CHEAP people....let's see your stories about those frugal folks that were smart or really annoying!

This story may not be quite what the op intended, but here goes.

Back in around 2015 or 2016, I had a coworker who had a couple of fox body Mustangs and a bunch of parts he wanted to get rid of. He had asked me if I was interested on a couple of occasions and I told him I would like to see the cars first.
He said that the cars were in his dad's backyard and that he had to let his dad know before I could go see them. Finally after about 2 months he told me to come by that weekend and I would be able to check everything out.

When I got there, he had the 2 Mustangs, both 1983 GLX models, both t top cars, basically complete, one had a 302 that he thought had a bad cam, plus a 351w on a stand, a freshly rebuilt set of aftermarket sbf heads, a pile of miscellaneous parts, wheels, tires, etc, all for $500.00. Then his dad came out and said he would sell me his 1991 GMC 3/4 2wd pickup for another $400.00. I drove the truck home with a load of parts and had a buddy come down with a deck truck to haul the cars to my house.

2 hours later, my buddy phones and says his son wants to buy the truck so I sold it for $900.00, now I have 2 cars plus a ton of parts free! Over the next few months or so I got the 302 running perfectly, firing order was wrong, and sold off pretty much everything, made about $5k profit.
I bet that was "back in the good old days!!!!" Even prior top 2015 maybe!???? But yes things were way more plentiful and cheaper even then!!!!

Funny story. WAYyyy back about 1983 ( yea I am older than that even) I lucked up on a Mo. farmer with a 69 Roadrunner roller for sale. Yep the price was $50, complete roller, almost no rust and a 383 bare block to go with (turned out to be a 361). Scrap. F8 green. I sold it to a guy for $500 to part out.. And so started my Mopar world. About 3-4 years later, he calls me and tells me his wife wants all the parts he took off that car GONE plus all the other parts stored in their basement. Also she wants the 69 Roadrunner roller he had bought gone also and like NOW!!!! $1000 for it all. The car was originally black with a blue interior ( not offered but yes the fender tag verified it.)
Included with all the parts off the RR he parted he got from me, was a couple of 440s with complete 6 pac setups, 2-3 A 833 trans, some BB TF, and a TON of more parts! 3 trips with the pickup and trailer. Sold it all for around $6,000.

I told him I recognized him from the TV other night. Big crime scene in K.C. He was a young guy. He was a head FBI agent!

They had a really large and expensive home and his wife was overjoyed!!!!!