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You know, it's hard to believe a seller would state something like that, when it's obvious that the part has been repaired. You are a known "wrench" around here too, maybe the person did not know you from here, thought they'd fool you, does not make sense, an easy way to get into a dispute too. Over the last several years I've bought some parts and things on e-bay and directly with strangers, and mostly everything I've bought has been like it was stated, or close enough, photos are sometimes hard to judge, but most times suffice. I think a seller should be willing to provide extra photos for an item like this, to a serious buyer. I can't think of one time that I've been had, I'm sure it could happen and maybe it will, but I do think there are decent people out there, I've bought a fair amount of used parts from complete strangers, things I needed and could not find, even went back into old posts and found a guy who parted a simplicity 4040, a year prior, I needed a fuel tank, could not find one anywhere, but this person still had one, and when I got it, was just like it was stated, he provided photos too. Sometimes you get a bad apple, always ask for clear photos, if they can't do that, then maybe there is something wrong.
In '02, I saw an ad for a low hour D7 cat, spoke to the owner, he mailed some photos, it looked legit, sent him half the money, few weeks later the rest and let him know I found trucking to haul it 1200 miles here. The trucker was such a nice person, I called, told him what I had, he picked the dozer up, just from a phone call, by a complete stranger !! He delivered it here just from that call, I had a check for his driver, + $100 tip. The person I bought the D7 from struck me as an honest person from the beginning, it was a low hour machine, both engines ran great, just that the clutch pilot bearing went, was never greased previously, so it went, wallowed out a hole in the driven plate, I had to find a complete used assembly, still have to get friction materials replaced on it. Did not bother me though, was a good deal and everyone was honest, he may have known that clutch was going bad, but because of what it is, really not a big deal, these things are subjective, they don't always work out 100%, and I'd probably not buy something sight unseen again if possible. NOt much else wrong with the old beast, the tracks are %90, I measured the components with a track gauge, the hours were definitely true.
I bought this old F-600 grain truck, unseen, the seller lied about a few things, was a used truck dealer, he took it in on a trade, and it was a relic on the lot, now I paid up front to change ALL fluids and make sure it'll make the 800 miles home, he did not tell me that it had a bad alternator, voltage regulator and the battery was on it's way out too, until I showed up to pick it up, they were jump starting it. He could have just told me, and I'd have gladly paid the $100-$150 bucks for the parts + labor to avoid getting stuck on the side of the road. Well, I picked up a battery and you know this thing limped all the way home, I never shut it off, must have been barely charging, ran all night too, I'm glad it did hold out, was an easy fix at home, but I'd have been ticked if I got stuck on the road for something so simple to fix.
I'd still say most are fair and honest, just have to try and root out the bad ones before you agree to buy, still might happen, but the good still seems to outweigh the bad here.
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