MY SON APPROACHED ME AND ASK IF I COULD GET HIM SOME TOOLS AT A FAIR PRICE. I WAS ALWAYS ONE FOR HAVING A GREAT SUPPLY OF TOOLS PROBABLY MORE THAN I NEEDED. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEM WERE FOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.
THERE WAS A TOOLS SUPPLY STORE CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AND I SPENT A LOT OF ME LEISURE TIME CHATTING WITH THE OWNER AND HIS FAMILY. WE GOT TO BE GREAT FRIENDS AND HE ALWAYS TREATED ME MORE THAN FAIR WHEN I PURCHASED ANYTHING.
AFTER FINDING OUT FROM MY SON THAT HE NEEDED TOOLS FOR THE GRINDING TRADE I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD CHECK WITH PAUL AT THE TOOL STORE..
THE FOLLOWING DAY I STOPPED IN TO SEE MY FRIEND PAUL AND EXPLAINED MY SONS SITUATION TO HIM.. PAUL SAID THAT LIKE ALWAYS I WOULD GET HIS PREACHERS DISCOUNT AS USUAL WHEN I BROUGHT MY SON IN. I EXPLAINED TO PAUL THAT MY SON WAS JUST STARTING WORK AND A LITTLE LOW ON FUNDS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WORK A SYSTEM TO SAVE HIM SOME MONEY AND HE WOULDN'T BE ANT THE WISER.
SOME OF THE TOOLS WOULD BE USED, ALTHOUGH IN GOOD CONDITION.
THIS IS THE WAY WE PLANNED THE PURCHASE..I FIGURED THE BILL FOR THE TOOLS WOULD PROBABLY RUN ABOUT $300.00,PAUL WOULD GIVE ME AS HE ALWAYS DID A GREAT DISCOUNT. NOW I REALIZED THAT MY SON WOULDN'T HAVE A HECK OF A LOT OF MONEY SO PAUL AND I MADE THIS ARRANGEMENT. WHAT EVER THE COST WOULD BE HE WOULD DISCOUNT THE REMAINDER AND I WOULD COME IN THE NEXT DAY AND PAY THE DIFFERENCE.
THE NEXT EVENING MY SON AND I WENT INTO THE STORE AND I INTRODUCED HIM TO MY FRIEND PAUL. THE TWO OF THEM WENT THROUGH HIS LIST OF TOOLS AND AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THERE WAS QUITE A SUPPLY OF TOOLS ON THE COUNTER. I HAD FIGURED THAT MY SON WOULD HAVE ABOUT $150.00 WITH HIM AS HE HAD GOTTEN PAID THAT AFTERNOON. THIS WAS MY FIRST DREAM...
WELL AFTER ADDING UP THE BILL DISCOUNT INCLUDED OUR BILL CAME TO $300.00 SO WITH THE AGREEMENT PAUL AND I HAD MADE HE TOLD MY SON THAT THE BILL WOULD COME TO $150.00 WHICH MEANT THAT THE NEXT DAY I WOULD COME IN AND PAY PAUL THE OTHER $150.00 THAT MY SON WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT.
I HAD, LIKE I MENTIONED ABOVE THAT MY SON WOULD HAVE HIS PAY WITH HIM, WAS I WRONG ABOUT THAT ONE. MY SON TURNED TO AND SAID DAD WOULD YOU LOAN ME THE $150.00 UNTIL I GET MY SELF TOGETHER. I THOUGHT PAUL WAS GOING TO FALL APART TRYING TO KEEP FROM LAUGHING. I PAID PAUL THE $150.00 AND AS ALL FATHERS WOULD DO. THE NEXT DAY I WENT IN AND PAID THE OTHER $150.00. SO THE AS I FIGURED $300.00 WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT IN A GREAT SON...AND BELIEVE ME IT SURE WAS.