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To all you EBAY shoppers ...........
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:21 pm
by wiredone
As a seller and a buyer, I want to say one thing to you folks looking for ShopSmith stuff on Ebay..........
Check with ShopSmith First. I often see stuff get bid way over what shopsmith charges for new.
Do your homework first.
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:09 pm
by JPG
wiredone wrote:As a seller and a buyer, I want to say one thing to you folks looking for ShopSmith stuff on Ebay..........
Check with ShopSmith First. I often see stuff get bid way over what shopsmith charges for new.
Do your homework first.
Especially spt stop rings!:eek:
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:27 pm
by swampgator
wiredone wrote:As a seller and a buyer, I want to say one thing to you folks looking for ShopSmith stuff on Ebay..........
Check with ShopSmith First. I often see stuff get bid way over what shopsmith charges for new.
Do your homework first.
Exactly! If the bid gets over 50% of what I can get it new from Shopsmith, I give my business to Shopsmith. Some of those who are bidding are very uneducated and I won't bid against them. eBay should be only to save money, else you are tossing money.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:32 am
by JPG
[quote="swampgator"]Exactly! If the bid gets over 50% of what I can get it new from Shopsmith, I give my business to Shopsmith. Some of those who are bidding are very uneducated and I won't bid against them. eBay should be only to save money, else you are tossing money. ]
Depending on the 'condition', half may be too much.
I wonder if most of those high bidders are aware that ss is still 'alive'?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:31 am
by heathicus
I hope they find out. But I'm selling some stuff on eBay right now to build my shop fund so I hope they find out after paying too much for my stuff!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:03 am
by paulmcohen
I am selling a bunch of lathe stuff so I can buy the new Nova center from Shopsmith. 80% of the time I get more than I paid for it new (not my job to educate eBay buyers) but the stuff I sell is usually almost as good as new.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:30 am
by wiredone
I'm all about "caveat emptor"
No one twists my customers arms, they pay what they want to pay.
This was just a reminder to our "brethren" here on the forum to pay attention.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:32 am
by wiredone
JPG40504 wrote:Especially spt stop rings!:eek:
Have you looked at McMaster-Carr for those?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:34 am
by still_waters_43
Although with eBay you get it pretty much right away, while with SS sometimes it takes weeks
so if you dont want to wait.......
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:34 am
by cincinnati
I hang with a lot of car guys. They sell parts on e-bay. They don't seem as thrilled with the bay as they use to. I never do the bay so not sure what it's all about.
I know they have safeguards but find it funny that people will see something for sale that may only be a photo taken off the net by a 16 yo kid killing time in his parents basement. Never met the guy that lives 6 states away and send him money in hopes of getting something in return.