As the parents are no longer around, it falls on our own shoulders to buy Christmas gifts, and as we had a power cut several weeks back, the thoughts of a Christmas generator have been in my mind.
Last Monday was an exciting, yet slightly stressful day, such is the nature of the Facebook Marketplace, as in the past I have been "sniped" after a verbal agreement to buy, usually at the listed price, and then the seller breaking the deal because someone else came along and offered more. In this case, the seller, who was about 45 minutes away honored the deal that we agreed on the previous night. I woke during the night with that trepidation of someone stealing this away from me.
The excitement was quite disproportionate to the actual object, as I have been waiting for a month, and attempting negotiations with other sellers, too late many times as someone else has beaten me to a bargain, or faced with sellers who expected too much money for generators that are often relics from another age, unwilling to negotiate.
However, this was not the case and the seller was true to his word, and for one hundred Canadian dollars, we are now the owners of a Champion 1200 Watt Generator. It is the Christmas gift that we have all been waiting for and we have made sure that Tiny Tim will keep warm this year.
Merry Christmas everyone, here's hoping that 2022 will be a year full of hope and happiness.
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