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Forum topic by RCobb1 posted 502 days ago 399 views 0 times favorited 10 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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RCobb1

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502 days ago

All, I don’t typically do this, but, I just wanted to share a little bit of information with you. I was on David Marks site last week and saw a link to a site called “Master Woodworking Plans”. The site basically is selling what is quoted on their site as: “A HUGE collection of woodworking plans”. I figured for only $10, I would bite. The site leads you to believe you are buying a database full of plans for various projects, but it isn’t; it’s selling you a list of internet links to freely available plans. To make things worse, I picked 10 links at random, and only two (2) out of the 10 actually took you to the plans they were supposed to take you to; the other 8 were either 404 errors (page not found) or to one of various other pages NOT containing the plans as described.

Yes, I should have read the refund policy. And, it’s not the $10 that bugs me, it’s the fact that they conned me in and I just don’t want to see anyone else lose their money from these cheats.

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Mark Shymanski

1555 posts in 609 days


502 days ago

Thanks for the post. This will make me take a closer look at similar web offers.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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Miket

266 posts in 669 days


502 days ago

There’s a lot of those floating aound. Caveat emptor

-- It's better to have people think you're stupid rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 611 days


502 days ago

Thanks, I appreciate that….

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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Douglas Bordner

3426 posts in 961 days


502 days ago

Have you let Mr. Marks in on this deceptive link? My understanding is that he is a reputable individual who would probably like to know this.

Thank you also for letting the rest of us know to save our dough.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Eric

784 posts in 681 days


502 days ago

I second what Doug said. David Marks would probably want to know.

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

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RCobb1

5 posts in 598 days


502 days ago

FWIW, I went to Mr. Marks’ website to get contact information to whom I should email about the link and I noticed that the link has already been removed. So, either they got wind of Master Woodworking Plans site and their practices, or someone else beat me to it. Either way, it’s gone now and that’s what counts.

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tomd

216 posts in 667 days


502 days ago

Thanks for the heads up.

-- Tom D

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rikkor

11335 posts in 771 days


501 days ago

Thank you for the heads up.

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mski

360 posts in 877 days


501 days ago

Thanks for the warning, I have been burned like that before!

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

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Grumpy

14932 posts in 748 days


501 days ago

Thanks for the tip.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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