I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME A COUPLE DAYS AND KNOCK THE MOUSE AND KEYBOARD FROM MY HAND, HA, SHOULD HAVE WENT EVERLAST FOR THE WARRANTY!Originally Posted by zoama585
Ha, yeah, sorry bout the lotos, well, I wasn't gonna buy a plasma cutter till I got this whole welder thing solved, but I did see the video on the everlast mosfet, and I was impressed with the Canadian guy doing the demonstration, though I aint no expert but I do know mosfet is old tech, it was in the $500 price range that I wanted to spend, at this time, then on ebay I saw a seller selling a brand new pilot arc 110/220 lotos for $430 with a make an offer bar, so I made an offer and I accepted a counteroffer of $400 plus $20 shipping and handling. I can tell ya I may have made a mistake, seller had open box new unused, probably no warranty, unless he is an authorized dealer, and theirs is only one year anyway. I actually was seriously thinking about a everlast multi plasma/welder, but not having a 240 receptacle twisted my brain around just what to do. The everlasts probably have a big time warranty like the welders, I just didn't want the mosfet pilot arc and wanted a 1gbt type, I haven't seen what you have in one of those, probably more than $500.
I tell ya though, I do know that I am sticking with everlast products, this whole lotos plasma arc cutter was a mistake to be sure, all about saving a few bucks. I just got impatient and greedy cause I need to make some things, need to cut up some scrap metal. Even right now I am gonna investigate what and what price range a 1gbt style pilot arc plasma everlast has, I have a bad feeling about that lotos coming all the way from New York, but with ebay buyer protections, if it don't work, its going back to the seller.
But like I said, I must not have been thinking correctly, what do I care if a unit is mosfet, with a 5 year warranty, that's great. I guess the allure of saving just a hundred bucks, I could pay for this mistake dearly. If my lotos pilot arc is faulty and I get a refund, you can bet I sure am going with that $500 everlast mosfet unit on ebay. WEll, actually, mistake number two, that I bought a quantity of comsumables and they claim it only fits lotos plasma cutters, though they look the same as the mosfet 50p uses, at a glance.
I guess its all about being in a hurry, I have $600 worth of items that need rebuilding and turn them into $2400 worth of items, I've had them in boxes stored away for just too long, and I get tired of paying high prices for pristine undamaged rare parts.
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