On 7/23/2010 11:39 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:04:50 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:19:13 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> I won it on an eBay auction (brand new) for $84 plus free shipping. I
>>>> won
>>>> the auction on the 11th and it arrived last Saturday.
>>>> It may not be 2.6HP - the first one I bid on did say that but I lost that
>>>> auction and looked for another one. (The pictures were very similar.)
>>>> It's
>>>> a Sky 800 electric grinder. The thing is, I didn't unpack it until
>>>> yesterday because I was still trying to find a place to store it.
>>>
>>> No-name brand out of Guangdong, China.
>>
>> I'd much prefer to buy something made in the US. Show me some "comps".
>> Examples in the $80 - $120 range that you can prove were made in the US. If
>> so, I'll happily return this grinder and buy one of those.
>
> Even an American company with manufacturing in China is
> preferable. This company's only presence is on alibaba.com, which
> is notorious for shady materials.
>
> Sky International may be the manufacturer of Waring for all we
> know, but it won't be the same design. And i can't find any
> mention of this grinder except on ebay. Hucksters buy these
> things and mark them up 3-4x. You have no recourse if it doesn't
> work.
>
> -sw


She already has it; might as well see how it works.

Bob