Obviously you and your family are the only ones that know how tight things will be for you. And what sacrifices everyone has to make - because you won't enjoy the bike if everyone else is doing without things they want. But if there is enough money for everyone to have a little something special while they deny themselves a lot of other things for a while, then it is nice to give yourself a little gift to soften the blow.
In addition to more Clems coming in later, I will bet that a few months down the road we'll see the occasional post from someone that has decided they need to sell their Clem and you will have the opportunity to purchase an almost new one for a little less money when you are in a better position to evaluate how much of an impact it will have on the budget. I am very sorry you were laid off. It is terrible to feel that things aren't on your terms. But I also know there is a real good chance that a year or so from now you will experience a wonderful sense of freedom that you are on a new and better path. On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:28:19 AM UTC-7, Wayne Naha wrote: > Well, a little over a week ago I was laid off from my job, after five and > a half years. The falling price of oil has had a sharply negative effect > in my industry. There are other jobs in my field, but that would require a > major relocation. My wife and I are tired of this, as it would be the > third such move in a little over a decade. We are planning to relocate to > a plot of family land in the middle of BFE Michigan, and start a farm. Its > a scary and exciting prospect. My quandary is that I have a Clem on the > way, and it isn't paid for yet. That is, Riv has their money but my credit > card has a big hole in it! I have a good introductory deal: No interest > for 15 months. The Clem is the only purchase on the card. So I figured > that it would be easy. But now, of course, I feel differently. Riv will > certainly cancel my sale, and someone else will certainly snap up the bike. > But I can't let it go just yet. It feels very selfish of me to want to > keep the bike, and I am trying to come up with ways to justify it's > existence in my life. They ring hollow and I know it's just because the > bike has been this goal I've worked toward, and in some weird way, feel > I've earned. Still, I might feel less stressed if I did just let it go. > That money will find plenty of other uses. Anyhow, I don't expect the > list to have any magic cures, but I just needed to rant. Thanks for > listening. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
