"Pixel" (Improbcat)
01/13/2014 at 11:44 • Filed to: None
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
01/13/2014 at 11:44 • Filed to: None | 1
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I'm trying to track down the owner of a gen1 Scion xB in RI. He was sitting on I-195 with a flat tire and had no jack, lug wrench or spare. I offered to loan him my spare and used my jack & lug wrench to help him swap it. I gave him my contact info and he promised to drop off the spare in a few days when he'd gotten a replacement tire.
Well it has been
months
now, and I haven't heard from him, nor gotten my spare back. I'm just trying to track him down so I can get my spare tire back so
I
don't get stuck with a flat somewhere.
His box is silver(Thundercloud metallic) with a black-primer spoiler and a severely slammed static-drop suspension. When I met him he was running VW alloys.
If you know him or his box sounds familiar please let me know so I can get back the tire I loaned him and he decided to steal.
EDIT: Yes I shouldn't have trusted him, Yes I should have gotten his contact info. However unless you have a time machine I can use to go back and change that, comments to that effect aren't really helpful.
Corson Currently Coupein' It
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 11:47 |
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Aw that sucks man, pays to be nice right?
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Pixel
> Corson Currently Coupein' It
01/13/2014 at 11:48 |
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Yeah, this is the same stretch of road I stopped to help another broken down car on and nearly got run over for my trouble.
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/stopped-to-hel…
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Biased Plies
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 11:49 |
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You didn't take his contact info? Or even write down his license plate?
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Pixel
> Biased Plies
01/13/2014 at 11:52 |
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Nope. We talked xBs for a while and he showed me shots of his at various shows, we talked about what forums were were both on, etc. He seemed like a very stand up guy, and he was the one who asked for my contact info first so he could get the tire back to me. So I trusted that he would do what he said.
I tend to be very trusting, it gets me screwed sometimes.
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Biased Plies
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:00 |
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Don't get me wrong, it's very nice of you but I'd be sure to get his plate and at least a phone number and follow up a couple of days afterwards.
Unfortunate that he hasn't followed through, I hope it works out for you.
CAR_IS_MI
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:03 |
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And what did you learn?
Don't be nice to people...
(Just kidding)
Never trust someone to call you back; ALWAYS get their info so you can call them.
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Pixel
> Biased Plies
01/13/2014 at 12:04 |
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Yeah, I know I should have now. At the time I was in a bit of a rush and distracted. I also though I remembered his name and the username he commonly used, but got distracted by an unrelated problem when I got home and promptly forgot them.
Audi-os, amigos
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:12 |
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If you forgot/lost his info, maybe he forgot/lost yours.
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Pixel
> Audi-os, amigos
01/13/2014 at 12:15 |
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I didn't make note of it, and depended only on my memory. I watched him save mine in his phone under my name. So while it is possible, the odds are not in favor of him being unable to contact me.
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Audi-os, amigos
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:18 |
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Fair enough. And I'll spare you the sanctimony of a "shoulda got his info."
Looks like all you can do is hope he does the right thing later-instead-of-never, and learn from this experience going forward. Good luck.
wkiernan
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:53 |
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You still did good, even if he never pays you back.
Anyway, what's really going to happen is he's going to win $100-million in the lottery, and then naturally he's going to go buy a new cell phone, the best made top-of-the-line, and at the cell-phone dealer the salesman is going to say, "You want to transfer your contacts? Here's a printout." and he's gonna say "Gee who is this 'Pixel' dude, aw fuck , that's the guy with the spare tire and I never returned it!" and then he's gonna come over to your house and say "Hey dude thanks for the spare tire, and here's your new 911!"
XJDano
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 12:53 |
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Move forward and learn from mistakes. http://providence.craigslist.org/pts/4265109456…
I once was taking payments for a set of tires, got $300 of the $400. It was actually a good bargain because I haven't seen him since. Talk your ear off, 1 upper kinda guy.
FlimFlamMan
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 13:50 |
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There are a lot of variables that could have taken place since then (I.e. he sold the box, deployed, health issues). Personally, I would just move on. You took a chance and it didn't work out. I'm sure you can find a replacement rather easily. Good luck. And... yeah... you still did the right thing, IMHO.
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Pixel
> FlimFlamMan
01/13/2014 at 14:00 |
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Yeah, I don't really expect much from this. I just figured I'd make one last effort before writing it off for good.
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> Pixel
01/13/2014 at 21:08 |
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Meh you did something nice for him. Just move on and don't dwell on the few assholes in life. They will drag you down my friend :)