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

[Stephen Offiler]

Hey Cecil:

Don't get your hopes up, but I will look into it.  We don't really do the
sort of fabrication work where a plasma cutter would fit in.  That said, I
am going to talk it over with one of my guys (who's working mostly from
home, but comes in after the hourly folks go home) and see what he thinks.
I can't think of any of our equipment using 440V (that's what we call it...
like how some people say 110V, some say 120V) but we have several
transformers and surely there's available 440 taps.  We've got a LOT of
208/220V-3ph, and a bit of 600V-3ph.  Send me whatever info you've got.
Again - this is a long shot.

Steve O.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:24 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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