Hi All
A week ago last Wednesday I purchased the M1112 lathe from eBay via the seller VM-Express. It looked like a great deal as the lathe was in stock as opposed to the long wait Grizzly has for the lathe. Plus, it included all the accessories and the cast iron stand for about $700 cheaper as it also included free shipping. Total was $4450.00. The lathe arrived this past Thursday, two days later than expected, which was a bummer because it was sunny and dry on Tuesday and Wednesday. Now it's been raining since it arrived. Anyways, all I got was the lathe and the accessories, no stand bases. I contacted the seller and after their research they were sorry that the stand bases are no longer in their warehouse. They offered me a $200 partial reimbursement. Yeah, nice try. The two cast iron bases together cost $1665.20 and that's not including shipping. They weigh about 200 pounds together. To me this is a real crappy bate and switch move. Now I have to begin the long hassle of somehow rectifying the situation. The packaging for the lathe came pretty damaged yet I do not believe the lathe itself suffered any damage. I took lots of pics but I did remove the packaging/crating. It would be a real PITA for me to have to re-crate this thing properly, which I do not believe I should have to do as now I would be liabel for any damage upon return. So now I'm trying to figure what path to take. Keep it and try to get re-imbursed for the stands and just make a temporary stand for now or return? Any suggestions? Also, anybody have this lathe? If so, what are the base heights? The manual is confusing as it lists both stand cartons as 15 x 15 x 15. No way these bases are 15" or less in height.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
A week ago last Wednesday I purchased the M1112 lathe from eBay via the seller VM-Express. It looked like a great deal as the lathe was in stock as opposed to the long wait Grizzly has for the lathe. Plus, it included all the accessories and the cast iron stand for about $700 cheaper as it also included free shipping. Total was $4450.00. The lathe arrived this past Thursday, two days later than expected, which was a bummer because it was sunny and dry on Tuesday and Wednesday. Now it's been raining since it arrived. Anyways, all I got was the lathe and the accessories, no stand bases. I contacted the seller and after their research they were sorry that the stand bases are no longer in their warehouse. They offered me a $200 partial reimbursement. Yeah, nice try. The two cast iron bases together cost $1665.20 and that's not including shipping. They weigh about 200 pounds together. To me this is a real crappy bate and switch move. Now I have to begin the long hassle of somehow rectifying the situation. The packaging for the lathe came pretty damaged yet I do not believe the lathe itself suffered any damage. I took lots of pics but I did remove the packaging/crating. It would be a real PITA for me to have to re-crate this thing properly, which I do not believe I should have to do as now I would be liabel for any damage upon return. So now I'm trying to figure what path to take. Keep it and try to get re-imbursed for the stands and just make a temporary stand for now or return? Any suggestions? Also, anybody have this lathe? If so, what are the base heights? The manual is confusing as it lists both stand cartons as 15 x 15 x 15. No way these bases are 15" or less in height.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
