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Old 3rd May 2019, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DTM537 View Post
No idea what their prices are like but www.electromotion.co.uk usually have a selection of DSG lathes in.
I was not impressed with this company. I made an appointment to view an ex-Royal Navy DSG 1910T which they had sent me photos of. It was priced at £5500 but was in excellent condition. When I got there, the machine I was shown was not the same lathe - evidenced by different machine serial numbers and a minor difference that the pictures showed a 60" version whereas the one they showed me had a 40" bed. Also, the price had been increased to £7,000 from the night before when I had telephoned to confirm my appointment.

The salesman was extremely rude and argued it was the same lathe despite the different serial numbers!! He was completely unsympathetic that he had cost me a wasted day and 350 miles.

I have heard near identical stories from two other potential buyers in recent years.

Cheers Carl.
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