Tubular Tension Wrench

[PuI2e_PLaYaZ]

Ok so I called back and I ordered the complete set. The person over the phone seemed to be friendly but abit lost. Anyways, I couldn't pay by PayPal because it wouldn't let me. So I gave him my credit card number VISA, adress and everything. Is it normal he didn't ask for the 3 digit security (CVV) number on my credit card ? I find that odd... how is it gonna charge on my account ?

Then we moved on to talking about shipping to Canada. He claims it's additional 6$ which is no problem but when asked when it will arrive he said 2 -3 weeks due to customs which is fine also. I considered UPS cuz its faster without the custom hassle but he claimed they only have USPS account. So moving on, then he said they can only ship 8 items internationally a day and mine will be shipped out 7 days from now (today is monday, it will be shipped next monday). He explains he has alot of orders going internationally and since he can only ship 8 a day mine will take alot longer.

So my question is ... is this a normal business practice ?
I've never heard of such complicated situations before on a business ...

[Shrub]

It does seem over the top,

Sack them off, i dont like what i see on their site anyway,

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[RodVT]

Is it normal he didn't ask for the 3 digit security (CVV) number on my credit card ? I find that odd... how is it gonna charge on my account ?

If they are doing "voice" authorizations (typing in numbers during a phone call to a computer prompt, there is no voice left in the process) then they don't NEED the security code. They should ask for it since it would help them fight any possible charge backs, but it's easy enough to work around. I usually do a "voice" authorization first since my transactions occur primarily on the road, and then I punch it into my terminal when I get back into the office to "capture" the funds. If I try to do a straight terminal transaction without swiping the card, it gets snooty and ask for all sorts of other info, like the security and zip codes.....

[skeeve]

I agree with Shrub on this one. I didn't mean to endorse IdealCreations by starting this thread, I just thought the tubular wrench/pick was a good idea and I wanted to see if anybody had tried something similar. I think it should be easy enough to make this tool, hell even an old credit card might work for material. I'd check out the links thread (button at top of screen) if you're looking for a reputable site to order from. Lots of good things in there and comments on almost all of them.

[pshycofreak666]

I had bought from them the tubular lockpick is hard to use. but i also have big hands. I ordered it on the 3/17/07 and got it today

[PuI2e_PLaYaZ]

It's fine... I got it. Took a lonnnng while but it arrived

[nekret]

I made something similar from the clip of a pen, just filed a notch into it and removed enough to make the handle small enough to not scrape the face of the lock but still big enough to comfortably rest my thumb on. Though picking a tubular lock in this way takes a while, I still need to try my tubular plug spinner idea (or at the very least a decoder system for when its between sets. Nevertheless, its fun to add another lock type to the list of locks I can pick/manipulate.

[raimundo]

psycho freek 6's, about that tubular lock pick of yours, these things have to be 'tuned' as I call it, if your pick has been sitting unused for a while, some rubber may adhear to one of more of the sliders, it may also not drag on another slider, so the tool is acting irratic, you need to move the rubber a fraction of a turn around the shaft so that another part of it is dragging on the sliders as you use it, I also do some fine sanding on the tip of the tube, since there is some friction from the un polished machine tool marks, and the sliders have to be maintained, so that rust is not under them in the groove where it also introduces friction. any tool that has not been used for a while will have these problems, until you tune it again, the quick way to tune the sliders is to put a drop of 3in1 oil on a piece of tissue and then press the tip of the tool into that, or push out the sliders a bit and zero the tool on the oil tissue, the reason to do it this way is to make the oiling even on all the sliders and not heavy at all, I said one drop of oil, you can easily overdo it. if this gives a particularly loose slider, you push that slider out and wipe it with dry tissue, and put it back in, now it only has the oil that remained in the groove.