"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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"NorwichLad" writes:
Background: Companies delivers lots of things, one of which is some
alarm
cable. Company send wrong cable. Company still hasn't realised two
months
on. Company have been utter *******s about other issues - me selling
alarm
cable. This company has messed me round so much, that I've no moral
problems selling it. (so spare any lectures folks!)

I *had* ordered 100 metres of 4 core alarm cable

What arrived was 8 core, and in a drum. I'm told by the alarm installer
that
it's between 1km and a mile in length.

I just weighed the drum and cable, and it's 17kg. There are no labels on
the
drum. The drum is plastic

I can find new prices for this cable from the company's (see above)
website.

Well, they've either gone bust, or they forgot to pay for their
hostname domain renewal ;-)

what i need to know is
- based on weight, how much cable is there likely to be?

500m is a common size, and I suspect that's most likely length
for that weight.

- how much is the resale value, if anything?

New price is going to be £40-£50 probably, unless it's
something special like LSF. I think you'd be lucky to get more
than half that, including P&P (since anyone who buys it on an
account doesn't pay P&P anyway), after which you might be left
with £10.

I have 100m real of 20 pair phone cable, minus 20 or so metres
I used. Much as I hate the thought, I suspect it's going into
the dustbin as the amount I would be likely to make isn't worth
the effort.

Bang it eBay with buyer to pay carriage or arrange collection.
You'd be suprised.
Don't put a reserve on, get a mate to place a bid of your minimum on the
penultimate day.

--
Toby.

NTL. Bringing you yesterday's news today, and a bit of last week's. Maybe.