Plane on E-Bay?

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Walter,Sandusky,Ohio

>I am new to woodworking but even I know better.

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>One of two things:

1) Somebody somehow mixed up their listing descriptions

or

2) Somebody is VERY stupid.

How you could possibly mix up a plane and a level otherwise I'll never know.

Todd O.

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Jerry Nicholson

>I checked and even my wife knows better and all she knows about woodworking tools is that I spend money on them! In fact, some of my grandchildren probably know better.

Jerry

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Robert R. Clough - Thorncraft

>No, no, Todd, you don't understand. A Plane can fly level. Old Planes were made of wood. A Level is made of wood, therefore it is a Plane.

Logic -101.

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Walter,Sandusky,Ohio

>Logical thinking? That is a long stretch :)

De plane, De Plane!

Nemo Tools

>I gave my daughter the test and she is the least tool oriented person I know. She immediately correctly identified it. So ya gotta wonder who is selling this stuff.

What is your first reaction when you see this kind of error? My first reaction is to think "I'm not going to buy from an idiot like that!" but really, who cares whether the seller knows what it is or what it's worth. If you (or I) know what it is and we want it, well, go ahead. Maybe since it is mis-listed, there won't be as much competition to get it. Is that wrong?

In this case, I can afford to pass, however. I don't nemo levels.

Roy Anderson, AKA Nemo.

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Joel

>I've been looking for one of these for years. between 1957 and 1964 STanley produced a line of planes (this line) that were designed to look like a level. The reason was that they were the perfect gift for someone who wasn't exactly sure what they wanted for Christmas. They had a certain popularity on building sites for carpenters who were tired of their co-workers borrowing their tools- sort of hide in plane site. You could keep a nice sharp transitional plane in your tool box and everythong would think it's a level and not borrow it - and everyone had a level. I think the reason they stopped making them is that in general in the 1960's hand plane usage on constuction sites because really unusual so the market vanished. Anyway I've a seen a bunch at auction go really high - this one isn't in great shape so maybe it's affordable.

Re: Plane on E-Bay?

Walter,Sandusky,Ohio

>Too late, it has been changed to level. Funny thing about it is, he didn't have any planes in his "other items".

Public embarrassment works

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>The seller has corrected his error. Must have posted it in a moment of stupidity - the kind we all have.

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Ernie Miller

>Do none of you people know what a brain fart is? Damn I miss lable one tool and the whole world is falling! I corrected it and promise not to do it again untill I make the next stupid mistake. Enough all ready.

Now Ernie,

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>you know darn good and well that if you had pulled this boner that we'd RAG YOU TO NO END! ;~) I'd even be willing to bet that Bob would even turn the keys of the short bus over to you.

I fiqure the seller just got things a bit mixed up when posting them on da-bay. I've never done it, so I don't know if it's possible or not. My favorite is still the guy who tried to pass off a lever cap as a chisel. That was a screamer!

Todd O.

Re: Now Ernie,

Ernie Miller

>I wright my adds up in a word processor spell check then copy and paist them into e-bay the biggest problem I have is with punctuation not carring over to ebay there is usualy the monday morning reread for mistakes from sunday night for some reason there program dosent like " and you must say inches otherwise you get some strange stuff.