In a message dated 1/19/2007 5:54:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
david.kirkby@onetel.net writes:
I had a similar thing happen on eBay. An oscillator was advertised an an
HP 10811A, which is what I wanted. I won the auction.
The seller then offered me some other model instead if i wanted it. So I
checked the specs of that model and found it was a bit poorer on some
specs. So I said I wanted the 10811A I won the auction for.
Sounds like the old fashion "bait and switch" to me. When accurate
model/part numbers are given out in a description, certainly this would not be
an
issue if something else was not offered. In my case I offered what I was
selling simply stating it could be used in place of a 3CX1500A7. The 3/8"
difference may or may not be a problem, but some technicality discussion here
turned
off a buyer who had committed to buy the tubes which were of no consequence
to the him "in fact". Naturally I was upset about that but I suppose it would
be wrong to admonish someone for nixing a deal so I won't say anything.
Fortunately someone else came along a took advantage. But as "this" story
goes
on the e-bay thing, yes, I would be upset also. Lou
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