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of all that I hold sacred....
This thing is only $180 CANADIAN! from Lee Valley...
And the sad thing is that some sucker will probably buy it....
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ebay is a haven for idiocy....
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stickdoctor wrote in news:Xns949B84D228FBstickdoctorhotmailco@24.69.255.211:
well, it is obvious this guy is a clip artist since he also has
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detail chisels set...his price $333.35, Lee Valley Price $189.00
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wooden smooth plane his price $79.99, Lee Valley price $52.50
*sigh* yet another blow to faith in man's innate decency...
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I see this all the time on EBay. To bad, some knucklehead will probably bid on it. BTW, I have the plane and it is a very good tool. Dave
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> Mother of all that I hold sacred....
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$139 US today on the Veritas website, and this Bozo (apologies to any real life clowns) want $199US if you "buy it now"
And you're right, someone will buy it AND wind up paying $20 US shipping as well
What a rip off John
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> Mother of all that I hold sacred....
What happens is that the seller buys it from Lee Valley and resells it to the high bidder. Makes a quick fifty bucks. Unethical? Yes.
Jon E
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Lemme get this straight, a person buying something and selling it at a profit is unethical? That's how every store on earth operates.
The only thing unethical about this is the use of Lee Valley's copyrighted images.
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I don't agree with the unethical part. Seems to me I can buy and sell anything I want, for what ever price I can get for it. Buyer beware! If this is unethical, why is it NOT unethical for differant stores to sell the same item at differant prices! If Amazon sells a tool for $500 it must be unethical for the local hardware store to ask $550! Greg
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Note the "private bidder" status - always a warning sign
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> Mother of all that I hold sacred....
Did you notice he has a perfect 100% feedback rating on 266 transactions? That's a lot of happy shafted customers.
P.
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The guy must read the wreck. His original prices have been revised.
Come on now fess up, which one of you guys is bestbuy$4less?
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"Paul" wrote in news:m3x%b.250$ snipped-for-privacy@news7.onvoy.net:
I think it is a fairly safe assumption that his ratings and feedback are faked....
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Rob Lee has reported him.
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I actually just sent the guy a message asking why he's asking more than the retailer's price. Might be interesting to see a reply.
As for unethical, it's not as long as the individual is a licensed distributer. I doubt this numnuts is.
Cheers, cc
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I don't put any stock in that crap anyway unless it's a seriously negative number.
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much of the text comes right from LV's page.
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He said to me that the shipping and taxes he's paid make $200 "buy it now" a pretty good deal.
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You guys are all crazy!
"Ethics" has no place in a discussion of retail sales.
Jay in NH
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sslawnh responds:
Checked the Lee Valley catalog lately? I vote that ethics certainly has a place and LV shows where it is.
Charlie Self I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.
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Well ...
I have over 900 transactions with no negative feedback.... :)
This type of posting to eBay happens frequently... we can only object if the seller uses our images without permission, or clones our text. We do get the auctions cancelled. If we find out who the seller is - we're also within our rights to refuse to sell to them at all...
The most common "rip-off" on eBay using our products is the resale of our "Stanley Conbination Planes Book"....
It's up there now, as I type...our price is $3.95 US ... the auctions regularly finish for $7-$25 plus shipping...
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than putting up the same items ourselves - there's not much that can be done....
Cheers -
Rob
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In this case, yes. Not everybody. This particular brand of sleaze irritates me, when this is clearly a scam.
Jon E