I have followed that idea, and put on my web site a small document what-not-to-buy.pdf
with some photos of the offending dials and discussing their "opportunities for enhancement" (management talk for screwups). Then I shall put it on ebay and see if it sells! Simon --- Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Simon [illustratingshadows > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: another decorative sundial > > Thanks for the info. > > A number of those dials are poorly made, however > some > of them have quite good workmanship. That good > workmanship is spoiled by consistntly screwing up > the > latitude scale, as well as other things. If they go > to > the trouble to do good metal work, why not use > working > designs. > > For that reason I added a third link on my web site. > > [1] Before buying - check the buyer's guide another > list member wrote > > [2] After you have bought - my reverse engineering > notes > > [3] What not to buy - this is the third link, I > added > it just yesterday. It addresses exactly the points > you > > Simon wrote > > >>Many many such dials are sold on Ebay, I do not > know > how to educate those buyers however. > > --- > Perhaps someone from this list could offer "buy it > now" pamphlet on Ebay > that was titled "Buyers Guide to Sundials - > Separating the Good from the > Poor and Really Bad." > > Larry Bohlayer > Celestial Products > Lat. 39.0 N, Long. 77.7 W > > > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
