ebay 660 issue

[gemniii]

Problem is the saw sold for premium price, based on sellers inaccurate description. Seller deserves to eat the shipping costs both ways.

I don't understand why y'all keep on thinking the $715 (w/sh) the OP paid was a "premium" price, if a premium price means above average.
Looking at the closed sales there were 12 before I got to "new" and $1000.
the average was $721.
Throw out the lowest and highest and it's still $725.
There were 3 sales above $800.
FOR USED SAWS!!
So he paid below average based on recent closed listings of working saws.

I wouldn't try to say the OP paid a "premium price". I'd say average.

There was a long rant&complain thread a while ago on "why are ebay prices so high".

They are so high because peeps are willing to pay the high prices. Right now it seems to be a sellers market.

I was willing to pay what I considered a premium $700 price for my "snellerized" underused 660, and I tried to explain to SWMBO why I was spending $200 more than what I got my first, freshly rebuilt, 660 for in January. I should have just done this paper exercise and pointed out I was spending $20 less than average.

And as an aside - how could it "leak oil" out the decomp valve? Wouldn't it be leaking mix? And air?

 

[GASoline71]

he also stated the bar cover is from an ms 460.

A bar cover is a bar cover... I didn't even see one in the auction. A bar cover will fit any saw... don't even need to be a Stihl, let alone model specific.

Gary

 

[surfincr]

the seller sent me two messages through the ebay system but also through the buyers protections claim. the latter stating "i already sent the parts"


when i was talking about the oil seepage from the decomp valve i meant the 2 cyl oil mix.

at this point thought i'm still on hold waiting for his response.

 

[gemniii]

A bar cover is a bar cover... I didn't even see one in the auction. A bar cover will fit any saw... don't even need to be a Stihl, let alone model specific.

Gary

It's got to be orange!

 

[blsnelling]

He's talking about the clutch/bar cover. They're the same on the 460 and 660.

 

[GASoline71]

Uh... K... never heard a clutch cover called a "bar cover"...

Gary

 

[surfincr]

sorry i think i've picked up some incorrect jargon while searching on ebay since i ran across a few where the seller was calling it a bar cover and it wasnt a scabbard. so figured it was interchangable.