William B.H.
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My quest started July of 2011. Unfortunately I happened onto this site when I decided that gas didn't have the magic anymore. Found a One Touch Gold 22.5 on Craigslist. Stripper selling ex-boyfriends present to her. Love it ( the grill )
Rescued a Homer Simpson from a street side trash pile. Refurbished it and gifted it to my nephew at NC State.
My son had all the luck and found a beautiful Redhead Silver. Then he found a Budweiser stainless Performer at a thrift store. He had to cajole the Weber parts lady for several parts and ended up with a nice grill.
Slow forward for two years as I painfully checked Craigslist every morning searching for any kind of Performer. Found a few. Some were too expensive, some were too far away. One month ago there was one about 1.5 hours away for $100 that was in only fair shape. I almost pulled the trigger but discretion is the better part of valor and I passed.
Two weeks ago on a Sunday morning I was going through my daily morning regimen of being disappointed in my Craigslist search when what to my wondering eyes should appear but this:
"Weber charcoal grill with gas assist.....$80"
The picture was of a beautiful stainless performer with a blue bowl! The listing was posted at 11:00 AM Saturday the day before. My first thought was that surely someone has bought this beauty. A day late and $80 short.
I checked the location and lo and behold it was in my town. He had a Map Quest map and shades of blue it was 1 block away. It is now 6:30 AM. Do I call him and wake him up? I texted him. At 8:00 AM I called the number, got voice mail and left my number. Made no attempt to hide my excitement when I left the message. Giddy as a little girl. I am not a little girl.
He called me back and said, " I'm the one with the grill."
I said, " And?"
He said he still had it and that someone was going to come by that afternoon to look at it. I said, " I'll be there in five minutes"
Pretty good negotiating skills, huh?
Ended up with a bag of charcoal, two charcoal baskets, warming rack, owners manual, full small propane tank, and the coupler to fill the small tank. Everything is in perfect working order and in excellent shape.
Code DD 2000 in all her glory.
Ready to load.
Out the other side.
Rescued a Homer Simpson from a street side trash pile. Refurbished it and gifted it to my nephew at NC State.
My son had all the luck and found a beautiful Redhead Silver. Then he found a Budweiser stainless Performer at a thrift store. He had to cajole the Weber parts lady for several parts and ended up with a nice grill.
Slow forward for two years as I painfully checked Craigslist every morning searching for any kind of Performer. Found a few. Some were too expensive, some were too far away. One month ago there was one about 1.5 hours away for $100 that was in only fair shape. I almost pulled the trigger but discretion is the better part of valor and I passed.
Two weeks ago on a Sunday morning I was going through my daily morning regimen of being disappointed in my Craigslist search when what to my wondering eyes should appear but this:
"Weber charcoal grill with gas assist.....$80"
The picture was of a beautiful stainless performer with a blue bowl! The listing was posted at 11:00 AM Saturday the day before. My first thought was that surely someone has bought this beauty. A day late and $80 short.
I checked the location and lo and behold it was in my town. He had a Map Quest map and shades of blue it was 1 block away. It is now 6:30 AM. Do I call him and wake him up? I texted him. At 8:00 AM I called the number, got voice mail and left my number. Made no attempt to hide my excitement when I left the message. Giddy as a little girl. I am not a little girl.
He called me back and said, " I'm the one with the grill."
I said, " And?"
He said he still had it and that someone was going to come by that afternoon to look at it. I said, " I'll be there in five minutes"
Pretty good negotiating skills, huh?
Ended up with a bag of charcoal, two charcoal baskets, warming rack, owners manual, full small propane tank, and the coupler to fill the small tank. Everything is in perfect working order and in excellent shape.
Code DD 2000 in all her glory.
Ready to load.
Out the other side.
