Optimizing a Craftsman while saving for a "real" saw

HighCountry my apologies.

 

To all who have contributed to this thread, I am grateful. Everyone.

 

Back on topic. A 50cc saw will handle about anything you are likely to throw at it in your area. Having said that if it was my money, I'd save it up and go with the Dolmar 6100. I've never regretted spending a little extra money on quality OPE. You will never have to wonder if you brought enough dog to the fight. A couple minor points tip the scale in the 6100s direction for me vs. The 590. Guide bar availability and vibration damping mainly. Don't get me wrong I love most brands of chainsaw. I love my Echo's but the 6100 is a saw to grow old with.

 

I agree 100% the anti vibration on the 6100 is better then the Echo 490 and 590. I work my 6100 and have even tackled 44" cotton woods with it. Not because I had to. I have a 87cc stihl 056 super. But because it is just so much nicer to run.
It is easy to for get the extra money you spent on a great piece of equipment after a few years of good service.

 

I wasn't going to try and get a refund or anything on five bucks, just give her negative feedback, but now I think I will, if I don't get satisfaction, I can open a case with PayPal or eBay, or both.
I did that with PayPal before and got a refund

 

Use to be ebay and paypal the same company but recently they seperated again. Anyway. You can just do it on ebay. As a seller you pay your bill to ebay once a month. They will just hit her account -$5 if she won't pay up. To me it's The principle of it. Could be an honest mistake...a PO with a screwed up scale (been there before) you never know.

 

I think she bought her shipping label online.
Not sure why she only paid for 10 pounds, but post office said she paid for 10 pounds and the package was actually 17 lbs.
Exact amount I paid was $4.35

 

It doesn't matter where she bought it as you paid paypal and they pay ebay or you pay her? They will work it out??

Ebay has about as good a discount you can get anywhere. I have a USPS online account and ebay account usually beats it.

 

HighCountry I'd be happy to go look at this one for you:

DOLMAR PS-6400 CHAINSAW

 

All good, refund received

 

Good. I knew you would. And was pretty sure it would be flawless

 

I ordered a part for the wifes sewing machine. Seller shipped it to texas. Never returned my messages for another. Forced me to open a claim. Never responded to the ebay case. Ebay sided with me. Refunded me the $4!!! As a seller you still have to pay the fees also with that in that case!!! So they are out about $1 in fees plus I got all my money back. I left negative feedback and I was not the first person to have that problem everyone said no response from seller. I don't see how you have a ebay biz and do that. Even if you don't use the login email anymore you still get messages through ebay??

 

I had to go pick saw up but post office is only 4 mi
Seller was great

 

I appreciate it, but I actually found a great local Dolmar shop that has some good deals. They certainly turned my head! Thanks for the offer, though.

 

I have only opened a case with eBay once. The seller had sent me something very different than what they had advertised, and wanted me to pay to ship it back for refund. Sorry, I don't care what your "terms" are, if you send me the wrong thing, I will not pay for return shipment. When I opened the case, they somehow saw the error of their ways.

They also got a bad rating, and balked at that. I suggested that in order to get a good rating, they have to deal honestly with people, fix their errors when they make them, etc.

 

Cause like I said Ebay would of sided with you and he would of ended up wiTh a black eye anyway.