mj

a mate of mine called me yesterday from a site he was on saying there was a lad there selling makita 24v cordless drills for 70 notes apeice. given the retail of these is £300+ i naturally asked him to get a price for 3.

deal done , 2 for me and one for my mate @£60 a piece. got the drills last night and am seriousley dissaspointed. they are not even makita, but some squashimogi bootleg. the so called one hour fast charge takes 3-4 hours, and the build quality is a bit ropey. on the flip side they are 24v as i put a voltage check on the battery and they seem to do the job-i gave one a good hammering today with no problems but i can't see it lasting long.

the lad selling the drills was a guy in a transit van, and the site was near ellsemere port.

I ve spoken to a couple of builder mates of mine and apparently this is rife.

never mind, you live and learn.

[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:22:31 PM]

Terzo 333

You asked a mate to buy cordless drills of a guy in a transit van ?

This gives the thieving barstards more of an excuse to go and nick some more...

(Flamesuit on )

[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:23:17 PM]

Crypt

See even us Tradesman get ripped from time to time. Unlucky.

You should of tried "Tool Direct" Off the internet did you know you can get these 50% cheeper?

I'm sure scoobynutta555 has the addy.

Esoteric Beast

Anyone wanna buy a drill, Only got a few left, very cheap,

mj

when i asked him who was selling them i misheard him. asians are usually ok to deal with, if i'd have known it was a guy i would have thought again.

[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:23:58 PM]

Shark

Ut oh - someone said the P*** word

Here we go again

David

[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:24:31 PM]

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

Over here we call them Thieving Gypsy B**tards, or various other things. Same thing, white transit, trying to sell all sorts of things cheap. Special price for cash.
Only thing is 99% of the population here know better than to give any money to them. It can be power tools, TV's videos, hi-fis... the list goes on.
Mite be best to stall them, and try and phone the cops. Not that they ever do anything. Ive seen these Gypsy gits just waltz onto sites, and steal things right in front of your eyes. They just dont care, because they know the law cannot, or will not do anything.

mj

I agree.

cheers,

1%

Luke

Must have been a idiot... Makita fakes and De Walt dont look like the real things nor do the boxes.

Scot123

In Scotland we call them 'Weegies'

bug-eyed wonder

Hopefully the next time a thread is posted about a car theft/house burglary mj will post up his joy at the potential to "save" a few pennies on car parts or a nice hi-fi! Isn't it wonderful how all common sense goes out the window when the chance to save a few quid arises!
As stevieturbo said "thieving gypsy barstewards" and I'm sure they had a good look around the site to see if they could "acquire" some new stock!

camk

:MAD...weegies indeed

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I've always heard them referred to as "taigs".
Alcazar

Mantamac

I work in Ellesmere Port and it's fill of "Dids" as we call them. It is the easiest place in the UK to sign on for the dole apparently, hence the large number of caravan's in any unused carpark. Never buy from a guy, all they sell is sh*te or it's nicked. Next time they come on a site your on just give them a kicking and throw em down a trench.
Just a thought the guy may have belived they were puckka as we all know none of them can read!!!!

Mac.
PS: Hope the drill's last a while mate!!

[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:25:47 PM]

mj

"dids", short for diddicoys?

S55 HOT

Useful tip - I must remeber that one - somtimes guys in transit vans can be less than completely honest



[Edited by ChrisB - 10/24/2002 11:26:38 PM]

Mantamac

LMAO at S55 HOT.

Mac.

Dracoro

not to mention....Handling Stolen Goods. careful if the police ever raid your house/car/shed etc.

ChrisB

Guys, I remind you that the P word is still to be avoided please.

Cheers,

Chris.

ustolemyname??stevieturbo

iTrader: (1)

LOL @ Alcazaar. Over here that would be sooo politically incorrect. Very true all the same, as they are.

While on the subject anyway, I prefer the Panasonic SDS 24v Drill. It may not be the most powerful, but it is very light, has 2 good 3Ah NimH batteries, and a 45 min charge. Any others I looked at were very heavy and bulky. Got mine for £360 incl VAT, legit of course.

S55 HOT

Chris B - What's wrong with the P word - so Thieving Gypsy B**tards is OK, but words rhyming with spikey are not ??????

I'm not trying to be a smart **** - I genuinely don't know what's wrong with it.......

If you have to edit posts, then can you try to keep some context - I'm sure loads of guys in white transits are fine - it's the thieving gypsy b**stards you have to watch out for.....

Tiggs

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...ThreadID=93893

cant say P**** because of this bizarre stuff.

T

carl

Replacing with 'guy' destroys the sense of the original posts. Surely you could have come up with something better?
WTF?

ChrisB

Point accepted Carl, but I was off to bed and couldn't be arsed to sit there and think at that time of night.

Thanks for the link Tiggs.

Tiggs

thats ok chris, its in my favs

NotoriousREV

Hey, I'm a guy and often travel as a passenger in a transit van, I'm severly offended by this post as it casts dispersions over all guys in white transit vans. Please do not use the word guy.

Clarebabes

muppet paster

Buyer beware.

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is!


If you belive that you can buy a £300 Drill for £60 of a dodgy geezer in a van and it's going to be pukka, far play mate. Keep taking the tablets....

muppet paster

Second thoughts, stop taking the tablets. They may be the problem.


HTH

carl

Mind you, those asians are usually OK.
It's the consistency of moderation that I love