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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: scooby on May 02, 2005, 23:41:30

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: scooby on May 02, 2005, 23:41:30

some jate rings on ebay that are being sold or not up to the job i found out this weekend, the price is £12.00 del" @£4.00 becarefull off the one's that seem cheap on ebay. :(bigcry): :cry:

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: beast5680 on May 03, 2005, 15:24:33

could you pm me details as i have been looking at getting some off there and dont want to get the duff ones

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: drum on May 03, 2005, 20:41:01

Did it do much damage?? Personally I think you should name names, but I'd understand if you didn't want to.

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: muddyweb on May 03, 2005, 20:56:34

Please don't... not without documentary evidence to support the statement ;-)

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: drum on May 03, 2005, 21:20:03

As I said I could understand not doing  :D

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: scooby on May 03, 2005, 21:52:39

Quote from: "drum"

Did it do much damage?? Personally I think you should name names, but I'd understand if you didn't want to.

No luck was on my side i think, alot off blocks said they were acting like the tie down eyes on the truck.

Title: Is it cost or quality I should look out for?
Post by: TimM on June 09, 2005, 12:43:32

I'm just looking for some Jate rings now, I have found some disgustingly expensive ones, and am now looking at some cheap ones that I have seen from MPS or even better the galvanised ones from Paddock.

The prices are similar to the ebay ones, yet the suppliers are reputable.

Are the ebay ones too expensive for the lack of quality, or are the ones I've seen from normal suppliers too cheap :?:

After scooby's post obviously I'm not considering the ebay style items, but I wonder if anyone would recommend that I do NOT buy the others.

Tim.
 :oops:

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: Paul on June 09, 2005, 13:13:12

Hello Tim,

My advice would be to buy them from a reputable dealer.

Cheap recovery equipment is not a good idea. :wink:

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: muddyweb on June 09, 2005, 13:15:22

Quote from: "Paul"

My advice would be to buy them from a reputable dealer.

I'd go a step futher than that and say get them from a reputable company that is known for off-road preparation or recovery gear...

A lot of parts suppliers are just box shifters, and won't take the same level of care in choosing their items.

Title: Thanks, but even more confused
Post by: TimM on June 09, 2005, 13:39:18

Thanks for those replies,

I certainly have no intention of getting something that isn't up to the job, even though I probably will never (or rarely) use them.

I would rather pay more for something that will work than less for something that will let me down - but (of course) I would rather pay as little as possible.

Would you think that the suppliers I mentioned are going to be 'reputable' or should I look elsewhere?

Go on, go for it, I'm sure you can recommend a good supplier....

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: muddyweb on June 09, 2005, 13:52:34

You could do a lot worse that David Bowyer in my view :

http://pattilandfarm.com/kernel.php?sitename=dborc&f[code]=21&t=13&pageid=prodview.html

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: bovaboy on June 09, 2005, 16:52:33

I managed to get a set from one of the big military surplas places, just went along and they took a couple off an ex-army 110, cost me 15 quid a pair, never had any probs with them.

Title: Price justified.
Post by: TimM on June 09, 2005, 16:59:38

I don't know any descent Military Surplus places near me, but if you paid £15 for used ones, then around £30 for a pair of new ones sounds quite reasonable, and the £10-£15 new ones sound cheap and worthless - back to the David Bowyer site I think.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Tim   :wink:

Title: Re: Price justified.
Post by: hobbit on June 09, 2005, 21:25:14

Quote from: "TimothyM"

I don't know any descent Military Surplus places near me, but if you paid £15 for used ones, then around £30 for a pair of new ones sounds quite reasonable, and the £10-£15 new ones sound cheap and worthless - back to the David Bowyer site I think.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Tim   :wink:

Anchor not to far from you, Nottingham & Ripley. But not really there thing Jate rings

Title: Re: Price justified.
Post by: Rog on June 30, 2005, 22:09:20

Quote from: "hobbit"

Quote from: "TimothyM"

I don't know any descent Military Surplus places near me, but if you paid £15 for used ones, then around £30 for a pair of new ones sounds quite reasonable, and the £10-£15 new ones sound cheap and worthless - back to the David Bowyer site I think.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Tim   :wink:

Anchor not to far from you, Nottingham & Ripley. But not really there thing Jate rings

Yeah, but it if you like things "army" then Anchor is the place to go. No, I don't work there. But I'd like to, if they have staff discount.

Title: becarefull ?
Post by: hobbit on June 30, 2005, 23:30:02

They do  a bit of discount for military people or if you have someone in the cadets or TA

Still can be a rip off on some of their gear though, got to be careful with them