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When I moved here I purchased a USED ATV from the local Polaris dealer ($3,000). I bought it in the Winter and didn't try to use it till Spring. That's when I found out it did not work right. The Polaris dealer told me my three month warranty was up. He wouldn't refund my purchase and he wouldn't help me fix it.
SO...it's JUNK. It was in my back yard and I figured it should be in the front yard where EVERYBODY can see it. I turned it upside down and stepped back to look at it and it seemed a bit "dark" to me so I added the legs sticking out.
In this small town, the Chief of Police was friends with the Polaris dealer so he paid me a visit and told me I had to move it. He said it was a distraction and he would hold me responsible for ANY accidents along the street.
The next day I took an ad out in the paper. ATV art for sale by leading ATV artist. Price reduced from $57,000 to $23,456.78. My loss is your gain.
Then I went to the Police station and told them "Now that everyone knows how much my art is worth, you need to go by a couple of times a night to check on my artwork.
Then a concerned citizen contacted me and asked it they could help. We made a deal where he would write me a check for $23,456.78 BUT I would not try to cash it. What I did was go back to the police and SHOW them that I had a buyer for my artwork BUT the condition of the sale is that It has to STAY where it is.
They leave me alone now.
Bravo
You are an exceptional human