[TheForge] Re: anvildood was big anvils

[Andy Vida]

Loktr@aol.com wrote:

> I hope that no one is offended that i air my stupid and sad (for me) story on
> this forum but I would not like to see any one else get screwed.

	Don't feel too badly.  We all have at least one of these
	stories.  I suppose getting snookered at least once in one's
	life is part of living.

	This is one of the reasons I am very loathe to buy anything
	from ebay.  People lie like rugs.  I just bought a pair of
	Dietzgen "Federal" proportional dividers.  They are absolutely
	beautiful and in almost mint condition, but there was some
	slight damage to the adjustment mechanism the seller neglected
	to tell me about.  But for $65 I made out like a bandit, so
	this time I was lucky.

	I've seen some auctions where sellers offer money-back
	guarantees.  I have also, on two occasions, seen buyer's
	insurance offered in a pop-up as a sale was going through.
	Does anyone know about this?  If it's cheap enough, I would
	think it might be a very good way to insure you don't take
	it in the neck at the hands of unscrupulous or ignorant
	sellers.

	Oh, as for this guy and the hammer, leave a very detailed
	account as negative feedback to warn other buyers away from
	him.

	-Andy