Why I'm Not Selling Mine

People ask me — every week. 'If your rig is so bad, why don't you sell it?' Real answer. Today.

Selling it means someone else owns the defects I know about. I'd have to disclose. They wouldn't buy it at a price that covers what I owe. So I'd have to eat the loss.

Trading it in means the dealer dumps it on a young family who can't afford the inspector. They get the rig I know is broken. Not gonna do that to someone.

Keeping it means — I'm the one who knows what's wrong with it. I can manage it. I can fix it. I can warn other people through this channel. The rig becomes useful as evidence.

my wife and I talk about it every month. Same conclusion every time. The rig stays. The watchdog work continues. Sometimes the right thing is the inconvenient thing.