matt6669

I've been trying to post a lot less lately, so I'm glad you came in here and posted this Eric. Spot on!

Yeah this pontiac has been across the world and back. Poor thing. I'm at 98k miles, I'd like to get rid of it before it hits a 100 but I don't think that's going to happen.

I wouldn't lose on the car because I can sell the car for almost exactly what I paid for it two years ago after adding 60k miles on the car because I got hooked up with a great deal. Secondly I say a Cherokee because I want one again to take off roading for once I get down to Florida. I may even entertain a wrangler as well so I wouldn't be selling it once I get down there.

Well according to UPS I could probably ship all the clothes that I own for under a 100 bucks. But that still leaves me with a bunch of guns I still need to figure out to get to Florida so I guess me flying really isn't an option, shucks that was sounding like the most enjoyable route.

Even if that truck gets 15mph which it probably won't, it'd be 300 dollars in gas each way at 3.40 a gallon of gas. It's something like 1300 miles each way. Plus I have a feeling the mileage fee will be a lot more than 275 dollars for putting 2600 miles on their vehicle for a round trip. Plus there is no way I'm driving down to Florida and driving back, I will literally do that drive once in my entire life all the other times I come to NJ from Florida I'll be on a plane. I don't like driving in the car for an hour let alone 20. It seems at this point my options are: Sell most of my crap and drive the G6 down. Put my stuff in a pod for 800, and drive the G6 down Sell the G6, get a Jeep and trailer and drive down Or my latest idea I just thought of, sell 99% of my stuff, sell the G6, get one a plane, have the g/f pick me up, and go out and buy a car when I get to Florida. HMMMM

Well I just looked up enterprise and no airport in this area has a cargo van and b/c it's a one way trip you can only take it to airports so, no good on that idea for a cargo van. Renting a box truck isn't an option, its anywhere from 1000-1400 dollars just for the truck plus 500-600 dollars in gas, most definitely not an option.

I don't think I'd have any problems selling really anything at this point, but I don't want to really put feelers out as I don't know if this is going to happen next week or 6 months from now or even longer with this crazy job market we are in right now. But if I did decide to take minimal things I'd be looking to sell a 36 gun safe, a gun cabinet which was turned into a ammo locker, my reloading bench, a sailboat, my bed (don't know if people even buy used beds, probably just leave that at the parents), and whatever other stuff I could come up with. Though I would like to just take all of my stuff with me, that'd be the win win situation at this point I think. At least I got time to make that decision.

Problem is currently I don't have a vehicle I can tow 1300 miles with. So I would have to sell my G6 and pickup a Cherokee, which isn't a big deal but it is a process.

Chris, when you go to sell it in a few months, please pm me first, I'm calling dibs on that beauty

Renting a uhaul is out of the question. Their 10ft box truck comes out to more than a dollar a mile, plus you still gotta buy gas, that to me is ridiculous especially in this economy. The other idea I had was selling my G6 (which I want to do anyway) buying a Jeep Cherokee, and buying a small 5x8 utility trailer and bringing everything I own down at once. The biggest thing is, if I have to buy a new bed, that's easily 600-1000 dollars easily. So if I can get a reputable company to move my stuff for 800 at the most I'd probably consider it because buying a utility trailer will set me back about 400 dollars by itself.

OMG no way, the gp100 trigger is like dragging a rusty railroad tie through sand. The 686 has a way crisper trigger hands down, and yes I've shot both.

For which date ya dope lol

Does anyone have connections in the moving business. I'm in the process of getting my ducks in a row so that I'm prepared if I happen to land a job in Florida. I've been looking around at the various options for moving my stuff from NJ to the Tampa, Florida area and I'm getting a wide range of prices. One company quoted me 800 dollars for 300 Cu. Ft. of space for them to move the stuff I believe in a Pod like device to Florida, to prices of using a u-haul and driving myself at 1400 dollars. The company actually called POD quoted me 2200 dollars which I laughed at. Just curious if anyone has connections or knows someone that could either give me a better price or lead me in a better direction. At 800-1000 dollars it's almost worth it for me to sell my gun safe, leave my bed in Jersey, leave my reloading bench, and stuff my guns in my trunk along with my reloading stuff in my car and just driving down to Florida and buying all new stuff when I get down there. But if someone can get me a better deal it might be worth it to take my stuff with me which I would rather do. Thanks for any help in advance. M

YES! 686 HANDS DOWN!

Well Ray did you ask the woman if you can take the November course so we don't have to wait until December to take this course!!??

Yeah it was a major score for him. The lady said, after they finished their phone conversation, she hung up and someone was calling for it right after him so he literally made it by seconds. Though the lady asked for two hundred dollars more after she found out she could of just said no, I'll take the 8k that some other guy offered me so she was really cool about it. Her husband on the other hand wasn't too thrilled but they were both honest about it.

I believe both dates work for me. Ray ray apparently is slightly computerless at the moment, I will pass the info on to him and see if that works for him too.

not for insurance purposes, he actually had a school in Rhode Island offer him 12,000 for it, and he told them he would loan it to them instead of selling it. He's always wanted one but never thought he'd be able to afford one. So the school is giving him a couple bucks a year for it, and he doesn't have to store it in his apartment so it's a win win for all involved.

I will say this, my buddy recently just bought harpiscord from a person that buys storage units and this particular piece was in the storage unit. The people that bought the unit thought it was just a funky looking piano and listed it for 300 dollars, my buddy was the first to call, after he agreed to the price like 50 other people called for it saying how could you sell such a piece of music history for 300 dollars, my buddy ended up paying 500 dollars for it which is still an amazing deal considering everything he got has already been value at 12,000 dollars, yes you read that right, twelve thousand dollars. So there are gems to be found if you know what your looking for but personally I wouldn't waste my time.

That is just a beautiful sight I must say so myself. I'll never ever go back to dry tumbling after using the SS method. Though I may attempt to make a bigger one like he has done and possibly sell my thumblers but I don't know yet. Lots of things on my to-do list but I never get anything done.

From your last post it doesn't really sound like you need a permit. But, if the town doesn't have your house down on record from when you bought it as having a finished basement, but now the basement is finished, then you need a permit for that before you can sell. Your best bet is to find out what the town has on record for you, and hire an architect to come out and certify what you have done. Depending on the architect and what was done, it may be able to be handled with a letter from the architect, OR the architect will have someone come out and measure what's there and provide an as-built drawing for the town. The town will then issue a CO based upon that work. Where are you located, if you are in the Morris County area, I work for an Architect and can give you his number / we could probably get out there fairly quickly and get it taken care of. Matt

Like I said Tom, always better to get the permits otherwise you'll be sorry in the long run. If you ever plan to sell a house after you've done work without getting a permit, be prepared to get screwed over BIG time.

If you ever do decide to upgrade, I am still thinking about selling my Dillon Square deal setup to move up to a Dillon 650 so if you would be interested, do a search under my name in the marketplace and it should pop up. M

In my opinion it is always better to get a permit and pay the itty bitty little extra taxes on a shed, then not having the permit, finding out you need the permit, and then the town sending you to me, so I can look at your shed and tell you that it's built completely wrong and now you need to redo it before I'll put my seal on it and certify it for the town. But because I have that background I will ALWAYS over build things, it's in my nature, same thing with engineers etc etc.