Grinder and sausage stuffer purchase.
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:36
Well guys.
I have been quiet for a few days, but I have been busy sorting out my Sausage making needs.
I have a Santos Number 12/8 mincer that I purchased 4 years ago, new for £200 from Ebay, at the time of buying this grinder was selling for over £800 new.
It was my first purchase when I joined Ebay. It is a good little grinder, it has one problem though, the mouth of the feed tube is very narrow, It can be a push when I have not cut a bit of meat small enough. They also do a 12/12 model which has a 4mm wider tube, does not sound a lot but I can assure you it is to me. The other bonus is that my one the grinding head is made of Aluminium, the number 12 is all stainless steel. The one I have is a number 8 mincer head this one is a number 12 head.
I am normally a sniper on Ebay, I confirm my bid with 10 seconds to go. I had a dental appointment that collided with the end time, I thought I would enter a price of £329.99. I got back from the dentist after having 3 jags. feeling like my cheek was twice the size. I headed for the puter to see if I had won the grinder, to my dismay I was outbid.
I was gutted, I really wanted this mincer. I decided to check the bidding history, only to find that the person that outbid me had zero feedback. Cogs started turning in my head and I got to thinking could the seller have set up an account just to bid his item up.
I sent the seller an email saying that just on the off chance that it was him that was bidding his grinder up and he is now landed with it, give me a call and we can discuss me buying it.
Low and behold 3 days later the guy calls me and says that the buyer was no longer a member and the grinder was still for sale, would I like to buy it. Of course I said yes, to which the seller said, since I was the second bidder we would just knock off the top bidders last bid that meant I was paying £329.99 for the mincer.
Well being a tight Scotsman, I said to the seller, it does not work that way, all the bids that the zero feedback guy left are all taken away. This left me with the grinder that was used once before the guys shop went belly up, buying the grinder for £200.
By this time I am doing a lap of honour around the living room jumping anything that is in my way. Before we ended the conversation, it turned out that he also has a Tre Spade Number 5 deluxe horizontal sausage stuffer which he would sell as well if I was interested. Used once as well (like they all say). Retails at about £400 here. I said I would make him one offer which was the only offer I was going to make, take it or leave it. I said I would pay him £400 for them both on the condition that he was responsible for the postage of the two items getting to me . He went for it.
Things are coming together. Will soon be making my first post of sausages being made.
Thanks if you took the time to read all this. I get carried away some times.
Ian
I have been quiet for a few days, but I have been busy sorting out my Sausage making needs.
I have a Santos Number 12/8 mincer that I purchased 4 years ago, new for £200 from Ebay, at the time of buying this grinder was selling for over £800 new.
It was my first purchase when I joined Ebay. It is a good little grinder, it has one problem though, the mouth of the feed tube is very narrow, It can be a push when I have not cut a bit of meat small enough. They also do a 12/12 model which has a 4mm wider tube, does not sound a lot but I can assure you it is to me. The other bonus is that my one the grinding head is made of Aluminium, the number 12 is all stainless steel. The one I have is a number 8 mincer head this one is a number 12 head.
I am normally a sniper on Ebay, I confirm my bid with 10 seconds to go. I had a dental appointment that collided with the end time, I thought I would enter a price of £329.99. I got back from the dentist after having 3 jags. feeling like my cheek was twice the size. I headed for the puter to see if I had won the grinder, to my dismay I was outbid.
I was gutted, I really wanted this mincer. I decided to check the bidding history, only to find that the person that outbid me had zero feedback. Cogs started turning in my head and I got to thinking could the seller have set up an account just to bid his item up.
I sent the seller an email saying that just on the off chance that it was him that was bidding his grinder up and he is now landed with it, give me a call and we can discuss me buying it.
Low and behold 3 days later the guy calls me and says that the buyer was no longer a member and the grinder was still for sale, would I like to buy it. Of course I said yes, to which the seller said, since I was the second bidder we would just knock off the top bidders last bid that meant I was paying £329.99 for the mincer.
Well being a tight Scotsman, I said to the seller, it does not work that way, all the bids that the zero feedback guy left are all taken away. This left me with the grinder that was used once before the guys shop went belly up, buying the grinder for £200.
By this time I am doing a lap of honour around the living room jumping anything that is in my way. Before we ended the conversation, it turned out that he also has a Tre Spade Number 5 deluxe horizontal sausage stuffer which he would sell as well if I was interested. Used once as well (like they all say). Retails at about £400 here. I said I would make him one offer which was the only offer I was going to make, take it or leave it. I said I would pay him £400 for them both on the condition that he was responsible for the postage of the two items getting to me . He went for it.
Things are coming together. Will soon be making my first post of sausages being made.
Thanks if you took the time to read all this. I get carried away some times.
Ian