From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 12/21/2025 6:38 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Gerry"  wrote in message   
   > news:60uekk5urh3ufjkoje9shgkvli6utftk9t@4ax.com...   
   >   
   > On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:34:36 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "David Billington"  wrote in message news:10i6gnb$21hs4$1@dont-   
   >> email.me...   
   >>   
   >> You need to keep you eyes and ears open for what's about. I know a guy   
   >> in your area that got a decent Induma BP clone for sub £500, a bit of a   
   >> job to move as a bit heavier than a BP but worth the effort for what he   
   >> does. He has various other machine tools all from the area acquired over   
   >> time.   
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   >> It helps to have enough cash on hand including smaller denominations for   
   >> exact change and an open space to put it, so you can react before someone   
   >> else does.   
   > When I bought my 9" SB "A", the two guys ahead of me had to make a   
   > phone call - by the time they got off the phone the lathe was mine and   
   > delivery arranged!   
   >   
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   > Also remind the seller, who may not have been the user, to check for   
   > accessories. My 5C collets were forgotten orphans from a lathe that had   
   > been sold.   
   >   
   > Cash is king. Flea market and second hand dealers tend to have a folded   
   > wad of bills in their pocket, sorted small outside to large inside to   
   > minimize fumbling, ready to negotiate and close the sale. When I took   
   > the cash out in a store to pay for hardware my new treasure was missing   
   > the clerk thought I was a drug dealer.   
      
   Yeah cash is kinda like having multiple cellphones in that regard.   
      
   The push is to force people into a cashless society, but they keep   
   making banking more onerous and unpleasant.  The feds push regulations   
   and the banks use that as a shield to force even worse policies.  I   
   fired one of my banks just a couple days ago.  They took money out of my   
   mom's account (I'm a signer) instead of issuing a banking instrument for   
   the cash I was holding in my hand.  Cash I was holding in front of them   
   the whole time after saying cash five times.  I accused them of banking   
   fraud and made them do it over.  They did it over.  Later when the bank   
   manger called me he claimed they did nothing wrong, until I pointed out   
   there was a paper trail, and then he tried to claim they did nothing   
   wrong because they fixed it grudgingly after I called them out for it.   
   Then he claimed they don't issue instruments for cash.  You have to use   
   a bank account.  Nobody told me that. They just tried to steal from my   
   mother without telling me.   
      
   You aren't doing the right thing when you correct your behavior after   
   you get caught.  You do the right thing when you do the right thing the   
   first time.   
      
   Makes me look forward to my next visit to the DMV where believe it or   
   not I can deal with somebody competent at their job or who will get help   
   right away if they don't know how to do something.  the AZ DMV has no   
   issues with cash for all transactions either.  LOL.   
      
   I still carry a little cash, because on a hunting, fishing, or road trip   
   a local farmer may have a can of gas or a tire that fits my truck, but   
   they don't take American Express.   
      
   --   
   Bob La Londe   
   CNC Molds N Stuff   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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