12C Scientific ?

[johnb]

(04-03-2023 07:35 AM)WallyEmm Wrote:  ...the seller had listed it for a friend using their description.

While a certain number of such claims must be legit, IMHO this is a far-overused excuse for "I either tried to get away with something, or I was just careless, and in either case I don't want to own up to it."


If I recall correctly, my worst experience with this was an HP-48g that I won for about $21 when they were mostly selling in the $150 range. The seller claimed he was "selling it for a friend" and "the friend decided not to sell." Came up with a different excuse when I pointed out that arbitrary withdrawal once sold was against the site rules. At that point, I did a little research and found he ran a small business in his state. I threatened to report it to the site, and his local police, and report his business to his state's business licensure board.

Boy, did that calculator suddenly arrive quickly, in the best protective packaging imaginable!