aryntha
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Back on 3/12, as some folks saw in the B/S/T forum, an individual known as "Fausto" offered up two JDSU 2214-40ML ArIon heads + 2214 Power Supply for sale. He claimed that both were working: that one was "weak" and one was "brand new", from 2008. He claimed he got paid to remove them from a DNA sequencing machine and wanted a "fair price for known-working lasers."
Well, I bit -- I spoke to him privately a few days later; sent him his asking price (plus quite a bit in shipping) to get them sent here.
They arrived about a week later, and, surprise surprise, they were both completely dead. The "new" one was not new; in fact they were both manufactured one day apart, 2/21/2001 and 2/22/2001. I worked with folks here, like Daguin, and also Sam Goldwasser from Sam's Laser FAQ to try to get them going: Nothing but clicks on ignite; they appear to be up to air.
I informed "Fausto" of this situation, and after a week of non-response, he claimed he'd refund me $100 of the cost "as soon as he had money in his account".I refrained from writing a bad review or rating him badly, figuring maybe he'd come through at least on that partial refund.
Of course, I never heard from him again. (And I have been trying to contact him since.) He has my money and I have hazardous-waste paperweights.
(Unfortunately paypal disputes are non-binding outside of ebay. I likely will file one anyhow.)
I am aware that this is a case of "caveat emptor", and I do realize I took a gamble and I lost. I do feel, however, that it's my duty to inform the rest of this forum that this guy is not a straight shooter.
We will likely never hear from him again --- but just in case; this was my experience with him.
Well, I bit -- I spoke to him privately a few days later; sent him his asking price (plus quite a bit in shipping) to get them sent here.
They arrived about a week later, and, surprise surprise, they were both completely dead. The "new" one was not new; in fact they were both manufactured one day apart, 2/21/2001 and 2/22/2001. I worked with folks here, like Daguin, and also Sam Goldwasser from Sam's Laser FAQ to try to get them going: Nothing but clicks on ignite; they appear to be up to air.
I informed "Fausto" of this situation, and after a week of non-response, he claimed he'd refund me $100 of the cost "as soon as he had money in his account".I refrained from writing a bad review or rating him badly, figuring maybe he'd come through at least on that partial refund.
Of course, I never heard from him again. (And I have been trying to contact him since.) He has my money and I have hazardous-waste paperweights.
(Unfortunately paypal disputes are non-binding outside of ebay. I likely will file one anyhow.)
I am aware that this is a case of "caveat emptor", and I do realize I took a gamble and I lost. I do feel, however, that it's my duty to inform the rest of this forum that this guy is not a straight shooter.
We will likely never hear from him again --- but just in case; this was my experience with him.
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Thanks for the heads-up, aryntha!
