Comment on Anyone have experience with buying on eBay?
lettruthout@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What type of product were you trying to buy? I had trouble like this when ordering borate wood preservative. Maybe six sellers cancelled my order. Not all replied to my messages asking for more info. Those that did vaguely referred to shipping problems. Eventually I gave up on eBay and got the item from an online store. HTH.
loopy@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It is an antique woodworking tool. It was a decent price, that’s why I scooped it. The idea was to buy a vintage one and fix it a little so it was cheaper than a very expensive new one. But many of the vintage ones are approaching new prices.
wjrii@kbin.social 8 months ago
So what kind of hand plane was it,LOL?
loopy@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Spot on, it was a hand plane haha. Stanley 46 plow plane
wjrii@kbin.social 8 months ago
Ha, yeah, I am not a huge hand plane guy, but I know the 46. I’d be miffed too if I was hunting one and somebody yanked a good deal out from under me.
I have one Japanese wooden block plane, a little green German block plane I saw on Matthias Wandel’s channel, a harbor freight smoothing plane, and a post war vintage no-name Jack plane that still cost more than you’d think.
ares35@kbin.social 8 months ago
i've seen items sell 'too fast', get refunded/cancelled as item not available, and then relisted later for a higher price. but if it's a highly rated seller, probably just sold it elsewhere or locally.