Re: [TCML] Trouble with eBay wire

["Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't you factor in extra wire into your calculations?  You can expect to
be a little off on the numbers.  I just shelled out for a large spool of 22
gauge.  I bought a lot more than I thought I'd need.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Nicholas J. Goble <ngoble@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I bought 24 AWG wire from an eBay dealer named Jim Whyte.  He has
> thousands of sales already so I figure that he's legit.  My purchase
> was supposed to be 1000' of 24 AWG copper magnet wire.  I got my
> shipment within the allotted time.  I began to wrap my secondary coil.
> I was going for 20" tall, 4" diameter.  After hand winding all the
> wire, I measure the wind and find it to be only 17.5" long.  After some
> crude calculations, I found the total length of the wire to be about
> 910'.
>
> I emailed the seller to get a new coil of magnet wire, and he assures
> me  that he sent me exactly 1000' and won't be sending me another coil.
>  What should I do about this?  Should I contact PayPal and dispute the
> order?
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