the best use for black gum

[hackberry jake]

I sold a test printing machine on eBay and I had to build a crate to ship it. I used some propeller stock I had of black gum and some cheap 1/4" plywood. It worked great! I predrilled most of the screw holes, but I'll bet the gum didn't require it.


 

[Kbeitz]

I just sold my last thing on E-bay... Never again.
I had posted no returns on what I sold.
E-bay has changed there policy..
If someone dose not like what they bought they can just send it back and you pay the shipping both ways.
When filling for a return one of the things you can check off is.
I just don't like it...
I'm done. Great place to buy. But not for selling.
What I sold was 3 antique electric motors. I posted
As with any used piece of equipment, does not have any warranty.
You also agree by reading the description that you accept the item "AS IS."
Please check the pictures carefully, all items offered as pictured and sold as-is, as shown

Words dont mean anything anymore to E-bay.

[Ozarker]

Nice use of the gum, Jake!

Regarding Kbeitz's post:

Here's the part that isn't widely understood about returns: Under the Uniform Commercial Code, which all states have adopted, a buyer has a three-day period in which to return items. This covers "buyer's remorse." So, it doesn't matter that the seller states "no returns," "as is," etc. But, it sounds like eBay has taken it even further, which doesn't surprise me. They've been off-balance, more and more, for years, and the sellers are the ones supposed to suck it up. Return shipping for return items ought to be on the buyer, as long as there was no fault of the seller.

[jueston]

to join the sidebar about ebay, i had a pretty active business on ebay, making a few hundred transactions a month. my items were smaller and most of the time not worth paying for return shipping, there was always a small percentage of people who would buy something, and then email and say it wasn't high enough quality and they wanted a refund.
my options were
1. let them keep the product and give them a full refund.
2. pay to have them ship back the item(because of its nature i couldn't resell it after that) and then give them a full refund.

i just accepted this as a cost of business for a while, but as the number of people doing this went higher and higher i eventually gave up.

at ebay the buyer always wins, no matter what.

i always had the option for insurance, because the items i was selling were small almost no one selected it, but when it was damaged in shipment they would always come after me and ebay would side with them saying i had to send a new one.

ebay has chosen there side, and there is no shortage of people selling things, so it must be working for them.

[Magicman]

I do not sell but always buy and eBay has become my choice because I can generally find free shipping.  I have never returned anything bought on eBay or Amazon.

[azmtnman]

I do not sell but always buy and eBay has become my choice because I can generally find free shipping.  I have never returned anything bought on eBay or Amazon.

That's because you are an ethical, honest person. Sadly, ethics and honesty are increasingly in short supply.
  My son works at a big name sporting goods retailer (in the western states). Some lady shopped for a while bringing individual items up to the cash register. When she was finished, she had 31 items that rang up just over $1000. She said she forgot her wallet in the car, went to retrieve it and never came back!  :D :D
   Ain't nobody got time for that! If people spent the time being productive, helpful people that they spend being  , the world would be a better place. Window shopping is one thing. Doing at the time and expense of others is another.

[WDH]

I used some propeller stock I had of black gum

Ain't that the truth.

[drobertson]

I used some propeller stock I had of black gum

Ain't that the truth.

I just figured out what Propeller stock is,  I reckon this stuff is hard to dry straight and flat?

[WDH]

Oh the trials and tribulations of spiral grain  .

[petefrom bearswamp]

The propeller stock threw me a curve.
In my neck of the woods, Yellow birch was sold for propeller stock at a premium.

[WDH]

With blackgum, you don't even have to shape the propeller.  It self shapes  :D.