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If you run up on this again. Just have them take it to a UPS store. All they have to do is drop it off. He can give you the price and you can pay them online.
Oy, this guy is so close to me. What a shame.Long Island... close to you by chance??
I'm near Rochester sorryLong Island... close to you by chance??
I wrote the seller back and he really didn't give two hoots about what it was or what he could have sold it for.
I went thru the same thing with a so called light dealer/collector. He's also a member here. In my case the guy backed out from wanting to make the sell so he came up with the excuse that he didnt have time to ship it, and couldnt find the right box. And it wasnt a light bar, just a single beacon. Now I see him offering to sell stuff to others and appears he has no problems offering shipping.Ok, I figured I found a good deal when this "tow truck lightbar" popped up for $100. I got in touch with the guy who lives on the opposite end of the country, literally... and made arrangements for my wife
who was visiting that city to pick it up and ship it back home. Great plan I thought until my wife wasn't able to connect because he didn't want to meet half way and the extra 2 hour drive wouldn't work with my wife. He didn't quite understand why I'm wanting this particular lightbar and says it's not worth the trouble. I wasn't going to tell him the bar had historical value and risk him jacking up the price or changing his mind with selling.
So, he suggested shipping it to me instead. Cool, we made arrangements to ship it; we were prepared to send him a prepaid shipping label for USPS and PayPal the money for the bar and for his costs in packing it. We asked him to pack it really well and get back to us with the final dimensions so we can finalize the shipping cost on our end... he was great up to this point, said he tried finding a box big enough and couldn't etc etc... and then he doesn't text anymore, he doesn't answer my phone calls, he doesn't return my voicemail. I give it a day, same thing... ignored. I respond on the app where I found the lightbar and send a note that I want to buy it, I see that he saw my message but it goes unanswered. I guess he didn't want to put any more effort in packing and shipping it :/.
Alittle frustrated and disappointed that he stopped responding and we weren't able to finalize the deal. I was excited to have an NYPD bar in my collection.
This looked like a really nice bar with lenses that would clean up pretty easily.
Anyone in NY willing to pick this up and ship it to me in WA??
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