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Subject:Re: was: Free Rims, now: I'll pay YOU to take'em
From:Phil Zimmerman
Date:Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:47:28 -0700

Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:56:59 -0700
From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>

North County San Diego, take 4 wheels from me and I pay YOU $10 for gasmoney for your trouble.
Mark
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Jason wrote:
> It's a free wheel epidemic.  I have at least a set of 4 to giveaway�.
> Anyone in Southern Ontario need them?  I'm an hour past Mississauga.
>
> Jason
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Jeff <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone need some free wheels?  I have at least 8-10 stock steel wheels
>> available to list members for free��
>> Local pickup in Sacramento only.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
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Mark, Jason and Jeff�

Guys, there is a deal here� I can feel it in my bones..�
How to proceed�?
I need three steel rims with or without tires..either is Ok for me.
Mark will pay me $10 to take four of his rims�
Jason will give me at least 4 for free� (what a guy)
Jeff will give at least 8 or perhaps 10 for free.(even a bigger, what a guy)

I did a google map thing to figure out this trip�
Google says I can do this 9,410 Km trip to all three of your locations in 87 hours..
Marks $10 will pay for some of the gas.� figured I'd need at least 250 gallons of gas for the trip.
Ten dollars will not buy much gas eh? (sorry, my Canadian colloquialism)
Anyway.. I cannot pass up this free rim deal..
The auto wrecker here in Campbell River wants at least $20 for one rusty Vanagon rim�
So the way I figure, I got a credit for $60 more fuel..not buying his 3 rims saves me $60�. right�:-) 
If I take all the rims from you guys (18) and sell them to this wrecker guy here, I got another $360 for fuel.
So, bear with me here with the math: Marks $10, the $60 I save not buying local and the big $360 killing I make selling to my local yard guy�. Sheeze� $430 I got to spend on gas.. otta buy me 107 gallons of gas�

Shoot, this isn't working out to good� eh?
Maybe I need more free rims to bring home and sell to the local wrecker guy...
Jeff, you're the closest to me� you got anymore free rims to make this dream trip a reality?
I feel like the Bunker Hunt Brothers trying to put a corner on the silver market, back in the 1970's.
Help� this has gotta work� I need three free Vanagon rims to complete my resto project on my Vanagon.

regards
Phil Z.
On a rock off the West Coast
'87 Westy in resto mode