Be very careful.....

[rustynail]

If you were as familiar with the Trade Practices act as you would have us believe, you would recognise the fact that the supplier can be affected by extenuating circumstances. Should he be able to proove same, he would not be in breech. Look up frustrated contract.
In future, kindly quote accurately. I did not ask why you needed the item . I asked what was the urgency.

[munruben]

I identify with this guy after my purchase of a Leigh dovetail jig at the WWW show where i was promised delivery in 3 weeks. 4 months later there were strong rumours that the company was being sold.
Graham

Hardly a fair comparison.. This item in question was only a matter of hours late in arriving.

[munruben]

Hey Guys,

Isn't it time we dropped this one??. This debate is becoming frankly quite boring and is totally unproductive. Just let it go folks is my request and suggestion.

Old Pete

Fair call OP. everyone has had their say and Torb is happy with the result. Lets bury this one.

[Scribbly Gum]

Let it go boys.
This topic has had a fairly lengthy airing and needs to be put to bed.
Let's all move on.
As has been oft repeated
Life's too short....

Cheers to all
SG

PS Looks like John and I had the same idea about the same time

[TORB]

In future, kindly quote accurately. I did not ask why you needed the item . I asked what was the urgency.

I actually did quote you accurately. 100% accurately. However in my response I made an error and left out the word "urgently." But it does not change the intent of the answer. It is not relevant.

As far as the supplier proving extenuating circumstances, as you say, it would be up to the supplier to provide the burden of proof. I would like to see them do that given the negative and neutral comments on eBay.

Presumably, he bought the machine on ebay because it was cheap, and relied on the 'ebay infrastructure' to carry out his urgent wish. Businesses get busy with deadlines at the close of the day, and it takes calibre for them to perform at their best. Even so, mistakes happen and deadlines are missed.

Quick response. In my original post I gave the reasons why I purchased from this vendor. The main reason was not because it was cheap.

Also, businesses should not make definitive or absolute commitments if they can't meet them. As far as missing deadlines, ST have many negative comments on eBay about delivery times.

In response to the requests to let this one go, this is my last post in this thread.

[RETIRED]

I think this is done and dusted and is going in circles.