Thread: Thoughts on oil covered bricks?

I certainly hope this works out in your favor. Stone does look good in pictures though.

Thanks John. It is certainly in good condition and because of the relative flatness in relation to how filthy it is I'm thinking it is something really hard like an Ark but it could be anything. It could be a coti even or it could be some synthetic POS. I tend to be more bullish than bearish. Sometimes I win but I also have some doorstops that I bought with stars in my eyes.

Well, sometimes you roll the dice and win and sometimes you roll the dice and lose...or at least not win.




It is not a total loss for that price is not way out of whack for the condition it is in with the box. It does sort of bother me that he didn't show pictures of the stamps or the back side of the stone which has a small chip. You can see from the chip that it is a synthetic. Here is his description.



Also if you look at the pictures he shows no pics of the stamps or the back side of the stone with the chip. It could easily be construed as misrepresenting the product, especially since he calls it "Oilstone," in his description.

Lots of land mines out there in ebay land. Hard sometimes to navigate around them. I'm sure you'll make it work somehow.

I contacted the seller and pointed out all that stuff. He offered to take it back even though he has a no return policy. Either take it back or give me a discount. I took a chance and for that reason I would keep it but since it seems like he misrepresented it a little I will probably take him up on the discount.

It's a No. 0 fine but even as fine as they get it would be a stretch to use it for razors; maybe for blade repair or rough bevel set. It would make a really nice knife stone. Maybe I'll clean up the box also, make it look new and gift it. I'm pretty flush on knife stones, although it would make a nice boxed bench stone.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I contacted the seller and pointed out all that stuff. He offered to take it back even though he has a no return policy. Either take it back or give me a discount. I took a chance and for that reason I would keep it but since it seems like he misrepresented it a little I will probably take him up on the discount.

It's a No. 0 fine but even as fine as they get it would be a stretch to use it for razors; maybe for blade repair or rough bevel set. It would make a really nice knife stone. Maybe I'll clean up the box also, make it look new and gift it. I'm pretty flush on knife stones, although it would make a nice boxed bench stone.

this is why I havent to sell stuff on ebay etc..

The customers suck and complain

Really Tim???

The guy intentionally misrepresented what he was selling. I'd say HE sucks. Maybe you should look in the mirror also

Yes. ...............

If you don't want complaints then don't try to BS people.

What are you complaiing about at this point?