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[RC67GT6]

Greetings all!

Has anyone had dealings with Ebay Seller Autogeartransmissions or Motorgear LTD located at

143 Coppermill Lane Walthamstow London e177hd UK ?  

 

[steveo]

Had diff oil seals & gasket from them for my 13/60 with no problems (Ebay) does look a bit dodgy on Google street view !

[chrishawley]

No. And I wouldn't. If ever anything screams the phrase which ends '.......nine bob note' then this would be it. How do I substantiate that? Here goes.

There is a simple ruse for checking out the provenance for eBay sellers. It only takes a moment. Make a note of the company name, type or paste this into browser/search engine, leave a space than add gov.uk. Clck. Pretty much always this directs to Companies House. Then a quick look at 'Filing' or 'People' will allow a distinct impression to be formed. Only takes a moment. Notably, the CH files are specific about nationality.

So to take Autogeartransmissions/Motorgear LTD one finds two purportedly different business entities operating from the same residential adress with the same director. Gorden Bennett! I'll get my bearings elsewhere.

This might be an opportunity to mention a way that 'bad' sellers can sometimes supply 'good' products. Let's call it ghost selling and it goes like this, using a specific example:

On a given day a product on Amazon might be selling at a lower than usual price. Let's say £20. The eBay seller then puts this item up for £24. When they get an order they actually order from Amazon but get it delivered  straight to the consumer. Even once fees are concerned it's a decent profit margin for doing very little.

So, back to bearings. At 20thou undersize can they really be genuine NTN? Were they 'white box'?

 

[RC67GT6]

Hi Chris

It is a transmission shop but I suspect they discard the stock that they wont use on the Ebay site.

It reminds me of some gearbox gaskets from another seller that had missing un-punched bolt holes in them.

Regards. Rob