The new Hubleyman NOS parts dating system....

[hubleyman]

Merry Christmas One and All !!

Is it just me or are others sick and tired of seeing and/or purchasing parts being represented as "NOS" when half the time these items were purchased recently just to be resold for a higher price??? To me, NOS is supposed to be New OLD Stock, with the emphasis on OLD. It just kills me when I see something listed as NOS that's wrapped up in a shiny new Bar-coded plastic package.

Since I occasionally sell NOS parts I decided to come up with a system to help potential buyers identify the approximate age of the items they are considering spending their hard earned dollars on. Not that I expect others to follow along, but if you see me use this system on my auctions then you will know what the heck I'm talking about. And here's how it works:

If you see my listing showing NOS20, then that part is NOS and AT LEAST 20 years old. A plus or minus sign can be used as well. I will only state that time frame if I have owned the part for that long, or am lucky enough to have a date code or receipt or some other way to verify the actual age. Sometimes the original packaging can also help you date when parts were first sold. If I list a part as NOS25+ for example, then you will know it's at least 25 years old, and could be much older, but I can't verify the age any more accurate than that era. I plan on using 5 year increments for my parts just to keep it simple.

I don't see anything wrong with using this system on newer parts as well, such as NOS5 or NOS10, but I doubt many sellers would want to use that system since they are trying to pawn off basically new parts as TRUE NOS so they can get more money out of us.

Well that's about it.... What the heck am I doing up so late... I need to get some rest so I can get up early and start listing some good old NOS parts tomorrow (does that count as a plug for sales? Do I have to put a price on this thread?).....

[TDW]

I am sick of seeing new stuff that is listed as NOS, but is just the parts available at GMpartsdirect. It's getting to where I don't even search ebay for NOS. Too time consuming weeding through for real NOS stuff.
I like your idea.

[Keith Tedford]

I bought new '69 Chevelle fenders from GM in '98. I'd hardly call them NOS, just new GM. Six months before that they were showing none in Canada. All of a sudden all of the GM warehouses had them. I would assume that at that time GM would run the old dies periodically to fill orders and their warehouses. Your dating idea is great.........for honest people.

[budnate]

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I am sick of seeing new stuff that is listed as NOS, but is just the parts available at GMpartsdirect. It's getting to where I don't even search ebay for NOS. Too time consuming weeding through for real NOS stuff.
I like your idea.

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how true...

[nuch_ss396]

Charles,

Love the idea. Good luck getting anyone else to follow suit.

Send ePay an email suggesting they have sellers adopt this
system. As one member stated perfectly - I also got tired
of searching for NOS parts. Everything became NOS when it
was aparent that NOS = $$$

As I mentioned before, one eBay seller had the guts to tell
me that NOS meant "not original stuff" after he sold me an
item ( not too expensive ). That one will go down in the
anals for me......

Steve

[x Baldwin Motion]

Charles, a great idea, again for the honest folks.

[Jim_Becker68]

Fantastic idea

Trouble is there are too many sellers especially on e-Bay that have no scruples.

[hubleyman]

Thanks for the Kudos guys !!

I managed to list some items on Ebay today and have already recieved some emails showing appreciation for the new "system". And these were from guys who aren't really bidding on my stuff (at least not yet).

I couldn't possibly imagine people actually using some sort of time/date code system, but at least I will sleep better at night knowing I'm not falsely representing my parts......

And I actually love the "Not Original Stuff" comment !! That is more factual in todays market than we want to believe !!

Now I have to go and watch some more of the exciting saga of "As the ZL1 #66 Turns".........