[neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-25 Thread Robert L
OK... Becomming a bit less willing to extend the benefit of the doubt... Seller has re-listed the remaining tube with pretty much the same questionable working... He ignored my suggested changes... To bad... B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-23 Thread Alic
The seller used exactly the same photo for all six tubes in another auction before. eBay sellers get lazier every year. My advice: Ask for more photos! Always. Even for NIB tubes (if the box has already been opened). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-22 Thread Robert L
I'll add to the three lessons I posed in my response above... Ask your questions of the seller before bidding! Make sure there's no ambiguity. There were enough flags in the listing for me to have been more careful... Could the seller have had a better phrasing in their listing? Sure... Could

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-22 Thread Manuel Azevedo
Nick and Bob I just mentioned the listings look shady and they can lead to error (they led to, in Bob’s case). I saw the seller’s ratings and seems to be serious – but these listings are odd at best. I concede it could be a language issue, but there are all the signs for ambiguity there,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-22 Thread Nicholas Stock
I've purchased from this seller before and the transactions have always been good. It's probably a language issue as he is located in Slovakia... Nick On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Robert L wrote: > Hi folks, > > *I* made a mistake and bought what I thought was a 6

[neonixie-l] Re: Shady ZM568M listings

2018-04-22 Thread Robert L
Hi folks, *I* made a mistake and bought what I thought was a 6 tube clock from this seller at around 4:30 am this morning... and requested that seller cancel my purchase a few minutes later when I realized *MY* mistake... Auction was for one tube only... Note that this was a different