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Sometimes you wonder..................!
Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:56 am
I bought this OK Cub .049A off Ebay, this was the picture on EBay...........
The engine arrived this morning, and guess what?................
Oh yes, they shipped the lump of wood with it! Now I don't mind paying shipping costs, but really!! I got a lump of firewood from the USA!!!
The engine arrived this morning, and guess what?................
Oh yes, they shipped the lump of wood with it! Now I don't mind paying shipping costs, but really!! I got a lump of firewood from the USA!!!
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Kim Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:08 am
A lump of "COLLECTOR" firewood from the USA !!!!
You have obviously just dealt with one of the most honest sellers on Ebay !!!!
You have obviously just dealt with one of the most honest sellers on Ebay !!!!
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WingingIt74 Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:23 am
Maybe they didn't know how to use a screw driver Kinda like that twin cylinder that they wouldn't take the tank off, which sold for ~$150, and was just a conversation piece as it wouldn't run.
Kinda like that twin cylinder that they wouldn't take the tank off, which sold for ~$150, and was just a conversation piece as it wouldn't run.
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nitroairplane Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:36 am
At least they didn't JUST send the wood!
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Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:03 am
Kim wrote:A lump of "COLLECTOR" firewood from the USA !!!!
You have obviously just dealt with one of the most honest sellers on Ebay !!!!
Very true, at least they can say that the item exactly matched the description!
I wonder if I can put it back up for sale as a piece of well travelled, VINTAGE firewood?
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SuperDave Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:19 am
BUT WAIT!
Consider the modeling uses for that block of imported wood! It'd make a excellent body for a "prop rod". You could do it up like Fred Flinstone's car the "Flintmobile"! !
YA BA YA BA DOO, Wilma!
Consider the modeling uses for that block of imported wood! It'd make a excellent body for a "prop rod". You could do it up like Fred Flinstone's car the "Flintmobile"! !
YA BA YA BA DOO, Wilma!
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nitroairplane Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:20 am
Or you could care several props out of it.
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Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:29 pm
Or, I could throw it in the bin, which is where it's gone!
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PV Pilot Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:38 pm
He was hanging on to the stick,,waiting for the bid to end. "item has sold",,release,,falls into shipping box,, grab the tape, get er dun!
Relist the wood chunk on ebay.. "Vintage OK Cub mounting stick,,"
Relist the wood chunk on ebay.. "Vintage OK Cub mounting stick,,"
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Kim Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:55 pm
"The Traveling Cub Stick" ! Each member takes a photo of it with their favorite Cub, then mails it on to the next...across the world !!!!!
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Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:18 pm
Kim wrote:"The Traveling Cub Stick" ! Each member takes a photo of it with their favorite Cub, then mails it on to the next...across the world !!!!!
Now, THERE'S an idea!
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Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:22 pm
PV Pilot wrote:He was hanging on to the stick,,waiting for the bid to end. "item has sold",,release,,falls into shipping box,, grab the tape, get er dun!
Relist the wood chunk on ebay.. "Vintage OK Cub mounting stick,,"
I'll have you know it was very well packed, in a box about 4 times as large as it needed to be!
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jsesere Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:35 pm
I'm surprized it made it past customs. Most goverments are on the look out for invasive insects. I mean it could very well have the larve of the dreaded American Girl Cootie hiding in it.
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Cribbs74 Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:36 pm
What did you pay for shipping Wilf? That pic needs to go in the gallery.
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Ivanhoe Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:46 pm
cribbs74 wrote:What did you pay for shipping Wilf? That pic needs to go in the gallery.
$11.60, which is around about the average cost to get an engine here from the US, luckily the wood was not heavy!
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Cribbs74 Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:33 pm
Ivanhoe wrote:cribbs74 wrote:What did you pay for shipping Wilf? That pic needs to go in the gallery.
$11.60, which is around about the average cost to get an engine here from the US, luckily the wood was not heavy!
Probably because it's been drying since that engine was built!
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Jason_WI Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:02 pm
All wood exported or imported needs to be heat treated. But I think in this case castor soaked wood will keep the bugs away. It looks like a piece of spruce, pine or fir by the end grain. could be part of a 2x4 or a 2x6.
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Cribbs74 Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:23 pm
Jason_WI wrote:All wood exported or imported needs to be heat treated. But I think in this case castor soaked wood will keep the bugs away. It looks like a piece of spruce, pine or fir by the end grain. could be part of a 2x4 or a 2x6.
Jason
Wow that makes it even more valuable!
Sorry Jason couldn't resist.......
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Ivanhoe Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:24 am
Jason_WI wrote:All wood exported or imported needs to be heat treated. But I think in this case castor soaked wood will keep the bugs away. It looks like a piece of spruce, pine or fir by the end grain. could be part of a 2x4 or a 2x6.
Jason
Hey, we could start a new forum "International Wood Lump Collectors" and discuss the latest additions to our collections!
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Ivanhoe Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:27 am
cribbs74 wrote:
Probably because it's been drying since that engine was built!
It had certainly been screwed to it for a LONG time, after removing the screws I had to prise the engine off it.
I wouldn't have minded so much if it had been a chunk of decent wood that I could have used for something!
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PV Pilot Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:46 am
Ivanhoe wrote:I wouldn't have minded so much if it had been a chunk of decent wood that I could have used for something!
You can,,a survival smudge pot/smoke signal,,with all that castor soaked in.
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