One of my favorite memories of Tom's Sunday morning antics, we had 6 inches of snow on Saturday late night into Sunday, so his #1 pick was an early 70's JEEP CJ, located in Independence, MO about an hour drive to the NE of their Leawood, KS home. Talking to the guy, he mentioned that he was a police officer in Independence, and they fell into a comfortable discussion about the "real value" of his "old Jeep". Tom managed to talk him to a price reduced more than $500 from the price listed in the ad, cash on the barrel head, no problems. With the deal done, Tom then asked, "Can I get you to bring it to me, and I'll take you back home?" The guy was flabbergasted - "Mister, you talked me down on my price, and now you want me to drive an hour or more to bring it to you? Are you CRAZY?" Ever the salesman, Tom replied, "Son, I don't have a JEEP to get to you! I'm buying a JEEP so I can drive in this snow! YOU have a JEEP and have no problem driving in a foot of snow (really only 6"...), but I'm going to have a terrible time getting to you! Besides, wouldn't you really like to drive that JEEP one more time in deep snow?"

The guy brought the Jeep, Tom took him home and then used the Jeep to go collect the rest of his morning haul, but this time taking a helper with him to get the newly purchased cars away from the sellers so they couldn't back out of the deals.