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

[Cecil Bearden]

Rather just sell it as I already have 2 80 amp machines and a 40 amp, 
one is 3 phase 230V, all Thermal Dynamics.  I should have just bought 
him a new 30 amp cutter, it would have enough power for most of his use 
and not that expensive.
Cecil

On 4/1/2020 2:07 PM, rbrooks at hvc.rr.com wrote:
> Cecil
>
> You might think about picking up a 240/3 Phase to 460/3 phase 
> transformer in a suitable size   Might make out better with less hassle
>
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 1, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 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 
>> <mailto: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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