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Posted by Ignoramus16894 on April 10, 2008, 10:22 am
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> SteveB wrote:
>>> 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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>> 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.
I still have some stuff that one professor bought from me 1.5 years
ago. (alumina blocks)
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Posted by Wayne Cook on April 10, 2008, 10:46 am
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:29 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
>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 sold a shaper 7 years ago. He paid me but he hasn't come and
picked it up yet.
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Posted by Nick Leone on April 10, 2008, 3:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options I wonder if there is some period after which a product is considered legally
abandoned? It is honorable to hold a product for a person if you said you
would, but that length of time seems ridiculous.
-Nick
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:29 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
>
>>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 sold a shaper 7 years ago. He paid me but he hasn't come and
> picked it up yet.
>
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Posted by Bob Engelhardt on April 10, 2008, 6:58 pm
Please log in for more thread options Nick Leone wrote:
> I wonder if there is some period after which a product is considered legally
> abandoned? It is honorable to hold a product for a person if you said you
> would, but that length of time seems ridiculous.
I think a more sound approach would be to contact the buyer and declare
that you've held it long enough and that starting in 1 month there will
be a storage fee, payable in advance. And that if the fee becomes 3
months in arrears, the machine will be sold to pay the fees, with the
remainder, less your disposition fee, being paid to him.
This being my homespun legal opinion without any credentials backing it.
Bob
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Posted by Tom Gardner on April 10, 2008, 10:13 pm
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> Nick Leone wrote:
>> I wonder if there is some period after which a product is considered legally
>> abandoned? It is honorable to hold a product for a person if you said you
>> would, but that length of time seems ridiculous.
>
> I think a more sound approach would be to contact the buyer and declare that
> you've held it long enough and that starting in 1 month there will be a
> storage fee, payable in advance. And that if the fee becomes 3 months in
> arrears, the machine will be sold to pay the fees, with the remainder, less
> your disposition fee, being paid to him.
>
> This being my homespun legal opinion without any credentials backing it.
>
> Bob
I did tell him that I would let him know if was in the way. All the time it was
hooked up and we used it a few times a month. I e-mailed him every 6 months or
so or he I, and confirmed it wasn't a problem. I kind of did expect him to
either abandon it or sell it. He always seems like a nice guy and as a fellow
woodworking/business owner I had more empathy than with a typical eBay buyer.
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