Tony Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well actually it's not for me....... First up the van> It's an Astra 1.3 CDTI, 90k on the clock, full service history, bought from a trader no vat, no warranty, years MOT, tax, new discs and pads all round, asking price £3300. And now to explain?....... Elaine's son Brad worked for Red Ball in the warehouse picking various equipment for events and later helped staging the equipment at the events. Problem is staging the events is what he preferd so he went from ok in his warehouse job to crap and they sacked him! Nevertheless RB called on him from time to time for setting events simply because he is good at that job..... Long story short they said to Brad get a van and we will contract you regular work. Ok now the problem, he didn't have a job so no money, he can't get a loan because he hasn't got a job, Elaine can't help bless her because she is on survival wages so it went down to me. We looked at the van and he was delighted but i was a little bit more clinical..... Oil grain felt fine, water "tasted" fine, cold start wasn't smoky, engine wasn't knocking, paperwork all correlated and the MOT was done locally.. Next the money moment..... I said to the guy £3300 is the asking price, i'm in the motor trade so what's the bottom line price and i will pay cash on the hip now? He said at £3300 fella it's a steal and it will sell regardless, so £3300 or walk away! Ok so that's how it's going to be!....... I sat Brad down and explained if i buy you that van you owe me £3300, there's no interest on the loan and no time scale to pay me back "within reason" but i do want it back. I understand he needs to find his feet and all i'm doing is giving him one of those things we all needed when finding our way in life a "chance". So drawn on trust and my love for Elaine saying he will want to pay that debt off ASAP i bought him the van..... We opted for a 1300cc due to his age "18yld" and insurance with zero no claims.... Again i fronted £400 deposit for insurance which he has to pay me back but the whole episode is a done deal now. Couple of points that ran around my mind and i explained to Brad.... First keep saying "thank you" .... But in reality the van represents Red Ball so you cannot turn up with an old snotter, a classy van will cost money there's no way around that. Now with van under foot already he's been given work for the next week by RB and another company who somehow found out about his availability? He is now officially a "white van man" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Do you mean Red Bull? Hope he takes your generosity and works his butt off to make this work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looks like most people on your street have a white van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Is that your car parked on the grass on the right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 And good on you for helping the lad out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Looks clean - I hope he appreciates your kindness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Looks like most people on your street have a white van I think you are right about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Is that your car parked on the grass on the right? Yeah, just unloaded some shopping..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 How's this for bad luck...... He gets the van Saturday, Sunday he went for a drive to Tring Herts came back to the van and someone had smashed the side window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Probably thought there were tools in the back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Seemingly they did a few cars down the road all Vauxhall's ...... They nicked my Sat-nav connector but not the Nav since Brad hid that in the back FFFT....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Someone in my area thinks it's fun to scratch bad words on car doors at the moment, seen a few now when out walking the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 What's wrong with some people..... Life is hard enough without inflicting hurt on others, i just don't get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Very generous Tony, hope he uses the leg up you've given him to good effect and makes a success of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Work is rolling in for him now so it's up to him to get his arse into gear...... I bloody hope so because i want the money back.... Eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Looks like most people on your street have a white van I think you are right about that. Ahh I thought thats where you parked so kinda understood how the kids managed to hit it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 No actually i was parked where the van is, what you can't see from the image is the hill..... Good news Brad bought a second hand side window today for £20, it's just a case of fitting it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4UL T Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Aftermarket sat nav mounts can be picked up cheaply on eBay too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 His mum is going to Mataland today to get me another lead...... Reason she's getting is because he's at work and i like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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