Thread: Health hazard for ebay sellers. Be warned.

You, sucked in by some person in WA, I don't believe it.

Kennearth

Just finished watching the movie "Red Dog" seems they're all mad out west!

Actually, it was one of the better laughs that I've had in a long time, and thanks to Anorak Bob for crafting exactly the right gotcha. As a -take it has to rank right up there.

GQ

Greg sent me this as it happened. Even though it wasn't me involved I went through the same range of emotions, having had to deal with idiotic questioning from buyers also. It culminated with one of the best laughs I'd had in a very long time. Well done Bob!

Damn....

Having just yesterday bought, or should I say fallen victim to the persuasive wiles of GQ's eloquently crafted marketting hype, and would you believe it was a Mitutoyo Dial Caliper... And after all that I missed the opportunity to ask the pertinent questions you should always ask when buying fine metrology... but I do pride myself that I dodged the temptation to buy a plastic FP1....


Is that because the other side is adorned with the scribblings of some half witted, close to iliterate previous owner or the engravings of some tool room zealot

Priceless...

Regards
Ray

PS Thanks BT and GQ for the laugh...

Greg, next time you visit WA, hire a tiger moth and invite a certain WA resident up for a spin in the passenger's seat. Disable the seat belt first, then execute a few maneuvers , loop the loop, stall turns, barrel rolls etc.

If that doesn't wipe the smile off a certain WA green lathe/photographer's face, nothing will.

Ken

Nah, memories are long, and revenge is a dish best enjoyed cold, as they say in the (alleged) mafia. As a joke I enjoyed it very well.

Greg

So.... what's your opinion on Ebay sellers that pull listings early, then......?

PDW

...i usually find that aggravating. Yesterday though I ended a height gauge early because I decided that the item wasn't quite as good as I described, and that I would keep it for my own use as that was just easier for me. That was one day into the auction.

I have bought from a guy in Germany that ends many listings early, so I got into the habit of asking to sell it direct, and he always does. I imagine the angst that follows isn't pretty because he often wrongly labels rare things and sells them early for cheap.

In general I find ebay only just tolerable. I dislike the process, and the fees. But they are the only game in town for reaching a wide audience.

Why do you ask, Peter?

Originally Posted by Greg Q

...i usually find that aggravating. Yesterday though I ended a height gauge early because I decided that the item wasn't quite as good as I described, and that I would keep it for my own use as that was just easier for me. That was one day into the auction.

I have bought from a guy in Germany that ends many listings early, so I got into the habit of asking to sell it direct, and he always does. I imagine the angst that follows isn't pretty because he often wrongly labels rare things and sells them early for cheap.

In general I find ebay only just tolerable. I dislike the process, and the fees. But they are the only game in town for reaching a wide audience.

Why do you ask, Peter?

I was watching that height gauge and didn't want to offer you less than someone else would pay by trying to do an off-Ebay deal is all.

Send me an email about it if you like - my thinking was to use it as a base for measuring stuff off the surface plate as per your suggestion so the missing scriber isn't important to me.

I should add that I don't care at all that you pulled it nor if you'd sold it off Ebay early. Not like it's such a vendor friendly site after all, as you say. Some people I know only use Gumtree these days. Audience *is* a lot smaller though. I think I may be listing a few things on Gumtree soon - not machine tool related though, just stuff here that I want to go away.

PDW