fiddle mike
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« on: January 11, 2010, 09:20:47 AM » |
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For the first time in months, a Mexican tapped on my door to inquire if my little truck is for sale.
These guys come north and buy mini trucks, then load the beds with all kind of stuff that most of us probably consider junk. One loaded little truck is hitched to another off they go, south on US-77.
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 10:36:16 AM » |
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THAT HAPPENED TO YOU TOO?
It was about seven years ago, the same thing happened to me! Here in Eau Claire Wisconsin! At the time we had about 4 mexicans in the whole town, and one day this guy rings my door bell and asks me how much I wanted to sell my truck for. Funny thing, I wanted to sell it, but there wasn’t a for sale sign on it. So the “WTF” senses go up in my head, and I tell the guy a high price, he tells me that he’s poor and can’t afford that much and offers $1200 cash. I’m thinking, it’s gotta be fake, photo copied money. I just had a gut feeling that once they gave me money, and I sign my title, they’d jump me, take the truck and the cash and split! (Experiences I learned while growing up in down town Chicago).
I told them to leave, shut the door, turned to go get my gun out, and then peaked out the bedroom window. They checked over my truck again, and then left.
I tell you, why in the world they chose me I don’t know, but they wanted my little ford ranger! They must have followed me home, or had been scoping out the neighborhood to possibly plan a robbery? Who knows!
Any one else have this expierence??
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 10:45:57 AM » |
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It's actually quite common around here, and generally legit... I used to have a beater 1984 Toyota extended cab pickup parked in front of my house, and I'd get on average I'd say a Mexican a month knock on the door wanting to buy it... One day I finally got sick of paying insurance on a vehicle I never drove (That, and I'm a FIRM believer in having FRIENDS that own a truck!) and gave 'em a number about double what I expected it was worth, they accepted immediately, and we closed the deal without incident.
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 10:50:26 AM » |
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Small trucks in Southern Mexico are worth lots of pesos. They actually make a good living buying and selling small trucks. Because they're Mexican citizens, the fees & tariffs at the border are lower.
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fiddle mike
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 11:01:27 AM » |
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THAT HAPPENED TO YOU TOO?
I tell you, why in the world they chose me I don’t know, but they wanted my little ford ranger! They must have followed me home, or had been scoping out the neighborhood to possibly plan a robbery? Who knows!
Any one else have this expierence??
I live about 430 miles closer to the Matamoros, MX, than Serk does, so I see the truck guys all the time. They're legit, I guess they just cruise working class neighborhoods. Most speak little English but they're always polite when I tell them the truck's not for sale, they know how to take "no" for an answer. There were so many last summer that I started to put a Spanish "Not for sale" sign on my little Nissan. |
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Serk
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2010, 11:17:10 AM » |
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It's also very common to see caravans of 'em heading south on I-35 (Or other feeder freeways all heading south). Usually it's 2-5 in a group, each one being one truck towing a second one, (small cars, vans, etc. too) each one packed full of stuff that looks like it was rejected from the local flea market...
One side effect is it kills the market for $5,000 and under reliable but ugly cash cars around here... Anything that would normally be in that range goes south. We ran into this recently trying to find an ugly but reliable $5,000 cash car for my spousal unit, many of the dealers flat out told us anything that would have been in that range they get more money and less hassle sending 'em to Mexico...
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2010, 11:54:21 AM » |
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I-40 thru Little Rock has caravans almost daily. You might see as few as 2 or as many as 20 with them loaded enough to bottom the shocks. They drive about 5 mph below speed limit and can really get the highway backed up. That, or they will pull over on the shoulder and everyone has to slow down to see if there has been a wreck.
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fiddle mike
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2010, 12:53:37 PM » |
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one truck towing a second one, (small cars, vans, etc. too) each one packed full of stuff that looks like it was rejected from the local flea market...
That funny little triangle on the bottom of plastic milk jugs means "Reduce, Re-use, Recycle". I'd say the Mexicans have a handle on that "re-use" part. Their "auto industry" didn't need bailing out, I'll bet.  |
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