Sometimes you don’t even get dinner and/or a 6-pack.
Recently at a friend’s request, I located and updated a hybrid for his spouse and sold it to him without a mark up. He paid me what I disbursed for the bike and parts.
He liked the bike I got for his spouse so much, he wanted me to find him a hybrid as well. I had a low mileage Italian hybrid in my stash. I hung a brand new set of front and rear V brakes on it as one of the brake arms was bent, added a bell, cleaned, and tuned the bike. The FMV for this hybrid would be around $250+/-, and since he’s a friend, I’ve asked for an amount about 70% of FMV.
We went for a ride, then to dinner. I was surprised when he took up my offer to split the check rather than showing any gratitude for helping him out. And I haven’t collected payment for the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] bike yet.
He’s given me a bunch of collectibles and sports gear to sell after which we’d split the proceeds in a yet to be determined formula.