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Re:To sell, or not to sell 1 Year, 2 Months ago
Tough spot to be in, if you truly overpriced it and the guy shows up with CASH (forget dogs, cash is man's best friend) your kind of obliged. I feel your pain more than once my mouth has issued a check my ass did not want to cover.

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Dragoon

2012/04/16 14:32

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Jonathan

2012/04/16 14:36

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smokescreens

2012/04/16 14:39

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saab9k

2012/04/16 14:47

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Edge51

2012/04/16 17:10

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Stevie

2012/04/16 17:41

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fastjohnny

2012/04/16 17:58

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greyphart

2012/04/16 18:02

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Ricohoc

2012/04/16 14:54

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2012/04/16 14:57

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mkayx

2012/04/16 17:11

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gfolkert

2012/04/16 14:56

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UncleEd

2012/04/16 15:00

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Glock40

2012/04/16 15:04

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jd750ace

2012/04/16 15:30

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Dragoon

2012/04/16 16:56

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JBubbs

2012/04/16 16:15

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Gram

2012/04/16 16:20

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tibadoe

2012/04/16 16:47

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ozarkpreacher

2012/04/16 16:51

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Dragoon

2012/04/16 17:00

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ozarkpreacher

2012/04/16 17:07

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smokescreens

2012/04/16 17:13

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Edge51

2012/04/16 20:19

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buckshot

2012/04/16 22:11

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nightstar57

2012/04/17 07:51

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Curt

2012/04/16 17:37

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deadweight

2012/04/16 18:20

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Mark7

2012/04/17 10:44

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vegasdave

2012/04/17 10:52

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Dragoon

2012/04/17 18:08

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Dragoon

2012/04/17 18:15

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smokescreens

2012/04/17 18:20

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huskerbob

2012/04/17 18:27

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Dragoon

2012/04/17 18:33

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Tug

2012/04/17 19:28

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Dragoon

2012/04/17 19:40

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Vette468

2012/04/18 08:00

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Dragoon

2012/04/18 08:39

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Dragoon

2012/04/19 15:15

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OK, just JB..

2012/04/19 15:45

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Dragoon

2012/04/19 15:48

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OK, just JB..

2012/04/19 16:16

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