Re: Show off your PROTO/PLUMB Pebble Grain
My recent eBay Plomb purchases have been HORRID. I think the Plomb JUNK has hit the market, big-time. I am thinking about ending eBay purchases and just doing local markets.
Here's what is happening: I see a wrench on eBay I don't own, looks good. I email the seller, asking: "Are there any owner's engravings, markings, stamps, grinds on this item?" Answer comes back: "Absolutely none." So I bid an unreasonably high price and occasionally win.
Then the item arrives, and there are BOTH grinds AND stamps/engravings. And the back-side that wasn't photographed, is gnarley and rusty and pitted, and chunks are missing out of the open end. (None of which was photographed, or photographed so artfully that you could not see it.)
So I write back, being civil: "There are both grinds and stamps on this item, that reduces the value considerably. What do you recommend?"
Responses range from "send it back and you pay for shipping" to "I'll come over to your house and fight you in your front yard, d@%n you, that's a perfectly good wrench, who cares if you asked if it is engraved, stamped, and pitted, are you insane, it's a f*@^ing old wrench!!!"
I think 5 of my last 6 wins have had major nondisclosure issues, usually cracks, serious pitting, or markings. I usually just **** it up and move on. But...UGH. It's not fun anymore.
Compare that to this forum, where all my dealings have been great, and sellers tell yuh exactly what you are getting. Thumb's up for GJ.
Since my time here, I am buying fewer collectibles, and more other stuff that the forum agrees is good, that I never even knew about, like PB Swiss, Herbrand, Hazet, Armstrong, Williams, etc... So the money leaves either way but my Plomb purchases are waaay down.
I'm now up to four 1/2's, three 3/8's and two 1/4 ratchets. A few breaker bars. My plomb drawer is growing week to week! Now I think Im going to start for a pebble grain combo wrench set....should be a lot of fun trying to complete a set. I guess I find a lot of fun in the "hunt". Good times!
