"As is" implies to me that you will receive the item as pictured. Not necessarily guaranteed to work, but, without any physical changes over what was pictured on ebay. Some of my best purchases on ebay have been those that the seller claimed did not work and was being sold as is. Better than 90 % of the time the units did work, but, the seller, usually a dealer interested in selling in quantity, does not have the facilities or knowledge to adequately test the item. Consequently, I get these items fairly cheap as most people will not bid on a non working item. - Mike
Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick, W1KSZ Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 4:32 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] another Ebay mixup The answer is simple ... Packing = $$$, right off the bottom line. Since most, if not all electronics on e-Pay is sold "as-is", the seller has no reason to be concerned with the item arriving safely. Only his conscience, which, sadly, in the case of most sellers is non-existent. Don't blame the UPS Store, he only packs with the $$ the seller gives him. 73, Dick, W1KSZ Hal Murray wrote: >> Don't know why it's so difficult for folks to overpack. Worst case, >> one can have it professionally packed at MailBoxes etc. or the like. > > What's their batting average? Do they recognize heavy instruments > and/or do anything special when they see handles? > > > > -- 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts