Today was the Wolf’s Marine Open House and Annual Marine Flea Market which I always like to go to. But with that said, I am cautioned to seldom carry more than $20 cash with me because the desire to buy “stuff” at the Flea Market is over whelming. It seems like there is always something there you really need. And yes, I was weak!

I saw a reported functional Hummingbird 1159 without cables or transducer and a hummingbird coupling devise for just the exact amount in my pocket and I bought them.

Now several months ago I had given away my older but functional Humminbird 997 with transducer and tow fish away. It was set up to be portable and could be setup easily and used on anyone’s boat when going out to search for wrecks.

It had been a couple of years since it was getting any serious use as I was not actively using it and have never even owned a boat. But there is a dive buddy, Big John, who is years my junior, dives a lot, has several boats, and uses them. Bottom line is Big John will use the darn thing to search for wrecks.

Sorry, I digress! Back to my story.

The Humminbird was such a sweet deal I had to have it. Not even after I had it hidden in my car trunk, I mean put it away in a safe place for transport, I did not have buyers remorse! Honest!

Now having said all of that, I knew I was not really going to use it or even play around with it but I did knew someone who would want it, would use it or would experiment with it at least.

So I went over to his place of business and mentioned what I had seen for sale at the Flea Market and its remarkable low price. He said he had seen it already and was going over later to make an offer on it. I casually mentioned that I watched it being sold a little while before. He was more than a bit bummed out when I told him what the guy bought it for.

He was beside himself for losing the opportunity to have bought it himself. I let him rant for a few minutes and then casually mentioned that it was me that bought it and would he like to see the booty.

Bottom line is I sold it to him for what it cost me. I knew he would have bought it earlier had he even suspected anyone else would have picked it up. He will work with it and make it work and even if it is not like new, the parts and pieces are worth the $20 anyhow. It’s a win- win for everyone😊