I don't know if it is good or not; probably more machine than I am interested in, but...
They say in the listing, "We reserve the right to end this sale , if the machine is sold locally."
Does eBay allow something like that? Sounds like a violation of rules to me. Even if I was interested, this would stop me from bidding.
Should I report them to eBay?
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SteveF
This is allowed but the auction must be cancelled at least 12 hours prior to the scheduled end of the auction. Agreed, it not a very good practice. I usually try to sell locally first and then put it on eBay.
Steve.
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Gunner Asch
I recently bid on a Gorton tool and cutter grinder. It was up to about $35 when the seller pulled it. I emailed and asked why..and got a terse one line " Item lost"
I then emailed him back and asked how a 375lb, tall shiney gray piece of machinery got lost? And mentioned that if it was refound..Id be interested.
I then got a reply email saying that the seller had an interested offer for $1000 and did I have a counter offer?
My last, now unanswsered email was "so you admit you lied? Ill be sure to keep this in mind, when reviewing your future auctions"
Oddly enough..no response. I should have turned him into ebay..but whats the point....
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the s*it out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner
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jim rozen
Oddly there's a real outbreak of cast iron black holes. The Shaublin 12 horizontal milling machine I wanted to bid on suffered the same fate.
It just kinda got misplaced.
Jim
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SteveF
[snip]
[chuckle] OK, so he's a liar with a pretty low standard of ethics. Since when has that bothered the folks that run eBay?
Steve.
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erik litchy
wow thats a healthy amount of tooling
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