Anyone any idea where this cheap gear is from? Jonesie?

[landrover 101]

Might be a dealer selling through a private eBay account to get around the stihl no online sales policy

 

 

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[Jonesie]

Might be a dealer selling through a private eBay account to get around the stihl no online sales policy

 

 

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Not at under cost though.

[Dan Lacey]

Look at how old some of the stuff is!! Stihl 036?? It's just someone making money. buy cheap, sell high!!

 

 

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[landrover 101]

Not at under cost though.

 

They may just be hoping for the last minute frenzy that will see it going for almost full retail

 

Or everyone else is right and it could be dodgy

 

 

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[landrover 101]

Look at how old some of the stuff is!! Stihl 036?? It's just someone making money. buy cheap, sell high!!

 

 

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There is a few older items amongst it but also a lot that looks very new

 

You don't get that much of the same type of gear without using it, in which case it would all look more used than it does, if you only used it very little you would only have the 1 or 2 saws not that many

 

The suspicious amongst us would say it looks like a couple of small hauls from a mix of dealer and user "jobs" and now needs rid of it

 

 

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[doobin]

 

The ones with half a brain amongst us would say it looks like a couple of small hauls from a mix of dealer and user "jobs" and now needs rid of it

 

Fixed it for ya!

 

 

Appreciate what you guys are saying re open forum and all that, if a mod wants to edit this thread or the title to say 'potentially stolen' then please do.

[Yorkshireman]

Fixed it for ya!

 

 

Appreciate what you guys are saying re open forum and all that, if a mod wants to edit this thread or the title to say 'potentially stolen' then please do.

 

[Logrod]

Might be a dealer selling through a private eBay account to get around the stihl no online sales policy

 

 

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or (possibly!) to avoid paying VAT or tax - anyone know if there's an inland revenue number that you can ring to voice suspicions? They might move faster than the police.

[Tom D]

Could be a local authority letting employees take excess stuff away at knock down rates, it happens...

[doobin]

Just had an email back from the police asking why I suspected them to be stolen, as he had been selling them for 6 months and had good feedback!

 

Here is my reply:

 

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He may well have been selling stolen tools for six months. Ask yourself- why are his previous items private? Also, bad feedback is no indication whatsoever of an item being previously stolen! Of course he'll get positive feedback- buyers are chuffed to bits with their cheap new saw.

 

Those are new tools- they still have the original toolkits with them and in many cases the box. The current list on there reads exactly like the typical stock list of a small dealer- right down to the gloves and boots. They are also on short 3 day listings, and all at once. He wants them gone quick, with no public trace (private feedback) once sold.

 

There is no way he is a legitimate dealer either- Stihl have a strict no mail order policy on their equipment.

 

As regards blunt chains showing a previous saw to be secondhand- that may well be the case. However, you would be sorely mistaken if you think only new items would be stolen in a dealer robbery- anything looking complete and ready for the customer to pick up will be taken as they are much easier to shift on and still command high prices.

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