eBay thoughts... on a product received broken? (Page 2/2) ray b MAY 12, 12:13 PM i HAVE A CROWS FOOT SET FROM HARBOR [china] freight for flares was about $12.95 for metric or eng factional for common sizes about 8 each maybe a few bucks more today works fine for me also have reg crows from them in / or m have not broken one yet btw lots of reselling a quick google shows they are 13.99 now for 8 sizes and e-bay resellers get 39.95 for the same ? hard to bust a steel tool on a brass flare nut likely strip the brass threads first by a lot ray b MAY 12, 12:26 PM quote Originally posted by cvxjet: No- that is a regular crows-foot....I need a Flare Nut Crows-foot, specifically for the flex-line fitting that attaches to the Clutch slave cylinder...It is (basically SIX-sided) ] some clutch slaves require bleeding out of the unit aka a bench bleed I do not think it can hurt to bleed one first before the install master or slave brake or clutch as less air is always better way to start with and some fords will not bleed air out when in place at all do to the shape maryjane MAY 13, 04:50 PM quote The Hydraulic lines (X3) were thin and SIX feet long....the Duty PO had packed them in a 3x3x3 box- cutting a hole in the corner so the pipes STUCK OUT! Well, at least they were in a box. In 1975, I was stationed in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and I had bought a '53 Mercury 4dr with a flathead V8 from the guy I replaced. It ran fine but the exhaust crossover pipe was rusted badly and was way too loud, even for a Navy base in potential harm's way. (This was way before GTMO became infamous as a prison and the threat of trouble from the Cuban side was still very real..Tanks and armed Marines patrolled the fenceline 24/ and we frequently had defcon alerts) My dad had an auto shop for years, was still doing it in '75 and I knew he had flathead exh parts hanging from the walls so I asked him to send me one, which he did. US mail of course. I was on the ferry one day that made a trip every 1/2 hour across he bay when the big semi rolled on carrying the mail it had just offloaded from a Navy c-130 on the airbase side of the bay. I looked down from upper deck observation/seating area of the ferry, and there's my crossover pipe sittin on top of the piles and piles of mailbags, with just a common twist tie wired on paper tag with my name address and dad's return address on it. Arrived in perfect shape, with even the gaskets and donuts still on the wired twist ties. It made the trip, from near Houston Tx, up to NAS Norfolk Va and then down to the Caribbean without a hitch. 82-T/A [At Work] MAY 16, 11:28 AM quote Originally posted by maryjane: Well, at least they were in a box. In 1975, I was stationed in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, and I had bought a '53 Mercury 4dr with a flathead V8 from the guy I replaced. It ran fine but the exhaust crossover pipe was rusted badly and was way too loud, even for a Navy base in potential harm's way. (This was way before GTMO became infamous as a prison and the threat of trouble from the Cuban side was still very real..Tanks and armed Marines patrolled the fenceline 24/ and we frequently had defcon alerts) My dad had an auto shop for years, was still doing it in '75 and I knew he had flathead exh parts hanging from the walls so I asked him to send me one, which he did. US mail of course. I was on the ferry one day that made a trip every 1/2 hour across he bay when the big semi rolled on carrying the mail it had just offloaded from a Navy c-130 on the airbase side of the bay. I looked down from upper deck observation/seating area of the ferry, and there's my crossover pipe sittin on top of the piles and piles of mailbags, with just a common twist tie wired on paper tag with my name address and dad's return address on it. Arrived in perfect shape, with even the gaskets and donuts still on the wired twist ties. It made the trip, from near Houston Tx, up to NAS Norfolk Va and then down to the Caribbean without a hitch. Hahaha... that's awesome! I can very visually imagine it in my head. Also, aside from the prisons (most of which are totally abandoned now too), all the old stuff you saw when you were there is still there, but "abandoned in place." There are entire neighborhoods in Guantanamo with weeds as tall as trees that have just been abandoned because of asbestos. Movie theater is still there though... 82-T/A [At Work] MAY 16, 11:39 AM So I just got an update... for anyone who cares. Over the last few days, I told the lady that all I wanted was for her to reimburse me ~$250 bucks, as this would be the cost to have the cello fixed at the local "Violin Shoppe." I was bummed... but that was way more than fair. I shouldn't have to have a cello that's had the neck snapped off. She continued to tell me it was my problem, my issue, not hers, and that I needed to deal with it myself. She then tried to delay and prolong everything leading up to the 15th of May (which is when either one of us could request eBay "step in"). I told her that when eBay steps in, they're going to require me to return it, AND she'll have to give me a full refund... and probably even make her pay for the return shipping. She beat around the bush, and then at MIDNIGHT on the 14th (into the 15th), she opened the "Ask eBay to Step in" and put this: "Buying instrument online always come at a risk higher for shipping damages. This isn’t my fault I paid the professional shippers at ups and they did not go there job properly. The seller needs to contact the shipper for insurance purposes because they are at fault." Well, just as I expected, eBay ruled in my favor within 2 days, and this is what they said: "We're contacting you about the return request XXXXXXXX opened for the Vintage Romania Karl knilling Bucharest Model 0407 Full Size 4 String Chello. We're sorry to hear this transaction has not gone smoothly. You are entitled to return the item for a full refund. We've placed the return on hold for 5 calendar days to give your seller time to arrange for return shipping. There are two main ways the seller may arrange for return shipping. They may purchase a prepaid shipping label and send it to you through My eBay: Messages. Alternatively, they may issue you funds to purchase your own shipping label from the carrier of your choice." Exactly as I said would happen, happened. This is what I said to her: "Christy, I wish you had just listened to me. Now I have to return the cello for a full refund, and you're being required to pay for my cost to ship it back. What did you think was going to happen? I was trying to be exceptionally fair to you... to your benefit... and you were doing anything but trying not to be subversive. I want to be respectful when I say that... if you try to be a good person, good things happen... when you try to behave in an underhanded way, it only leads to more misery. I wish you had just listened to me. Now you're going to throw the cello away and you lose everything, and for what?" . I mean, I get it, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but damn. I get screwed so many times when I buy online from sellers. I truly think that you have to try your best to be a good person in these deals, even if it hurts... because when you try to screw someone, it only screws you further. I really do think this is why so many people find themselves in destitution... because they continue to do things that just make a bad situation worse. I know from looking at the things she's selling, that she's probably hard up for cash and trying to make ends meet. But now, she's seriously, seriously screwed herself. And for what?