Unusual ebay auction (but on-topic)

Greetings and salutations...

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:20:23 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:

>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137193170
>
Now that is kind of an amusing surreal sight...like
a phalanx of robots marching towards the screen.
When ever I see something like this, I am always curious
to know what the story is on WHY he has them. Did he need one
and they only would sell him a case of 100? Was there an
auction of a defunct repair place? did something fall off
the truck?
Ah well...life is full of mysteries.
Regards
Dave Mundt

On 8-Oct-2004, Joe_Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

> They'd make nice drawer pulls if they weren't so big.

Make a bigger drawer!

Mike

That is interesting especially in terms of "They came off Bosch router
model #1617". Are there really 49-1/2 Bosch 1617 double amputees out there
somewhere?

Tragic!

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Dave Mundt) wrote:
> Greetings and salutations...
>
>On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:20:23 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
>wrote:
>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137193170
>>
> Now that is kind of an amusing surreal sight...like
>a phalanx of robots marching towards the screen.
> When ever I see something like this, I am always curious
>to know what the story is on WHY he has them. Did he need one
>and they only would sell him a case of 100? Was there an
>auction of a defunct repair place? did something fall off
>the truck?

I emailed the seller and asked him that. Here's the reply:

My brother-in-law works at a place where they use the routers but mount them
to a machine. When they do, they remove the handles. They tried to return
them but Bosch didn't want them and they can't order the routers without them.
We couldn't just throw them away so here they are.
> Ah well...life is full of mysteries.
> Regards
> Dave Mundt
>

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"Dave Mundt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Greetings and salutations...
>>
> Now that is kind of an amusing surreal sight...like
> a phalanx of robots marching towards the screen.
> When ever I see something like this, I am always curious
> to know what the story is on WHY he has them. Did he need one
> and they only would sell him a case of 100? Was there an
> auction of a defunct repair place? did something fall off
> the truck?
> Ah well...life is full of mysteries.
> Regards
> Dave Mundt


LOL... I would wonder how this particular handle could go bad to warrant
stocking or replacing that many handles. Perhaps these were actually a
group of handles that did not pass initial inspection before assembly.

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:39:55 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:

>I emailed the seller and asked him that. Here's the reply:
>
>My brother-in-law works at a place where they use the routers but mount them
>to a machine. When they do, they remove the handles. They tried to return
>them but Bosch didn't want them and they can't order the routers without them.
> We couldn't just throw them away so here they are.

I suspected something like that.

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:20:23 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:

>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137193170
>
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>Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)


maybe paint them flat black and sell them as light weight, fuel saving
trailer balls?

"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:20:23 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
> wrote:
>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137193170
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>> Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)
>
>
> maybe paint them flat black and sell them as light weight, fuel saving
> trailer balls?

.22 targets?

They'd make nice drawer pulls if they weren't so big.
Joe





Doug Miller wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Dave Mundt) wrote:
>
>> Greetings and salutations...
>>
>>On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 16:20:23 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8137193170
>>>
>>
>> Now that is kind of an amusing surreal sight...like
>>a phalanx of robots marching towards the screen.
>> When ever I see something like this, I am always curious
>>to know what the story is on WHY he has them. Did he need one
>>and they only would sell him a case of 100? Was there an
>>auction of a defunct repair place? did something fall off
>>the truck?
>
>
> I emailed the seller and asked him that. Here's the reply:
>
> My brother-in-law works at a place where they use the routers but mount them
> to a machine. When they do, they remove the handles. They tried to return
> them but Bosch didn't want them and they can't order the routers without them.
> We couldn't just throw them away so here they are.
>
>> Ah well...life is full of mysteries.
>> Regards
>> Dave Mundt
>>
>
>
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Just my luck... 99 of them
I just happen to be building 100 wooden cars at 1:1 scale and they only need
a 2" hitch ball for completion. Is anybody else willing to part with their
Bosch router model #1617 handle?
-Brian

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