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Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations by pessimizer on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:10AM (#27254777)
> For example, I live a town with population of 500K (200km away from Delhi) and while repairing my car, the mechanic told me he will go to Delhi and try getting the spare part from Junkyard owners.

> Maybe guys from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore don't have this problem but majority of Indian population still lives in small towns and villages where finding 1 used part at affordable price can save a business or medical equipment (life). What are the technical people in small towns are supposed to do? Run to Delhi and Mumbai each time you need a spare part?

> Such a waste of human efforts, my mechanic could have instead bought it on eBay from a junkyard owner who is also a seller on ebay through courier if eBay like website existed.

Ebay doesn't handle this well in the US either. I would love to use ebay as a junkyard metasearch engine.

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Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations by wolfretcrap on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:29AM (#27255221)
>Ebay doesn't handle this well in the US either. I would love to use ebay as a junkyard metasearch engine.

But you can find people who scavenge junkyards and are listed as sellers on eBay who do sell used bench grinder (maybe after restoring them!?), Induction motors, industrial brushless motors etc... In India even that is also not easy to find.

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