Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: kinslayer1965 on February 14, 2013, 04:51:45 pm
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I am bidding on an osage stave on ebay. Wondering if anybody else had any experience with ebay staves?
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Time will tell.
Clifford
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Scares me Cliff!
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I have purchased several things over the years both bidding and buy it now stuff. Mostly camo clothing and a couple tree stands. I have never tried to sell things and never really though it would be any thing I am intersted in. I was just doing a search on osage staves and a link came up for ebay and I thought what the heck I would give it a try. I as of a few minutes ago was still winning.
Kinda scares me a little as well Pearl but as my father used to say you can't hit a home run unless you swing a bat. He also used to say if your gonna be dumb you better be strong ;D
Thanks for responding.
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I have bid on a few now, mostly economy yew staves. My staves were exactly as pictured, so I would be sure to study the pics for flaws. I have started investing more time and effort into harvesting my own white woods so yew and Osage would be my only bids. Also pay attention to when it was cut, a lot of eBay staves are green or mostly green and need a few weeks/months at bow thickness to dry out fully
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Most of the staves on eBay are fresh cut in my experience so you run the risk of them developing issues as they dry
I have bought a lot of stuff on eBay ( including staves) but never sold anything its great for buyers hard on sellers, just pick and chose wisely and watch your shipping costs
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I have bought and sold quite a bit on ebay over the years. Never really any problems. Just remember things tend to look better in pictures. If you have specific questions, ask the seller.
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I have bought several staves on evil bay...most were fresh cut never a problem
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Theres good n bad we have a few members here who sell very good staves on e bay but theres a few big time crooks sellin osage and another sellin yew u gotta do ur home work know ur seller Brock
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Yes I have and for the most part the product was as described. I know that there are a couple of PA members that sell from time to time on Ebay but I'll let them tell you about if they wish.
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Were the staves photographed leaning up against a lawn chair? If that is the guy I am thinking of, he has a pretty good reputation. And sometimes you get a pretty darn good deal on his wood.
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I'm not an E-bayer, but a friend of mine is. Together we have bought staves and gone halves on E-Bay. Never a problem, you just don't know truly what your getting until you got it. Ended up with some nice ones from time to time, other times, not so much.
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I have bought a couple staves .. looking for wood that I don't have around here.... I really haven't had any problems.. check out their feedback, shipping charges and when it was cut and if they sealed the ends.
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Thanks for all the replies. The stave I am bidding on did was photographed leaning on a blue lawn chair so I feel a bit better. At any rate it will be a learning experience if nothing else.
clifford
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I've bought lots of staves on ebay. Sometimes it's the fastest way to get one in a pinch. Never had a problem with the old timers. I don't trust the new sellers.
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I have ordered from these 2 and hqve gotten some really good staves. Danohermie and le_enterprise. As others have said do some research and you can get good stuff.
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I've gotten some excellent staves on ebay. Lavern (le enterprises) and his son Eric (rockcityusa) are my go to guys. I consider these guys as friends and never had a bad experience with either. Have also dealt with danohermie. He's a little rough with the drawknife and you usually will have to work a ring to get rid of the tear outs but his osage has been good and priced very reasonable.
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Anybody got experience with yew sellers? It is just too much for me to spend 200 bucks on a stave. I wouldn't mind buying a "log" for 200 or so, ;D.
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TMK, I've been watching one of the vendors on PP and his prices are a lot more reasonable for yew, vinemaple and shipping than I've seen on the auction site.
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TMK, I've been watching one of the vendors on PP and his prices are a lot more reasonable for yew, vinemaple and shipping than I've seen on the auction site.
Oh wait, I know who your talking about! I totally forgot! ;D
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Yes I know the yew guy, if you guys ever see a 35 dollar yew stave, be sure I'm bidding on it :)
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I have bought and sold many staves over the years on Ebay. I have had real good luck so far. A-lot of the staves on there are just as good as you can get from any of the big stave sellers on the internet. Remember that a-lot of the big archery vendors who sell staves do not have Osage or Yew where they live. So they have to be getting them from somebody who has it. I wonder who. Just look at there feedback score and that will be a good place to start. I guarantee mine to be what I say or it will be exchanged for another one or money back. Dean