than willing to pick them up and hold them for me)
(12:56 AM 8-29-2004) grayfox: well i am going to sell them for sure, just 
need to figure out a price. shoot me an offer. all 4 are in extremely good 
condition, one has a little bit of rash, but thats it. no center caps on 
them either
(2:27 PM 8-29-2004) Allyn: condition sounds decent, but center caps are a 
pretty big issue (they are even harder to find than the wheels). anyhow, 
hows $100 sound - more than doubles what you got em for.
(2:28 PM 8-29-2004) Allyn: that set you saw for $400 was a gorgeous fully 
restored set (powder coated and everything, very nice). even i would have 
jumped at them for $400 had i known they went up for grabs.
(2:53 PM 8-29-2004) grayfox: i dont know about 100 just because i like them 
a ton. let me think about this
(7:16 PM 8-29-2004) Allyn: k man lemme know. btw - i offer $100 becuase i'll 
be lucky to get that if i tried to sell my type 6's without center caps. i'm 
only trying to break even here.


argh
Al