For Sale

The ad was self-explanatory. The only thing that was missing was the price. Joe has been looking for a classic Porsche roadster for years. This is the first one he had seen in the classifieds for sale in some time. But if it were missing the price, he was thinking he would not be able to afford it. But he would not know until he made the phone call.

Joe picked up his phone to make the call. The newspaper ad being held in one hand, the phone in the other, he stood at the window of his kitchenette looking outside as he made the call. The phone rings and before it rang twice, there was a young lady on the phone. "Hello?" "Hi," Joe replied. "Are you the one with the ad in the paper for the Porsche roadster for sale?"

"Yes. That's my ad" the lady said. She sounded like she was annoyed at the number of phone calls that she was receiving and was sorry she placed the ad in the first place.

"Is it still available?"

"Yes. But like I have told everyone else who is called, it’s only going to be sold to the person it wants to go to." The lady was starting to make no sense and Joe was thinking the whole thing was a joke. "What do you mean, 'the person ITwants to go to?" Joe was confused. The lady on the phone took a sigh and was obviously annoyed that she had to answer the same question over and over. "Yes. It will only start for certain people. It was my dad's and he never had any problem with it. He left it to me, but it will not start for me. So, I am selling it. Be here tomorrow at 9 AM. If you can get it to start, you can buy it." Joe was thinking she probably just did not know how to start the car. So, he received her address and made a note to be there in the morning. She continued, "But just to let you know, you're about the fifteenth person I've told this to. So, there will probably be some competition for you."

The next morning Joe arrived at the address the lady gave him. There were several cars parked in the street. He was starting to get concerned. And because there are so many people interested, how much more is he going to have to pay. (Your turn... Finish the story.)

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