[Coco] eBay+Paypal+AnIdiot=A MESS

Kevin Diggs kevdig at hypersurf.com
Sat Apr 7 18:46:12 EDT 2007


Hi,

	Speaking of eBay, I was wondering if I could get some opinions on 
something.

	I respect a seller's desire not to accept paypal because of the fees. 
But wouldn't it be nice to accept a personal check?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110110254780&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001

	This isn't as far off topic as it might seem. The auction is for a 
Golden Arrow, a circa 1989 Radio Shack RC car. I made the mistake of 
letting a neighbor kid try mine. Within 15 seconds he had driven it 
under an approaching Mustang. The damage was minimal; just crushed the 
left front wheel and scuffed up the bottom a bit. I repaired it with 
some replacement cars I bought on eBay a few years ago. Just though I'd 
replenish my supply.

					kevin

P.S.:  Given the recent discussions of CNC machines I think this would 
be the ideal place to ask:  The steering is getting kinda sloppy. One of 
the problems is that the steering servo output shaft has to much play in 
it. By that I mean it is kinda loose in the outside bearing. Looks like 
the shaft itself is wearing. The gears seem fine. They actually did a 
good job with the gears. The teeth on the gear close to the motor are 
really skinny. The teeth on the output shaft are nearly a quarter inch wide.



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