[time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises on eBay

[David Kirkby]

On 10 September 2012 23:24, Tom Knox <actast at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I had someone ship me a calibrator several years ago and he assured me he was a great packer and had a box that fit it perfectly. He was right the box fit perfectly, no padding required. Is the unit repairable? What parts are required?
> Good Luck
> Thomas Knox


It's annoying. I don't know how big/heavy your calibrator was. But I
think in future I will discuss with sellers how they intend to ship
high value items heavy items.

Lots of HP test equipment, which I'm sure many time-nuts own, is quite
heavy. Shiping that requires some skill in packing it. This is not
something I have given much thought to in the past, but I sure will in
future.

Not that I expect UPS would pay out on this anyway, but the seller
undervalued the goods to $1000, which no doubt reduced the shipping
charge, but means it would be impossible to make a claim.

Dave

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>> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:16:55 +0100
>> From: david.kirkby at onetel.net
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Subject: [time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises on   eBay
>>
>> I hope the list admin does not mind this email, but I think it will be
>> useful to any time nut buying test equipment from eBay.
>>
>> orzel-enterprises sells electronic test equipment on eBay. I would
>> advise anyone to think twice before purchasing from him. This is how
>> he shipped a vector network analyzer and S-parameter test set which I
>> won on an auction for $2750. It was shipped from the USA to the UK.
>>
>> http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/kirkby/damaged-VNA-by-inadequate-packaging/badly-shipped-8753A-and-85046A.jpg
>>
>> Note the box is far too small, and so obviously both units suffered damage.
>>
>> He takes no reponsibility for this, and originally expected me to ship
>> it back at my expense, and still pay the shipping charges from the
>> USA. So I'd pay for two international shipments, as well as customs
>> duties. After I pointed out Paypal would expect him to pay the
>> shipping to me, he has agreed to refund the USA -> UK shipping
>> charges,  but he still expects me to pay the UK -> USA shipping costs.
>> I object to this, since it was his total stupidity the thing not
>> damaged. I don't see why I should pay for someone elses stupidity.
>>
>> Dave.
>>
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