Bonus points for the ball and chain…
I have been trying to buy a 250R Ninja for quite sometime now, since April 2008. They have been sold out or they were too much money.
My friend Scott, told me about a dealer out in HR. I was happy, yet pissed at the same time cuz Ryan’s shop is out there and he would drive by this Kawi dealer everyday since July 2008. Seriously, open your eyes. He’s so unobservant, it drives me nuts.
So I call the owner, who is super nice, then I go down and meet him. He’s on the hunt for a bike for me. He had 2 at the bike show for $4200. I was so upset cuz I was at the bike show and would have gotten the bike there, but didn’t know about him until after. So after a month of searching for me, he finally found a bike for me out in Camrose. I was so excited for a brief moment until he told me the price, $5070. I was upset. I could’ve bought that here in Calgary for that price.
Crushed and a little upset I called Ryan grumbling and complaining about the price. I wanted to save money on the bike because the gear is going to cost me $2000. It’s being sent from Belgium as I write! Whoo hoo!
So I asked Ryan to call the owner and see if he could use his sales skills to get me a better deal.
He called me back 15 min later and told me the good news. $500 off, so the bike will only cost me $4500. How rockin’ is THAT!?! I was so, so, so uber happy out of my mind. I was just thrilled and estatic! Huge bonus points for him because for once he has shown an interest in my bike and got me a deal. I was just freaking out, I was so excited. Horray! I’m finally going to be getting my bike!
So I ran over on Saturday and gave the dealer $2000. He’s picking up the bike this Thursday. I’m going to meet my bike on Friday. I’m so pumped. I think I”m going to call my bike Gremlin…. or Jack. I really like the name Jack for some reason. I think Jack is going to be the name… I dunno. I’ll think it over when I get to see it for the first time. I teased the owner and asked if I could have weekly visitation with my bike until I paid for all of it.
I didn’t pay for all of it because I need to put $2000 on my Credit card because all my gear is being charged to my credit card.
I’ll be picking up my bike at the end of March, this way I will have my CC all paid off and all my money for my bike. That and I don’t want to start to pay for insurance until I can ride the damn thing and that won’t be until the middle of April. Right now all the money I make goes towards my bike and my Credit Card. I hate having to be all responsible. It just bugs me. I’m going to leave my Credit Card at home now tucked in my shoe hanger so I don’t feel tempted to use it to buy stuff. I just want to quickly pay it off. I’m going to work a bit more so I can get more money honey. I just need to work more in the evenings so I don’t have to have a babysitter cost. I’m also going to do work from home or head in for a couple hours at a time at the theater as well. I need to have no debts by March 31, 2009 because I’m going to be out of commission for 2 weeks and won’t be able to work. Then I have to work like crazy so I can save up money to go to Hawaii in June.
Ryan is now coming with me cuz he wants to come. That and he said he’d pay for the entire thing. So, I’m happy about that. I do want to save money for Hawaii though because then if Ryan balks or complains about something I want to do I’ll just be like, forget you, I’m going whether you like it or not cuz I’ve got the money and I’m doing it. Once my mind is set to do something, I’m dogged determined to see it through and get it done. I just fixate and focus on that one thing until I get it. I usually get what I want. Determination and perseverance pays off. 
