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Brilliant maths by the MIL this morning. Tow truck finally came to take her busted car away. Apparently she's going to spend $4k to get a new motor put in it, to then try sell it for $5k. We don't know when the car will be back or when it will sell. She has already given the tow truck driver $150 to take it away.
A wrecker offered her $1k to take the car off her hands as is weeks ago. Please someone make this woman make sense for me
$5k is way higher than $1k, that's like $4k profit. And the motor cost $4k which is less than what you can sell the car for afterwards so that means it is worth doing. And the wrecker is just a scammer, they are trying to give her $1k for a car she's going to be able to sell for $5k. Obvious rip off, they just want to put a motor in and get all that profit for themselves.
Your MIL knows what's what. She's not going to be fooled by your fancy-pants 'profit=5000-4000-150'. That's just ivory tower university maths, it's not how the real world works.
Sorry, apparently I can explain the thought process, but nothing can make it actually make sense...
This cunt's rich.
or firebombing cunts to stay rich.
They're all Manchester & Double Happiness to impress the ladies.
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