Seriously though. If kijiji stuff is overpriced junk, and he doesn't want to buy new.....
Hey, man, you can be as snarky as you want here, but I'm not paying $150 for a blower that's advertised as "nearly new!!!!111" but hasn't
actually been nearly new since 2005. I'm also not really interested in throwing a couple hundred bucks at an
actually new blower for my garage when a throw-away from a scrapped furnace would do just fine. I can't speak for you, but I certainly can't afford to waste money like that even if I was willing.
But, I appreciate your advice about the place on 12th. I will look into it and also contact some furnace replacement operations to see if they're willing to sell parts from the furnaces that they replace.
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