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The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: rleete on April 09, 2011, 07:34:37 PM

Title: Nice surprise
Post by: rleete on April 09, 2011, 07:34:37 PM

Recently, I answered an ad on Craigslist asking for lathe work.  Since it was delrin, the customer supplied the material, and it was a simple turning job, I refused payment.  I asked him (former machinist) if he had any tooling or set-up stuff he wanted t0 sell to contact me, and we'd make a deal.  He agreed.  I haven't heard from him for over a week, and just figured he didn't have anything for sale.  No big deal.

Today I get a package in the mail, and I haven't ordered anything.  But, I noted the box was from Shars, where I have purchased from in the past.  Inside, a brand new set of 1-2-3 blocks, ordered by the guy, and shipped to me.

Sometimes, being a nice guy does pay off.

Title: Re: Nice surprise
Post by: crabsign69 on April 09, 2011, 07:59:06 PM

oh how wonderful . what a nice thing to do  :thumbup:

Title: Re: Nice surprise
Post by: dsquire on April 10, 2011, 12:03:20 AM

rleete

Good for you. Its always nice when just being nice pays off in nice ways that you didn't expect. It kind of helps you to have faith in your fellow man when sometimes that is hard to do. Thanks for sharing that with us. :D :D

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: Nice surprise
Post by: Powder Keg on April 10, 2011, 10:50:26 AM

I do Freebies all the time for people around town. Especially if I know that they have sandblasters, Tig welders, Vibratory deburers, Things that might come in handy later. Plus you make friends that way.

Wes :wave:

Title: Re: Nice surprise
Post by: Blade on April 10, 2011, 01:46:31 PM

It's always nice to get gifts like that when you do a job as a favor and aren't expecting anything in return.