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MYX:
Hey all,
I decided that because I am trying to fix more machines lately and many problems exist on the boards, I would go ahead and buy an oscilloscope. I have been watching eBay for several weeks now and last night found one that looked pretty good. I had been asking all sorts of questions to so many people about the condition of many pieces so they were all starting to run together.

The ad said the unit powers on. We have probes so we can not test. Being sold as is. Bid with confidence as my ratings are high. Lower in the ad it says that there is a 3 day return policy so again bid with confidence. I did.

After the auction was over I started reading up on where to send the $ as they would NOT take paypal due to fraud. I read closer and noticed how the description said the unit powers on. I looked at the picture again, the power light was on but there were no traces on the field. I started to feel sick. Then the other wording started to sink in. 3 day return policy to protect against DOA unless marked as is. Bid with confidence.

Oh snap. Why would you even put that wording in the ad. If there is no return policy, then there is no return policy, so don't even say it. I feel like I just bid on a dud. I e-mailed him with nearly the same letter that I have written. I asked so, does the thing really work or not. Are there traces on the scope? His reply, it powers on. I sent another email and asked if he could see traces on the scope. He said that his tech got it to power up and then it was given to him to sell. He actually knew nothing about the scope.

---meadow muffin---! So, my question is this. I have spent a great deal of time and energy to be a good buyer / seller, and have a 100% rating all my reviews were stellar and I am sitting with the high probability of a DOA scope. I am not made of money and am leaning towards cutting the ties on this one. I do not want to screw up my ratings. What do I do?
Hoopz:
Is your Ebay credibiltiy and rating worth the money that you could possibly lose if you pay for this and it doesn't work?

Tough decision but thats how I would look at it.
MYX:
I agree, but I do not have the money to blow on a dud though.  :banghead:

The whole thing when looking back on the thing, is that it seems like he was being deceptive. I mean if the thing does not work, then just say so. People still buy those things for parts and actually sometimes they pay good money for parts. I just feel misled and I think that is the other reason that I am holding back. I have never even tried to back out of an auction. Even when I had huge buyers remorse about something, I still bought it because I clicked "Bid". But I have never felt this misled as what the actual condition and situation were.
Havok:
Most of the time untested means "broken" on e-bay. If you don't have the money, then I wouldn't buy it. You know though, with the misleading description he will probably give you a negative feedback. If this really bothers you, perhaps you can buy it an re-list it to recoup your money and keep your feedback score...
divemaster127:
heres what you do, just email & state for whatever reason i cannot complete the transaction, can I pay for your ebay fees & what you feel is a reasonable sum for your trouble, plus neither of you has left feedback either so that gives each of you something to lean on...
dm
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