Tool Sharpening Con

[berisford]

https://www.shropshirelive.com/2017...-be-on-their-guard-over-tool-sharpening-scam/
Anyone had this lot around,just thought I would post it.

 

[rob1]

who the hell in their right mind would let some bloke you dont know walk out with expensive tools

 

[laich]

They were operating,up here a few years back. Was French guys. The would offer to sharpen drill bits and cutters, With Some Fancy Machine. They were charging a ,if I remember correctly, a pound a millimetre. Scam was they were charging for the length of the drill bits. For a drill 100mm long they wanted £100. If they were getting a good few drills from someone,that could soon run up into thousands.

 

[manhill]

They were operating,up here a few years back. Was French guys. The would offer to sharpen drill bits and cutters, With Some Fancy Machine. They were charging a ,if I remember correctly, a pound a millimetre. Scam was they were charging for the length of the drill bits. For a drill 100mm long they wanted £100. If they were getting a good few drills from someone,that could soon run up into thousands.

Could trading standards get them on their method of measurement being misleading or at least not clear?

 

[Harvey G]

https://www.shropshirelive.com/2017/12/01/shropshire-businesses-

[URL]https://www.shropshirelive.com/2017/12/01/shropshire-businesses-urged-to-be-on-their-guard-over-tool-sharpening-scam/

Anyone had this lot around,just thought I would post it.

We had them last year wanted to take plough parts for hardening .didnt really take them up on it though it was dodgi .this bloke was foreign in a flash merc
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Anyone had this lot around,just thought I would post it.

 

[DrWazzock]

They were operating,up here a few years back. Was French guys. The would offer to sharpen drill bits and cutters, With Some Fancy Machine. They were charging a ,if I remember correctly, a pound a millimetre. Scam was they were charging for the length of the drill bits. For a drill 100mm long they wanted £100. If they were getting a good few drills from someone,that could soon run up into thousands.

When I worked in France we had a bloke came round in a camper van and sharpened all the knives in the company canteen. I arrived at work one morning to see the chef carrying boxes of knives out to this camper van. It must have been a genuine service at that time but has sadly been hijacked by fraudsters. Judging by the state of the camper van, he wasn't making a fortune at it.

 

[Harvey G]

Yes them b.....starts were east European in a 40 grand white merc