You may be right BUT...
I sold an item on ebay about a year ago. It was a base type receive preamp that had
an RF sniffer circuit in it with an "on the air light". This was an older unit built
for ham radio. It worked PERFECTLY and was in mint shape. I tracked the item via
the post office and knew when it was delivered and signed for. After a week went by
and I received an email that it did not work. He said the preamp made things worse,
not better. I asked him many questions, like did he hook up the coax cables
correctly, radio and antenna? He said sure, but it did not work. I TOLD HIM it was
fully working here and he either blew out the preamp by hooking up the cables
backwards (out and in mix up) or he had the same unit and swapped "my" working guts
with his broken item and he now wanted to return it for a refund.. I never heard
from him again. Seems like one scenario was correct!! So "as-is" belongs in the
description. Ebay's feedback lets people know what kind of person you are dealing
with.
If someone has ALL POSITIVE feedbacks, say over 20 to infinity, it's a sure bet
that that guy is honorable and speaks the truth in his description!!
When you buy a 5 year old car from a private citizen do you get a warrantee??
just my .02 cents!

73



Harry wrote:

I think that's a residual effect from Ebay. For some reason, it seems that
everyone on Ebay likes to say "As with all electronics, this item is sold
as-is". That means they know something is wrong with it but they don't want to
say, instead of saying "The following things are wrong.." and "works as
described"...

I believe you are right. They think the "as-is"
statement gives them a license to sell their junk.
I don't think it will go over too well here.