[AT] OT: Take extra care buying on Ebay.

[Cecil Bearden]

Guys:
First I hope that everyone is safe at home or wherever you can keep out 
of this infection....  The only good I see coming out of this is maybe 
we will start buying medicines and equipment from US manufacturers.

I purchased a plasma cutter for a friend to use in payment for some 
engineering services he provided..  I bought a Esab PCM-875 plasma 
cutter on a cart with extension cord from a seller in Nashville TN.  
Seller finally agreed to pay for shipping for a selling price of $800.  
When it arrived,  I found it was a 460V 3 phase.  The 3 phase was not a 
problem but the 460V is a commercial power used mainly by large 
manufacturing facilities.  I filed a dispute with Ebay and I listed the 
reason as defective.  The seller disputed the defective reason as he had 
sent it out for testing at a welding repair service and supplied the 
report.   I tried again, and was advised that the case had been closed 
by Ebay but I should file a dispute with Pay Pal.  I filed a not as 
described dispute with Paypal.  Of course the seller stated that he 
furnished me all the information he had available.  I sent a picture of 
the voltage decal on the back and Paypal decided in my favor for $800.   
Great!!!!!

Not so Great....................

Seller's location is a Controlled environment self storage without a 
dock.  The shipping charge is $300 or more depending on the shipper.  I 
need a signed receipt to get my refund and during this pandemic, the 
drivers are signing the receipt.
It looks like I am back to trying to sell it.   A used 460V plasma 
cutter would be hard to sell to anyone with 460V power.  A facility this 
large would just buy new.

Hey Steve O....   Is your company interested???

Cecil out in the country in OKlahoma