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How NOT to Sell Your Stuff

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There's no explaining some CL postings. I see a lot of them with pics so bad (dark, mostly) you can't identify what the item is…in his case such a photo might have been a good thing.
 
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Didn't need to see that pic first thing in the morning - just sets a bad tone for the rest of the day.
How can it work perfectly if the plug needs rewired? And I don't believe in spit-shining the machinery until it shines to drill-sergeant standards, but what special brand of cajun idiot are they raising down there in the bayou that would let a $4500 lathe get in that condition? What is it that looks like it's dripping all over the place - abrasive buffing compound? rust? Bird cr@p?
I see things like that and I think it's a shame that tool abuse isn't the felony it should be. In a perfect world the seller of this poor tool would be mounted on the lathe (spur drive, no soft-jawed Nova chuck) and turned down to size with the dullest skew chisel he's got, which is probably laying down there in the sawdust somewhere.
I can't look any more, I have to go out to the workshop and hug my lathes.
 
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Yep. See it all the time. Some jackass lists a table saw with two trashbags leaning against the front of the machine, and a cardboard box on the top. It would take all of 10 minutes to move the junk, wipe down the machine, and stage any accessories. And I'd have to think that minimal amount of effort would encourage more interest in the ad. But no, they take a half-ass picture of the item, as-is, and then have the balls to ask for top dollar.
Makes no sense to me.
 
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