Random Musings

Well, Jeff is now available on carsales.com.au.

You can see him here.

I've put a price tag for $4,000 on him, though I'm not 100% sure what he's worth. According to the carsales.com.au valuations, he should be worth between $1,700 to $3,900 for a private sale, however according to the RACQ valuation, he's worth $4,840 to $7,040. Hopefully the later is more accurate.

Now lets just see if anyone wants him.

My phone interview was supposed to be half an hour ago, 11:30 Melbourne time, 10:30 my time, however it didn't happen.

I was ready and waiting for the call, and it didn't happen. Since I don't have the interviewers contact details I couldn't ring up and check so I had to wait.

He rang about 10 minutes ago to check up why I hadn't come in to the office for the interview. It seems that when he wrote it into his diary, he forgot to write down that it was a phone interview and he was supposed to ring me. Oops.

He apologies for the mistake, and we've rescheduled for Monday at 11:30. Daylight savings ends this weekend, so it will actually be at 11:30 for me.

Now I've got to wait again! Argh! Stress anyone?

Well, I just got a phone call for another job application I put in, this time with a company called Hansen, a US based company that primarily is an application developer for government operations.

The guy who contacted me from the recruitment company said to have a look over the web site, and see if I like what I see, and if I do to contact him on Monday.

My stress levels are dropping again. Woot!

[Edit: Be afraid! The CEO's name is Chuck!]

Jeff was in for a roadworthy today so I can actually try and sell him.

He didn't pass, unfortunately. There's a small list of things that must be fixed before I am allowed to sell him privately. The list is:

• Rear wheel cylinders require replacing - $290


• Brake pedal pad - $116


• Tappet cover gasket leaking - $137


• Oil filter cap leaking - $16


• Washer hose split and requires replacing - $40


• 3 new tyres

For a grand total of $599 for everything except the tyres, as I'll be getting them elsewhere for less than the service centre would charge, $59 each instead of $129 each. Money that I would really rather not spend, but it's money that I have to spend if I want to try and sell it privately before I leave. As a result, he's booked in again for Monday.

Oh well.