Reply by Rob

Ouch. I’m not surprised they got one for free (someone in my woodworking club tried giving his away recently and only asked that the new owner make a donation to the club), but it stinks that they gave you the shaft on the one you bought on their behalf. Since they had already approved a budget of $350 for the saw, I don’t think you’d be out of line asking them to pay you the $350 and offer to give them back whatever you can get out of it after subtracting your gas and tolls. I think that’s the only fair way to handle this if both you and the theater company value the relationship.

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