• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Positive Ebay Experience

architect

Super User
Listed a brand-new metalworking item on Ebay (selling for a relative). I didn't expect any bites from US as the shipping might kill but also figure their dollar is strong.

I received an offer at ~40% of my listed value from an American bidder. Low balls happen, no sweat, I simply rejected it with no counteroffer. The next day, I received a second offer from the same bidder for the full listed price and the following note:

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They seem to have felt bad and decided to pay my full asking price, which is more than sourcing locally through the typical US online retailers.

Nice of them for making this decision and supporting Canadians. I put a small Canadian charm in the package for them.
 
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