I find it funny that I have got a ton of positive rep, only with Trimmed sending me negative rep. I read the trading post before the comment's were pulled, and I stated my perception of the post after reading them before they were deleted,,,,,, Now Trim were did I get the fact's confused?.....
Joat questions the build price of the saw and which in my opinion where legitamate questions from a buyer, if you want to buy uninformed and ignorant of what exactly what in the saw, great for you. I'd want a detailed listing of parts, with a receipt for the parts. It keeps everyone honest. I need some positieve rep to kindly rid myself of Trim's negative.
Now, Tommy to answer the question of another post last night,
Can you make money rebuilding saws and sell them? post
It would be interesting to take this particular saw and start with the 350.00 start point add all parts at the cost of an AS member not someone getting discounts on parts as I do from my local dealer. Put in the time required to do the work at a reasonable non shop rate as an individual has no overhead and come up with a ballpark cost on the rebuilt saw. It would answer the poster's question, Can you make money rebuilding a saw? It's of no relavance how much profit one makes, if you have a buyer for the product, then he/she must have thought it was a value. Making profit is not a crime, it put's food on the table.
Joat, done the admirable thing, he was called out and he put up. I don't think he had anything to hide. From what I have read, he took the high road in the whole deal at least from what you can read. Personally, I agree it is hard to miss broken fins, only Brad knows whether he knew if they were there or not.
With all the detail in previous post, it does raise questions in any reasonable persons mind. If just shows if your going to step out on the field and do business on an open forum you had better be ready to man up.