[time-nuts] ebay warning

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi Bert and all,

Very few occasions items like we talk about is really pristine, I expect 
it to be used and only try to judge about how much milage it has. Most 
of the dumpster diver level re-circulation folks has low knowledge, and 
some excel and actually has a clue, but if only the pictures is their 
own and show some reasonable level of degradation and then I judge if I 
think there is a fair price or not for what roughly is being provided.

So far I have not been scammed very hard. Most of the stuff has been 
within the expected level, but all that comes from makeing a decision of 
what to expect and what price is fair for that expectation.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 02/26/2012 05:33 PM, EWKehren at aol.com wrote:
> Pete
> Thanks for the link. Now it explains where they come from and what
> condition they are in. Again I like to warn against ggg*fitting that sell Morion
> as NEW and did sell FE 5680A as NEW. I did mail my very used sold as NEW
> back to them so someone will get it if you continue to buy from them. They
> agreed to reimburse me for shipping but as you see below now threaten me if I
> do  not give them a positive review.
>   Look at shipping cost some of it is off the top! It is time to take a
> breather and we will se a drop in prices. There is a limited market and we are
> at least 50%
>
> "We in the description, indicate the is used.
> We have to make the best  possible treatment, a full refund to you, and pay
> for shipping costs  $13.17
> If you don't change the positive 5 star feedback, we don't pay $13.17  to
> you!!
> To trouble you, I'm so sorry!"
>
> I will not change my feedback ggg are crooks and they know it. Be
> carefully, there are other choices.
> Bert Kehren
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/26/2012 1:42:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> bell.peter at gmail.com writes:
>
> I  suspect a lot of the ebay sellers are buying stuff from Taobao and
> just  reselling it.  For example, this appears to be the original
> source of  the FE-5680As which were supplied with the OCXO and socket
> (although he  seems to have run out of OCXOs  now)
> http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12204039399 - the price  is
> interesting, too - 90 RMB (about $15). Of course, they generally  won't
> ship to addresses outside China.
>
> The bit of his website  dealing with oscillators is interesting, too
> (in Chinese, but lots of  photos) - I suspect some of the other stuff
> being sold on ebay is being  sourced from  him:
>
> http://www.dz98.com/an.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete  Bell
>
>
>
>
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