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Posted by Tom Gardner on April 9, 2008, 10:49 pm
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3 years ago I sold a BIG bandsaw on eBay. The gentleman asked if I would store
it until he arranged transport from OH to CT. OK, it's not in the way! THREE
years later he has a truck ready to swing by...maybe. It didn't bother me, the
saw was out of the way but I figure this has to be the longest lived eBay
transaction. If anybody, Gunner might have similar stories.
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Posted by pdrahn@coinet.com on April 9, 2008, 11:19 pm
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> 3 years ago I sold a BIG bandsaw on eBay. The gentleman asked if I would store
> it until he arranged transport from OH to CT. OK, it's not in the way! THREE
> years later he has a truck ready to swing by...maybe. It didn't bother me, the
> saw was out of the way but I figure this has to be the longest lived eBay
> transaction. If anybody, Gunner might have similar stories.
Hi, Tom.
That is quite a story. I have never had anything like that, or even
close.
What I have experienced on Ebay is 6 months after buying an EPROM
programmer, the seller returned all my money. Never explained.
I own an electronic assembly service. We were using a lot of bar
solder in the wave solder machine several years ago. I found a seller
in New York that had a lot of brand name bar solder in large
quantities and got several batches at good prices. Then one day we got
a phone call from a police agency in the guy's home town. They asked
for copies of all Ebay sales and all email correspondence with the
seller, which I printed and faxed to them. Seems the guy was stealing
from his employer and selling on Ebay.
Seems like there was one other weird thing, but it escapes me right
now.
Thanks, Paul
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Posted by Karl Townsend on April 10, 2008, 5:35 am
Please log in for more thread options > I own an electronic assembly service. We were using a lot of bar
> solder in the wave solder machine several years ago. I found a seller
> in New York that had a lot of brand name bar solder in large
> quantities and got several batches at good prices. Then one day we got
> a phone call from a police agency in the guy's home town. They asked
> for copies of all Ebay sales and all email correspondence with the
> seller, which I printed and faxed to them. Seems the guy was stealing
> from his employer and selling on Ebay.
This has got to be extremely common, especially on small high dollar items.
Take Sandvik and Iscar inserts, for example. You can get them any day of the
week for 25 cents on the dollar. Who needs a pawn shop or a fence when
you've got eBay.
Karl
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Posted by SteveB on April 10, 2008, 2:55 am
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>3 years ago I sold a BIG bandsaw on eBay. The gentleman asked if I would
>store it until he arranged transport from OH to CT. OK, it's not in the
>way! THREE years later he has a truck ready to swing by...maybe. It
>didn't bother me, the saw was out of the way but I figure this has to be
>the longest lived eBay transaction. If anybody, Gunner might have similar
>stories.
I had a couple of marathon transactions, but I was paid, and I didn't care
if they EVER picked it up.
Steve
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Posted by Rex on April 10, 2008, 10:14 am
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>> 3 years ago I sold a BIG bandsaw on eBay. The gentleman asked if I would
>> store it until he arranged transport from OH to CT. OK, it's not in the
>> way! THREE years later he has a truck ready to swing by...maybe. It
>> didn't bother me, the saw was out of the way but I figure this has to be
>> the longest lived eBay transaction. If anybody, Gunner might have similar
>> stories.
>
> I had a couple of marathon transactions, but I was paid, and I didn't care
> if they EVER picked it up.
>
> Steve
I sold a brake lathe to a buyer who later turned out to be in Chile.
between the language barrier and complicated freight arrangements, it
took about 3 months to get it out the door.
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> it until he arranged transport from OH to CT. OK, it's not in the way! THREE
> years later he has a truck ready to swing by...maybe. It didn't bother me, the
> saw was out of the way but I figure this has to be the longest lived eBay
> transaction. If anybody, Gunner might have similar stories.