EBAY GONE BAD!
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rigwelder
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EBAY GONE BAD!
just got a remington barlow in the mail from ebay. the listing said the main blade was slow! its got a BROKEN BACKSPRING! does anybody have a quick fix, without tearing it apart? i should send it back, but the seller wasnt honest and i hate to pay double shipping. when EBAY goes BAD im allways worried they will just keep my money! I THINK THE SELLER SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR FEEDBACK YOU LEAVE UNTILL AFTER THEY LEAVE FEEDBACK! TO MANY SELLERS USE FEEDBACK AS A TOOL!
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Re: EBAY GONE BAD!
rigwelder wrote:just got a remington barlow in the mail from ebay. the listing said the main blade was slow! its got a BROKEN BACKSPRING! does anybody have a quick fix, without tearing it apart? i should send it back, but the seller wasnt honest and i hate to pay double shipping. when EBAY goes BAD im allways worried they will just keep my money! I THINK THE SELLER SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR FEEDBACK YOU LEAVE UNTILL AFTER THEY LEAVE FEEDBACK! TO MANY SELLERS USE FEEDBACK AS A TOOL!
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He sounds very deceptive....
....and certainly less than forthcoming in his answer to the question asked. If I didn't like it, I'd send it back and demand he pay for the return shipping, and I certainly wouldn't worry about any negative feedback he left about you. He sounds like the one who should receive something less than positive feedback.
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its not a bad knife, the blades arent really short. they have just been sharpened down a little. whats bad is that ive got a real nice remington barlow somewhere?, with blades removed. the seller emailed me back. he was rude. said he wasnt a knife exspert! DONT TAKE MUCH OF A EXSPERT TO SEE THAT THE BACKSPRINGS BROKEN! anyhow if you or mooseman wants to trade just post a picture. ive got about 31 bucks in it. i dont mind paying a little boot.
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he said he would, but i dont want to fool with him! he was dishonest to begin with. how could you not know that it wasnt damaged even if you didnt know how to tell the backspring was broken! he says the blades fit tight! the main blade falls in and out of the frame just by turning it upside down. KEEP MESSING WITH SNAKES AND YOULL KEEP GETTING BIT! this is another ebay horror, about six months ago a won a greenbone tested 47 pattern. i gave about 175 for it. the woman sent me a camillus stockman! said she sent my knife to the other fella! ANYBODY WANT A 175 DOLLAR CAMILLUS? but i have got some great deals too! a few weeks ago i got a lot of 4 jacks, a dogleg challenge and valley forge that are nice and decent old challenge and a junker for 57 buck!
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Buyers are afraid of seller's revenge, swallow their losses and don't leave negatives when they should. I guess I've been lucky, I've left 2 or 3 negatives without being tagged with a negative.redferd wrote:I wonder why the fellow/gal does not make it right with you? With almost 2000 sales now, I'd think the person would like to keep a perfect 100 % rating on ebay.
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sorry to hear that rigwelder, it looks like a nice old knife. Not meaning to step on anyones toes here, but thought I'd just throw it out there for whoever ends up with the knife. I have a backspring I believe will fit the knife, It came out of a junker barlow, can't remember the brand though.
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I will throw this out there also:redferd wrote:
I wonder why the fellow/gal does not make it right with you? With almost 2000 sales now, I'd think the person would like to keep a perfect 100 % rating on ebay.
Buyers are afraid of seller's revenge, swallow their losses and don't leave negatives when they should. I guess I've been lucky, I've left 2 or 3 negatives without being tagged with a negative. YET!
At one time and it may still be so; For $25 bucks eRip would remove Negs from "Power Sellers". If seller is a member of SquareTrade, they will do it also for a fee, I am not sure what it is now.
I S#@X Canned ST also, but that is a tale all of its own.
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thanks remington collector, the only case i collect is xx or older. i just dont get into the dot knives. theres just too many. what i like is just a decent old jack. handle material really doesnt matter. but i do likec a shield. just a decent 30 dollar knife will do. or you can throw a nice knife at me. id pay boot.
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Remington Barlow on Ebay
Here is what looks to be a Barlow like the one with the broken backspring. This has poor blades and might be a good backspring to use.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-BLADE-REMINGTON ... dZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-BLADE-REMINGTON ... dZViewItem
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