Let me tell you a bit about myself. I played online poker for almost 8 years and about a year and half ago I knew nothing about chainsaws. Online poker got tougher and tougher at higher limits and I was looking for ways to earn money. The idea of selling chainsaws came out of the blue, I was just watching a video about selling tips online, where the guy told that if you have a $5 item that you can sell for $10 you must make twenty transactions to make $100, so why don't you just find a $100 item you can sell for $200 instead? I was like, how about chainsaws? Of course I'm not doubling my money here, but saws are expensive enough to realize some profit in one transaction rather than selling $5 watches multiple times. I bought my first chainsaw, it was a very nice STIHL 084 AV at an unbelievably good price. I still have the photos!
I asked an old guy nearby to help me starting the saw. He asked me how much money I paid for it. I told him and he constantly criticized that beautiful 084 AV and made me feel bad. At that time I knew nothing about saws so I thought I did not make a good deal, but it was a very, very good deal. He told me it is better to stop dealing with saws, because there is no honesty and I will get scammed. I continued and I usually asked him if I needed help, because he was nearby and I did not know anybody else and because my collector friend lives in a different city. The old man is very unpredictable, sometimes he is very helpful, sometimes he is cunning and makes small tricks. I can be tricked easily because I don't have an engineer mindset. I currently don't have a compression tester and I usually ask him to check compression of the saws, he has a cheap $10-$15 compression tester and he uses an adapter. We checked about 40-50 bigger saws and we never had a compression over 145 PSI, I don't know how accurate this tests are.
Check my first 084 AV photos!