purchasing a printer from ebay need some advice pls Sp300i

[Ravisteam]

H Guys I managed to win a bid on a Roland Sp300i for £2200 according to the seller Item is in perfect working order ..But I am not confident as the price of the product tho I wont the bid (It normally goes over £4000 ) ..Please advice me the safety precautions I can take when paying for this ...Going to collect the item so what is the safe way for the payment ??.. (Paypal or cash on collection ) ..And what are the things I need to look at when checking the printer ....I am not sure this is a genuine sale as the price and the seller feedbacks ( only 7 feedbacks ) ...I thought cash on collection the safe way ....Your advice on both of ebay and printer is greatly appreciated ..(I am new to these solvent printers ) ...I have posted this in genaral section as this is about ebay as well .Thanks

[Ravisteam]

Printer hasn't got a rip as the guy is using for his other printers apparently he has another 6 printers and its a very busy print house ..

[Justin]

Personally I'd use PayPal, it can be traced and you have some cover. I'd also ensure a trail by only messaging through eBay.

I was always told, if something sound to good to be trueit probably is. Wise words I've chosen to the ignore at my peril over the years!

I'm ordering 2 new printers, minimising the risks a little.

[Ravisteam]

Lol Justn I agree with you ..But same time its a great bargain cannot easily ignore lol ..I bought 2 Hotronics heat press for £300 from ebay and I still cannot believe they sold it to me for that cheap and them are nearly new ....I spoked to the guy and seems a nice man ..Agreed on any sort of a transaction paypal or anything I like and seems not Scam ...But he doesn't have the Worsawors Rip ....Do you know how much is the software to buy ??....I am thinking of giving it a go really as this is a kind a dream printer for me lol (I was going to buy a new one at one point lol ) ....

[pennz26]

I agree with Justin. PayPal is the safest option as you have some kind of protection.if he's advertised it's as perfect and it isn't you have eBay on your side.

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[scotty44]

Versaworks comes with the printer, if he hasn't got it on disk I'll send a link over for you to D/L
Make sure you get him to print a few things off, test print to check the heads is a must, I have just replaced 2 heads on the VP-300 and with dampers,cap tops etc....it cost well over 1k (these use 4 heads) it's a bargain price if it's working 100%

[Ravisteam]

Thanks for your quick replies Pennz26 and Scotty...Scotty he is saying it has 2 misfiring nozzles for cyan but it doesn't effect to the print ..Send me a video of its printing and agreed to show me its printing ...Can I just download the software for Free ??....In that case I can take my Laptop with the software and do a test print my self lol...Scotty that's very kind of you to send me the link and please send me when you can ......Thank you so much for the info ...

[pennz26]

You'll find there a good bunch on here, they've helped me no end, I was on the brink of giving up and the help I received was brilliant

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[Ravisteam]

HI Yes Pennz I know I was given plenty of advice from these guys time to time .......

[scotty44]

2 misfires will print fine, before I changed a head I had about 30 on one head and the prints were still OK but not perfect (I had a shadow around black) so 2 blocks missing from a test print will be fine, have you asked him to send a print over?
I had no VW with mine so rang Roland and they gave me this link to D/L , yes it's free as it only works with Roland
www.rolanddg.co.uk/rvw