Ok then. That little chore is done.
I'm baaack.
i guess I'll retract my sorry;
new guy from Newfoundland comes on with an example of a saw he is interested in. I like Newfies. I know and gave worked with hundreds over the years. A special breed. Tough, industrious buggers by and large. Anyway, he has an excellent, thought out post and seems thoughtful, but unsure.
Immediately some folks come on to say, oh ya, excellent saw, excellent price, go for it. And it DID look decent in the pics, not saying it didn't. But it wasn't a 346, which the seller was up front about.
However, it was a 351 rebuilt to 346 spec, recoil sticker and all. So it was most likely a burned-up 351 (plastic clamp problem, probably,) and the vendor took it upon himself to turn it into a "346", obviously trying to get pristine 346 price for it. No one knows what kind of bottom end damage was sustained. One member even pointed out the backwards av mount as an alarm bell. What else may be assembled poorly we wonder??
meanwhile I know at 480 plus shipping that is a questionable price, like 1/3 too high, imo. And another experienced Canadian says the same at one point, btw.
so I get into a tiff (I wouldn't call it an argument cause we are all men here and don't take these things THAT seriously).
then the defence starts by American members who, quite frankly don't know the Canadian prices and believe that a simple exchange calculation proves all.
so I throw some cautionary remarks out there and immediately get refuted by those who mostly are in the saw flipping game to a certain extent. I have no pony in the race. Other than I felt like helping a fellow Canadian out a bit.
i pointed out a couple of cheap, listed saws trying to encourage the OP to keep his eyes open while he keeps his eyes open for the "right" saw.
Events are somewhat out of order, and I may have missed a detail or two, but whatever.
now apparently I am the ass. Right. I was just impatient and abrupt. I am sorry about that. No buts. However I am right about the price of that saw and the questionable nature of it. Thought I'd throw a however in there.
anyhoo Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all the Canadians. Yup, this weekend.