[AusNOG] the new AusNOG list for selling kit

Fri Mar 22 19:04:36 EST 2013

Hey Paul,

I believe this really does involve personal responsibility.

If you look at carsales.com.au and buy a car as I recently did, and you do
a private deal... and later on it is faulty, then basically tough luck.
 The onus is on the buyer to make sure that everything is right to their
satisfaction before buying it.  If there is any doubt on your end, you
should negotiate as part of the sale, a period where there is some sort of
return... but if they say no, and you still buy... it is on you.

I agree with you about mis-representing, but that is a big call... You say
it was someone on the list, and as I've said off-list, I don't know why
anyone in good standing with the community would purposefully risk their
standing buy ripping off someone else who is on the list... it just doesn't
make sense.

The kit-sales list should be treated the same as eBay, gumtree,
graysonline, carsales.com.au, and hundreds more.  If your purchase isn't
what you expected - then ausnog is not responsible, just as all those sites
or private sales.

Every time I have a customer who buys some second-hand Cisco equipment,
there come an element of risk. If you buy off eBay, you deserve what you
get - that is just a stupid situation waiting to happen.  If you buy from a
reburb company, you find one with a good reputation that provides you
quality kit... but even they won't give you much more than a couple of
months for most purchases... they do their due-diligence to a certain
degree, but if it works when they test it, and send it to you (most will
provide a printout of the test these days), and it is DoA - then... that is
a problem.  What happens if it was damaged in shipping and you didn't pay
insurance? How is that the sellers fault?

Whenever we do have things arrive at our office when a customer has
purchased something from somewhere... we test it ASAP, so we can see that
it was actually working when it arrived.  There have been situations (way
too many in my opinion) recently where some refurb suppliers have sent dead
kit - or kit that was even showing faults in their test... that is just
sad... this is why when I am buying, I only deal with people I trust and
who I know do good QA, and most importantly - IF something goes wrong, they
will look after it.

I am sorry you didn't get what you expected in this purchase... but, and it
sucks to hear it... who is really to blame here?

Personally, when I sell excess kit, I keep the money sitting in paypal till
a week after they've received it... just in case I have to return it... but
I also do good QA as well.

...Skeeve

*Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Paul Wallace <paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au>wrote:

> No Skeeve, Caveat Emptor is what Fathers say to their sons.****
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> Misrepresenting stuff when trying to sell it in Australian is both
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> We just don’t need that kind of spirit being promulgated by senior members
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> Given the upcoming ‘kit sales list’ what we need is a spirit of ‘do the
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> The poor old AusNOG Board are going to lose their lives in sorting out
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> *From:* ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Skeeve Stevens
> *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2013 5:30 PM
> *To:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] the new AusNOG list for selling kit****
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> Paul,****
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> Firstly - Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware.****
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> Secondly - If you have a problem with ausnog, you should approach them
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> It is uncool to accuse anyone of anything unless there is context.  You've
> come out and accused someone, but not by name, of something that no one
> here knows anything about.****
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> AusNOG is not a place that many people who are actively involved would get
> away with doing something dodgy.... lest their reputation would be ruined.
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> If you have a legitimate issue, you should be talking to the seller, and
> figuring out the how and why.  Do you really think it was a purposeful,
> malicious sale from someone shonky? or an unfortunate situation?****
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> Just remember, AusNOG is an audience and would be subject to libel action
> depending on the facts.  Also, in some cases, truth isn't necessarily a
> defence... that said... I probably wouldn't be naming names. AusNOG isn't
> the place for this either way and I would take it offline - and preferably
> sort out the situation with whomever you have the issue with.  ****
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> Also, from your tone, I would guess you are pretty angry... perhaps you
> should relax, have a beer, enjoy the weekend and ponder over things before
> you take them further... mediate perhaps?****
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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Paul Wallace <paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au>
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> Please consider how you might address rouges going forward where they
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> We’ve recently become a victim to a shonk from WA purporting to be a
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> We plan to submit a formal complaint to AusNOG shortly seeking to have
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