Amazon tach

[Heo]

Bought a Bosch tach from Amazon that arrived today
Ahhh how nice to go out in the garage this stormy rainy
cold day and instal the tach and just enyoy...yea right
The red pointer was impossible to move and someone
had taken a set of pliers to try to move it and dented
the knob and scratched the glass
The A-holes sent me some ones reject.
Maybe they have bought a load of rejects cheap, thats why they are
marginaly cheaper than Summit
Wounder who get this when i have returned it
No more Amazon for me
Lets se if i get any refund from them, probably not

[shady]

I have had nothing but bad luck in buying a tach. & having it shipped. I'm 3 for 3. The movement on them is really fragile & the postal must play football with them.

[Heo]

If i was a rich man i would adjust it with a sledgehammer
so i could send it back in a envelope

[BigBlueIron]

Several years ago I need a cheap tach so I hoped on Ebay. A listing with 3 or 4 used tachs popped up, one old SunPro and old VDO Eliminator and few others I can't remember.  Because it was cheap I bought the lot thinking, well if one works it will still be worth it. That was maybe 8 years ago. The sun pro has seen weekly use since then, the VDO is in my rat rod and the others on random engines. And they have all worked fine!

[turbohunter]

If i was a rich man i would adjust it with a sledgehammer
so i could send it back in a envelope

I so wanna have a drink with you.

[Heo]

Several years ago I need a cheap tach so I hoped on Ebay. A listing with 3 or 4 used tachs popped up, one old SunPro and old VDO Eliminator and few others I can't remember.  Because it was cheap I bought the lot thinking, well if one works it will still be worth it. That was maybe 8 years ago. The sun pro has seen weekly use since then, the VDO is in my rat rod and the others on random engines. And they have all worked fine!

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Yes thats what i used to do or buy an surplus pump or generator or something like
that from the army, for lunch money often loaded with SW ,VDO or AC gauges
or an brittish car, often a full set of Smiths  Gauges and those Lucas switches
that sounds like a whiplash when you flip them
But silly me, thought i buy a new shiny tach in a chromed cup and just install it,
it would be so easy they said.... yeaaa right......

[Heo]

If i was a rich man i would adjust it with a sledgehammer
so i could send it back in a envelope

I so wanna have a drink with you.

 

[cjshaker]

Amazon is a lot like Ebay, if it's not from a trusted company, or a "Prime" purchase, you better do some homework and keep your fingers crossed. If it's not a Prime purchase, then you may have problems trying to return it, especially from small (no good) "business" owners. Anything listed as Prime will be an easy no hassle return. I really try to shy away from the non-Prime "good deals" on there, unless it's something basic like some flux and tinning compound that I just bought on there. Still did a lot of 'feedback' reading though, to be aware of what I was in for. The feedback section is well worth spending some time on. Sorry about your experience, Heo, I hope you get a refund.

[Heo]

Amazon is a lot like Ebay, if it's not from a trusted company, or a "Prime" purchase, you better do some homework and keep your fingers crossed. If it's not a Prime purchase, then you may have problems trying to return it, especially from small (no good) "business" owners. Anything listed as Prime will be an easy no hassle return. I really try to shy away from the non-Prime "good deals" on there, unless it's something basic like some flux and tinning compound that I just bought on there. Still did a lot of 'feedback' reading though, to be aware of what I was in for. The feedback section is well worth spending some time on. Sorry about your experience, Heo, I hope you get a refund.

Sounds like the sledgehammer and envelope is the answer, so they dont have both my money and the tach and resell it to someone ells

[TripleJ]

Picked up used Sun Pro at a swap meet for $15. Bolted it into the Galaxie and works like a charm. If it didn't for that kind of money i'd toss it

[RustyCrankshaft]

Amazon is a lot like Ebay, if it's not from a trusted company, or a "Prime" purchase, you better do some homework and keep your fingers crossed. If it's not a Prime purchase, then you may have problems trying to return it, especially from small (no good) "business" owners. Anything listed as Prime will be an easy no hassle return. I really try to shy away from the non-Prime "good deals" on there, unless it's something basic like some flux and tinning compound that I just bought on there. Still did a lot of 'feedback' reading though, to be aware of what I was in for. The feedback section is well worth spending some time on. Sorry about your experience, Heo, I hope you get a refund.

I agree.

If it's sold and/or fullfilled by Amazon I've had nothing but good luck. Returns, exchanges, damaged, etc. have all been handled quickly. I ordered some cans of Krylon aerosol overhaul and the shipment got delayed. I emailed Amazon, they said they weren't sure what USPS was doing and UPS'd a replacement order right then. Another time I got a damaged package, they renewed my Prime membership for that year and sent me a replacement part. So far I've been really pleased with them.

Private sellers using the Amazon storefront is an ENTIRELY different ballgame and I've had worse luck there than I have on FleaBay. Won't buy anything from Amazon private sellers these days.