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Ted Boucher
06-11-2006, 19:01
Today I got bored at school and decided to see what random things I could find on ebay. I came up with the following results:

Result 1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/12v-HIGH-TORQUE-DRIVE-SYSTEM-W-COUPLER-ROBOTICS_W0QQitemZ300043986206QQihZ020QQcategoryZ5 0924QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Result 2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BOSCH-12VDC-R-A-HIGH-TORQUE-MOTOR-NEW-ROBOTICS_W0QQitemZ300043989144QQihZ020QQcategoryZ8 7080QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Result 3 (http://cgi.ebay.com/HEAVY-DUTY-HIGH-TORQUE-12V-GEAR-MOTOR-ROBOTICS_W0QQitemZ300045141844QQihZ020QQcategoryZ7 1400QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Result 4 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BOSCH-MOTOR-GEAR-DRIVE-ASSEMBLY-W-SURFACE-MOUNTING_W0QQitemZ300043986212QQihZ020QQcategoryZ5 0924QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem)
Result 5 (http://cgi.ebay.com/FIRST-ROBOTICS-12V-DC-MOTOR-NEW_W0QQitemZ300045141837QQihZ020QQcategoryZ71400Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

The seller is an electronics store located in Manchester, New Hampshire. Now is this a team selling off old robot parts, or is FIRST selling off all of their motors? I would think a team would keep their CIM motors since they don't really change from year to year. Could this mean FIRST will be changing out all of the motors this year? Has anyone seen this seller sell robot parts before? What do you think? Whatever the case, this looks like a nice bargain for teams that need motors for cheap!

Yes, I did search before I posted, sorry if this is a re-post.
Pat McCarthy
06-11-2006, 19:08
Has anyone seen this seller sell robot parts before? What do you think? Whatever the case, this looks like a nice bargain for teams that need motors for cheap!
Yes, I've seen this seller before. I bought a CIM from this seller back in April. They also had a few other FIRST parts for sale then too. I got my CIM for 15 bucks! :) I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but I just had to get it!
SamC
06-11-2006, 19:11
Did you notice some of the other items being sold by this seller? Notice some of the items at the bottom of the page (http://stores.ebay.com/parelectronics1_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQ pZ2QQtZkm)

Maybe Dean is also redecorating his house!
chris31
06-11-2006, 19:12
I did a few Ebay searches and it doesnt appear that they seller has alot of motors. So its practical that he owns a shop and somehow got them from a team. It doesnt appear to be FIRST selling off all there motors.
Ted Boucher
06-11-2006, 19:20
Did you notice some of the other items being sold by this seller? Notice some of the items at the bottom of the page (http://stores.ebay.com/parelectronics1_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQ pZ2QQtZkm)

Maybe Dean is also redecorating his house!

Yes I did notice the other items. FIRST has been known to outsource many services, like Kit of Parts services. MMH Ventures is one example of this, see this post (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=282708&postcount=5) for more details. MMH Ventures does things from books to first motors. So the items being sold here, vases to FIRST motors, is not a far fetched thing that FIRST would do.
Elgin Clock
06-11-2006, 19:21
Did you notice some of the other items being sold by this seller? Notice some of the items at the bottom of the page (http://stores.ebay.com/parelectronics1_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQ pZ2QQtZkm)

Maybe Dean is also redecorating his house!

I'm kinda partial to this item (http://cgi.ebay.com/ELGIN-RECTIFIER-24V-100A-2725W-NEW_W0QQitemZ7630028609QQihZ017QQcategoryZ100184QQ tcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem)myself. ;)