Bought an Open Box power tool, "deleted weapon" note on it?

[John E Davies]

I bought this on eBay at a great discount, they advertised it as Open Box. This is what I found on the outside of the Dewalt box:

Dewalt Weapon Deleted.png (1.19 MiB) Viewed 851 times

I am not sure what happened. Was this a case where somebody tried to ship a firearm illegally as "tools" and the shipping company found it? It looks like somebody tried unsuccessfully to peel off the sticker, which explains why it shipped to me inside another plain box. I have never heard of this situation when buying an item online, any comments? There was nothing wrong with the tool or any of its parts; unfortunately there was no free Uzi inside….

John Davies
Spokane WA

[JEBar]

interesting ... first time I've seen this

[daytime dave]

It's pretty odd.

Did you get a good deal on the DeWalt?

[Headhog]

Strange. As long as you got a good deal I wouldn't worry about it.

Paul

[John E Davies]

It was a GREAT deal, about $80 less than the cheapest other source. I was expecting to see some scrapes or other handling marks, but I don’t think any of the parts had even been handled. Except maybe by some shipping inspector. Home Depot says it is Back Ordered and lists it at $499. The seller listed it at $389, I offered $360 and we settled in the middle….

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-20- ... /313860528

John Davies
Spokane WA

[daytime dave]

Yes, I'd say that was a good deal. The mystery still continues.