Scam?

I don't think UPS will handle that mill to begin with nor will Airboard Airlines (whomever they are) and the costs of shipping such an item will be probably on the order of the cost of the mill. That has to be a spam.

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Sounds too good to be true.

Not saying its a scam either but that postcode resolves to Leyton, a somewhat depressed definately fairly post industrial part of north east london, the far side of the Lee valley. I'd be careful myself as a London resident. Also WHY is it 220V 60Hz. I would expect a UK bridgeport to be 240V 50Hz. I am no expert and have never made chips on a mill, but I have done considerable work on the controlling PC on one of my regular customer's bridgeport.

OT: Ive trailed my boat through that neibourhood and I reckon most of the population had ever seen a privately owned sailboat before. Heads turned. NOT the usual inner city reaction in a non waterfront area. I think but arent sure that the postcode would be just off the highstreet I drove through with my boat.

Make of that what you will.

should let you look up any future UK postcodes (Which work like zip codes, but alphanumeric. 1-3 letters, a number, a space another number and a couple of letters: XXXnnn nXX). If you have a house number as well, it can be resolved to a FULL uk postal address. I expected this one not to be valid, but it was.

P.S Gunner, Our london local newspaper is the 'Evening Standard' If he can email you a photo of the mill with the current issue folded heading up laying on the table, with a message to you written in marker pen, Its probably legit, but he has allready said he's out of the country so would probably have an excuse ready. He'd have to return to prepare it for shipping though, so any excuse shouldnt hold up.

As I indicated..Ive no interest in the mill, but if it was legit..perhaps someone posting here from the UK might.

Hence I left in the email addy of the seller.

Gunner

"This device is provided without warranty of any kind as to reliability, accuracy, existence or otherwise or fitness for any particular purpose and Bioalchemic Products specifically does not warrant, guarantee, imply or make any representations as to its merchantability for any particular purpose and furthermore shall have no liability for or responsibility to you or any other person, entity or deity with respect to any loss or damage whatsoever caused by this device or object or by any attempts to destroy it by hammering it against a wall or dropping it into a deep well or any other means whatsoever and moreover asserts that you indicate your acceptance of this agreement or any other agreement that may he substituted at any time by coming within five miles of the product or observing it through large telescopes or by any other means because you are such an easily cowed moron who will happily accept arrogant and unilateral conditions on a piece of highly priced garbage that you would not dream of accepting on a bag of dog biscuits and is used solely at your own risk.'

I bid on Herrs' virgin Lagun last week, and got an email from the same "christian_wood", however he offered a "similar machine" located here in the U.S. not U.K.

I didn't save the email.

So why did you bid on it, as you said in your original post?

Abrasha

According to the info with the mill Gunner posted about, it is located in Temecula, CA (United satates/Los Angeles). No mention anywhere of U.K.

Abrasha

If you set aside your annoyance with Gunner for a minute and read the WHOLE original post, you'll see that he bid on a particular mill on ebay, then received an unsolicited email from another party telling him they had the same type of mill that they would sell very cheap blah blah blah.

This is a common scam on the Automotive side of Ebay. My dad received an similar email after bidding on a skidsteer. Told him he'd sell the thing for $500 or so less than his bid, AND would ship it by UPS(!) clear across the country for a deposit, the rest payable after he received it and inspected it. What a prince!

To get a starting bid in . Shrug..I like Steve, he seems to be a good and honorable man, and I know enough people whom have bought commercial machines from him to now be able to recommend him. And thats saying a lot in an industry with more than its fair share of scammers and con artists.

You seem to forget I do machine tool repair/sales/brokering in commercial shops. My interfacing with HSM guys is for fun and enjoyment. The other stuff is "work".

Im an individual with feet in both worlds, production shops, and home shops. Sometimes its interesting to see how both sides handle things. Ive helped HSM guys do a setup like a pro would do, and Ive passed on HSM tricks to pros. Two different mindsets using machines doing similar jobs.

Too bad your not out in California, Id take you to a swiss house and let you dabble with a Tornos or Bechler screw machine that can turn out the same part +/- .0001 for weeks at a time, dropping a part every 5 seconds using 6 tools. Or a Viper gantry mill that is milling at 600 inches per minute on a billet thats as big as your living room. Where they do tool offsets by standing in the middle of the work piece, using cigarette papers and a pendant control with a 25' cable.

Two different worlds, both fun to be involved in.

Gunner

"This device is provided without warranty of any kind as to reliability, accuracy, existence or otherwise or fitness for any particular purpose and Bioalchemic Products specifically does not warrant, guarantee, imply or make any representations as to its merchantability for any particular purpose and furthermore shall have no liability for or responsibility to you or any other person, entity or deity with respect to any loss or damage whatsoever caused by this device or object or by any attempts to destroy it by hammering it against a wall or dropping it into a deep well or any other means whatsoever and moreover asserts that you indicate your acceptance of this agreement or any other agreement that may he substituted at any time by coming within five miles of the product or observing it through large telescopes or by any other means because you are such an easily cowed moron who will happily accept arrogant and unilateral conditions on a piece of highly priced garbage that you would not dream of accepting on a bag of dog biscuits and is used solely at your own risk.'

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:21:58 +0000, Ian Malcolm vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

Actually, he says he will ship it from _here_ (he is in another country with his wife's father), whereabouts unknown?

hmmmm....

**************************************************** sorry remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Spike....Spike? Hello?

Yep its a scam, since when did we start using postal codes ?

Best Regards Tom.

Doubtless a scam.

i

I get plenty of responses from people whose first language is not English. I do not hold poor grammar against them.

Your email was a scam, but dismissing all emails written in poor English is also a mistake.

i

"azotic" on Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:08:30 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Way back, long before we switch to the Zone Improvement Program's codes.

Gunner Asch wrote in rec.crafts.metalworking on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:59 -0800:

Yes! Scam. To confirm, you can reply with some strange facts or odd terms and see that they aren't scared off. Like tell them that it's from your sisters barbie set. They won't bat an eye.

Have some fun!

I think what you have is a bush league variation of the classic Nigerian

419 scam:

There is a whole subculture out there who's 'hobby' is yanking the chains of these little scammer bastards... Check this along with Tom Gardners link above:

Some hilarious stuff is on this site... but many hours of reading...

(CAUTION! Read, understand and heed the warning posted here:

...should you choose to dick with one of these clowns.)

Erik

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It sure feels like one to me. I don't know what you can do with your bank to get it truly verified in a way which won't come back to bite you. Perhaps start out with the local police or something?

Good Luck, DoN.