Can we just agree on what NOS means please!

[Imlach]

I have to say I don't get that. I've bought nos stuff which came in the box and all and I just saw it as posh used stuff, I know that may be wrong but I'm too thick to grasp the concept of NOS. If I buy a smartphone from a guy on eBay and he just cracked open the seal and held it, it'd be used to me

 

[Imlach]

Now question is if he cracked the seal and touched it but cleaned it immaculate would it be nos, I don't even know what words mean anymore.

 

[Imlach]

I hate this website

 

[novocaine]

from here on in there are only 2 types of sale.
1. shiny
2. FUBAR.

all other statements are rubbish.

 

[Tootyred]

Think the moral of this is take a good look before you press the "buy it now button", especially if your eyesights not what it was due to libation on a sunday eve.

Im glad to say ive not had a bad experience buying on here, but imho, second hand on the internet is basically like the wild west.....steady hand, eagle eye and a fast gun.

I think the use of NOS just highlights that.

 

[Markybeau]

For NOS read ' mug sale only, discerning buyers need not apply'.



(This thread now has almost as much mileage on it as a NOS DBR Axis TT... almost)

 

[novocaine]

For NOS read ' mug sale only, discerning buyers need not apply'.

what if it's a nice cup rather than a mug though?

if it's got tea stains then I ain't gonna believe it's NOS.

this one is really cheeky, it even has NOS on the side.

 

[wynne]

I bought a NOS frame from a long-established seller on here. It clearly wasn't NOS when i got it. He admitted as much but got quite shirty about it and made me feel like i was nit-picking.

Another, seemingly respected, seller on here is too fond of the sharpie to hide scratches. I won't buy from him again.

I don't get it. I am brutally honest about the condition of things i sell (here and everywhere else) - seems to me that anything else is liable to cause disappointment/problems/stress along the line.

Human nature i suppose - always a few chancers preying on the unwary.

 

[greencat]

Not that I'm in the market for NOS, but if it ain't in the sealed packet/box - it's not NOS. It might be mint or very good condition - but the onus is on the seller to demonstrate it is actually NOS rather than claim it is.

 

[d8mok]

Nope, it’s a new unused wheel built with NOS parts.

Obviously I’m being deliberately provoking as it’s all a little silly in my eyes.

I’ve a full bike which hasn’t been used but I don’t refer to it as nos. It’s un-ridden.

Is a skewer NOS if inserted in a hub if that hub didn’t come from the factory with it inserted ……

It’s all down to interpretation