Thanks Bob for your comments , some of them are very helpful others are downright misleading.
Sinisa, "misleading" is writing a for sale ad that asserts that an import lathe was made in the USA. Could have been an honest mistake or a devious lie. I chose to give you the benefit of the doubt.
You said that I should do research before I make a comment and then you say about your own statements "...I stand prepared to be corrected on some part of this" that clearly states that you are not sure what you are talking about your self either.
No no sinisa, not before you make a
comment but before you make a a
false statement that seems to have been made to profit at anothers expence. That lathe was
NOT made in the USA!
Anybody that does their research well does not stand to be corrected on anything.And please don't say it is a figure of speech.
Does their research well? I wasn't doing research sinisa, I was courteously correcting some misleading errors in your hype from memory and got it right.
Republic-Lagun is one of the finest and most reputable companies in USA .
I provided a web address so anybody interested can call the corporate office and inquire about parts, warranties etc.
There is Nothing mysterious about my post.Absolutely not!
Ya' know sinisa, you are a weasely little kind of guy, the type that gives peddlers a bad name. I praised the importer of your lathe as one of the best, you lied by saying,
"made in the USA" and then when you got caught, you hoped that no one would notice that you revised, (Last edited by sinisa72; 08-17-2011 at 03:48 PM. Reason: Additional Information) that lie to
"made by USA based company" Wrong again! The Taiwanese company that
made that lathe, is
NOT based in the USA!
You are right sinisa, nothing at all
"mysterious about (your)
post.Absolutely not!"
I do however sense a bias from your response! You stated British machines are not foreign!
Really ?What are Brits ?Americans best friends or are you forgetting your history? I will ask you to please keep comments like that in check because we are discussing machines here not individual nationalistic and political preferences!
OK sinisa, I'm going to cut you a little slack here, you obviously are perception challenged. Here's another chance at it:
"superior "foreign" lathes, such as the Dean Smith and Grace, made in the UK, or great Japanese lathes,"
You also stated that most of the people don't know what they are talking about....If I thought that was true on this forum I would have posted this superior machine on Ebay instead!
Cute sinisa.
"the majority of folks don't have any knowledge of machine tools", is different than your misquote,
"You also stated that most of the people don't know what they are talking about" You could not have missed the remainder of that statement:
"though these pages are unlikely to provide many of those."
And for the record I assume that anybody in their right mind (which is the only kind of people I do business with) would come and see the lathe and test it before purchase is made.
A sucker born every minute, right sinisa? And when the unknowledgable buyer is led into your den, would you then attempt to further reinforce your misdirection by pointing to the label on the lathe that notes that the importer of this lathe is headquartered in the USA, hoping that he can't distinguish the difference between that and
"made in the USA?"
Following your lead of assuming sinisa, when you post in the for sale section of an international forum, I
assume that the majority of the readers, in their right mind or not, will
not be able to visit you in Illinois. There are many sight-unseen sales of machinery where both parties feel that they can trust each other. That trust starts with the perception of truth in the original ad, usually followed by the good photos that I suggested, being sent to the potential buyer, to substitute for a personal viewing.
Thank you ,
and do get some manners!
With apologies sinisa,
"Not meant to be offensive," was the best I could do in the face of all the above, capped by,
"Definitely a super-pro's machine at a low price."
But you are on the right track sinisa, with ebay. Lots of uninformed people there but beware, ebay doesn't well tolerate misleading hype, when it is pointed out to them.
Bob