Hi All,
In my experience, the key is to build your inventory so that she can't keep up. If the basement is already full of bikes and stuff, then any new thing is easily hidden or blended it. If she does ask, simply chuckle and say, "That? That's been here forever. Way to go, that's a cool bike/frame/item, and I think you have an awesome eye for noticing quality." Oh yeah, also it's very handy if you and wife are roughly the same height. My beloved has had many many very nice bikes. She chose not to ride them, so I did. But they were hers all along. And in the all's fair department, she got her fair share of the dough when the sell-off came.
Greg Overton remembering the good ole days, near Denver, Colorado
Quoting jeff holt <jefflaw@msn.com>:
>
> "Have you ever:
> 1. requested the package NOT say anything about bikes on it
> 2. had a frame sent to a trusted friends house
> 3. kept a watchful eye for the delivery personnel
> 4. used rationalizations about investments and value (to no effect)
> 5. lied by telling her you can probably make some money at it"
>
> 1) Yes
> 2) No...but I've had plenty of stuff delivered to my office.
> 3) Yes...& check the UPS/FedEx tracking website every 10 minutes.
> 4 & 5) Yes to both, BUT she usually responds with something to the
> effect that I better sell something
> NOW because she wants to use the money for something frivolous like
> food or rent.
>
> Also, have your ever:
> A) Hidden stuff in the basement, only to bring it out when your wife
> is out of the house
> picking up the monthly welfare check & food stamps?
> B) Told your wife that you're changing your will to specify that
> your NOS Campy NR grouppo goes to a fellow CR
> devotee with the stipulation that it will be mounted on a 60's Cinelli?
> C) Rec'd a nasty look from your wife when you suggest that instead
> of going on a cruise for your 30th wedding
> anniversary, that she might want to consider visiting Leesburg, VA
> the first weekend of June.
>
> Jeff Holt
> West Deptford, NJ
> USA