Buyer beware

[Merf]

I have been shopping for a Delta 4000 for my son.
I strongly prefer the 1/4 inch headphone jack.
I called the sellers of the Technetics 4000s listed on E-Bay and it is a mixed bag.
Some come with only the 1/8" headphone jack and some come with 1/8 and 1/4 inch jacks.
None of the ads state the jack size. A best kept secret I guess.
I E- Mailed first texas to get some clarification on build dates but have not gotten a response yet.
Anybody looking for one with the 1/4 inch jack should check first.

Sellers Ardvark and Caribbeancpt only have the ones with the 1/8 inch jack.

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[Keppy]

Well i found out that some of the detectors you get on ebay are not in good working order. And some are knock offs.......... I will not buy a detector off ebay any more .......I got taken there more than once ... I had to learn the hard way would not listen to what some told me........ I got a couple of real junkers from ebay.................... The pictures looked great and of course they were hardly used....... and they had good reasons why they were selling them ..............

[Merf]

I think you are right on Keppy----It is a hit or miss deal on E-Bay

[Sandman]

It is the same for Craigs list. When you don't know where the sellers house is, beware.

[Ronfrommichigan]

Ebay is OK if you do your homework.If an item doesn't work and described wrong and even if the seller says no returns,Palpal in most cases(99.9) will enforce the seller to return your money and shipping charges.I have made good and bad deals and still in the plus column.Most times if a deal is too good to be true there is something wrong so beware even on the classifieds.

[belliott]

I picked up my Delta 4000 and it has a 1/8th and 1/4 inch headphone jack. That may be the cause of the confusion. They have both.

[mrs.oroblanco]

It depends on the sellers on Ebay - I don't buy anything of any kind on Ebay unless there is good - and alot - of feedback.

We sold the Minelab on Ebay - almost brand new, still with original box and all it came with. Got a decent price, and the buyer got a good deal.

Both happy. Win-Win


Beth


PS: We bought 2 sets of converter plugs (gold-plated) - and have never been sorry. We have the ones that go from 1/4 to 1/2 and the opposite,
1/2 to 1/4. A set for hubby, and a set for me.

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

If you guys have a question about a machine call a dealer. We know our machines we sell. eBay sellers for the most part have 0 product knowledge. Plus you will get a better deal from us in most cases. I will help anyone with questions! Doesn't matter if you bought it from me or not. Just want to help! Thanks! Bart

[desert dog]

my delta 4000 has both 1/8th and 1/4 head phone jack

[Keppy]

I thought they had both also 1/4 & 1/8. ........... Fisher is not good at geting back to on emails .... a phone call works better.......

[MrPoptop]

Bart Davis at Big boys wont steer you wrong. A good guy to buy from.

[woof!]

Products with the same name usually get revised over time for a number of reasons. Not just Teknetics, but any product. In most cases the revisions are minor things that a customer would never notice, or are improvements that a customer might notice. In the automobile industry they are big on planned obsolescence so they do stuff by model years. The metal detector industry is not driven by model year considerations, so identifying exactly what rev level is at isn't always easy. It's usually unimportant.

The only way to find out what you're about to buy from dealer stock is to ask the dealer, because that's the only person who knows.

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--Dave J.

[Woodland Detectors]

[justanotherbarber]

Just for the record, Ardvark is owned by Kellyco and can be trusted just the same.