Re: CNC On a Budget - Burnt

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mariss Freimanis"
<mariss92705@...> wrote:

>
> I think I can understand how you feel. You looked around for what

you

> thought was the best deal and you spent your money with them.
>
> The only "Paul Jones" I know was a pirate in in stories I heard as

a

> kid. That should have been your first tip-off.
>
> The second tip-off should have been "it takes 3 months to fill a

new

> order". No repetuable vendor would take that long. Maybe 24-hours,
> maybe 5 days at worst. There is no "lineup" in any business unless
> you are being scammed.
>
> What could possibly take 3 months to fill an order? Dig the iron

ore

> from the earth, smelt it into iron, forge the ingots and machine

them

> into a machine you ordered? Probably not.
>
> Consider the $327 as being gone along with the pirate that took

it.

> Think of it as an expensive but worthwhile lesson. Deal in the

future

> with people whose reputations you read about and know something
> about. A little research goes a long way.
>
> Paul Jones is not a person I have ever heard about. I feel badly

for

> you that you got taken. That is not the way it works in this
> community.
>
> Mariss

Actually there really is a person named that and he has in the past
delivered product and the users have been happy with their purchase
and the value, if not the delivery time. It was also reported that
he builds his spindles "when he feels like it" and it appears he
doesn't feel like it (:-(. One user reported he has personal issues
and sometimes goes underground for months....All that being said, I
would suggest a year is way too long to wait for anything.

It may be that he is no longer in a condition to make product and no
one is stepping up to issue refunds.

It was on this list (or was it another.....??) that this same
subject came up a couple of years ago and it finally got resolved
but the circumstances may have changed.

It's important to get the direct feedback from the persons involved
and to warn potential buyers about the problem.