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Old 21-01-2010, 2:41 PM
themininut
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Default Cebora autostar 180 tests?

I've won a Cebora autostar 180 on ebay for £131 (top price i hope!). it looks fairly tatty in the pictures but is supposed to be in working order.

Other than running a few beads to test it, is there anything i should be looking out for before i hand over money? Want to make sure it doesn't die on me in the first few weeks of ownership!

M.
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Old 22-01-2010, 11:39 AM
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Are they that good! or maybe that bad for no response!

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Old 22-01-2010, 1:13 PM
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Got one about ten years ago second hand. It had been well used in a garage on cars and making gates. Had no trouble in that time until last week. Fan would not start in cold weather had to spray it with WD40. Only got a short warranty on it -******!
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Old 23-01-2010, 1:17 PM
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The add said it was "Working order", clearly this was not the case. The seller was rude, aggressive and very unhelpful. He didn't even have a gas bottle for me to test it before i took it and said very aggressively that i could "go get a bottle and new wire to test it, or walk away!"

Never met anyone soooo aggressive that was trying to sell something.

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Old 24-01-2010, 12:39 AM
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so did you buy it or walk??
The latter i do hope
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Old 24-01-2010, 5:28 PM
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yeah, i walked, no way i'm giving my money to someone so bloody rude. need to start looking again now!

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