I think, in this case, the owner meant "could easily be sold as if had 30=
,000 miles", not "for $30,000"
Lew Palmer
lew.palmer@uci.com
On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Dick Burger wrote:
> The car has 130,000 miles and could easily be sold for 30,000. =20
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And then Kevin S. writes:
>Why not ask 30,000? Unless you don't want it in the hands of the kind o=
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>person to whom it could easily be sold for 30,000.
I'm going to hazard to guess that DB meant that it appears to the eye to =
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a car with 30,000 miles on it, not a car worth buying at $30,000. OTOH: =
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you could forward the telephone number of the guy who would pay 30K for a=
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MGB, I'll put mine up for sale!
Will "there are no pockets in shrouds" Zehring
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