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Is it me or not, being suspicious.
Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to the shop page to purchase the item shown for £29.99 it is a GTA 26 with no STIHL markings at all. Header says 2020 HOT SELLING-GTA 26 Battery-Powered Wood Cutter. For that price I expect it is a Chinese copy. Interestingly when you pause the demo video, the demo screen goes black, so I recorded it with a screen recorder. |
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On 15/10/2020 14:42, jon wrote:
Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to the shop page to purchase the item shown for £29.99 it is a GTA 26 with no STIHL markings at all. Header says 2020 HOT SELLING-GTA 26 Battery-Powered Wood Cutter. For that price I expect it is a Chinese copy. Interestingly when you pause the demo video, the demo screen goes black, so I recorded it with a screen recorder. Why bother? You're clearly not going to buy a Stihl saw for 30 quid. So, either buy the cheap copy for 30 quid ... or don't. |
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Is it me or not, being suspicious.
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:27:19 +0100, GB wrote:
On 15/10/2020 14:42, jon wrote: Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to the shop page to purchase the item shown for £29.99 it is a GTA 26 with no STIHL markings at all. Header says 2020 HOT SELLING-GTA 26 Battery-Powered Wood Cutter. For that price I expect it is a Chinese copy. Interestingly when you pause the demo video, the demo screen goes black, so I recorded it with a screen recorder. Why bother? You're clearly not going to buy a Stihl saw for 30 quid. So, either buy the cheap copy for 30 quid ... or don't. Not buying anything, just highlighting the anomaly. |
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On 15/10/2020 15:53, jon wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:27:19 +0100, GB wrote: On 15/10/2020 14:42, jon wrote: Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to the shop page to purchase the item shown for £29.99 it is a GTA 26 with no STIHL markings at all. Header says 2020 HOT SELLING-GTA 26 Battery-Powered Wood Cutter. For that price I expect it is a Chinese copy. Interestingly when you pause the demo video, the demo screen goes black, so I recorded it with a screen recorder. Why bother? You're clearly not going to buy a Stihl saw for 30 quid. So, either buy the cheap copy for 30 quid ... or don't. Not buying anything, just highlighting the anomaly. I've not bought anything off a facebook ad, and your tale doesn't encourage me to. There are some very very dodgy sellers out there, and at least Amazon MP and Ebay give you some protection. |
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Is it me or not, being suspicious.
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jon wrote: Just seen and ad on Farcebook for a mini chain saw, the one in the filmed demo is a STIHL made unit, but when you go to the shop page to purchase the item shown for £29.99 it is a GTA 26 with no STIHL markings at all. Header says 2020 HOT SELLING-GTA 26 Battery-Powered Wood Cutter. For that price I expect it is a Chinese copy. Interestingly when you pause the demo video, the demo screen goes black, so I recorded it with a screen recorder. Be very careful with these FB ads. It's quite likely all you get for that 29.99 is a spare chain. They did a similar trick with modelling saw benches. Where you can buy spare blades on Ebay for a couple of quid. But the ad showed the complete saw. -- *What are the pink bits in my tyres? Cyclists & Joggers* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 15/10/2020 16:50, GB wrote:
I've not bought anything off a facebook ad, and your tale doesn't encourage me to. There are NO sellers on Facebook selling the genuine articles! -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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