13 replies to this topic

[nickpatts]

Well they say you can usually get anything on ebay,well have a look at this

http://cgi6.ebay.co....&sort=3&rows=50

I cant see this guys listing lasting too long on there,whos willing to pay 4.50 for a metre of visco. Think he;ll be pulled off in a matter of time.

Nick

[Richard H]

The person selling these item's is a member of this forum I won't say who though

For ?4.50 I can get 50 metre rolls of visco!

[pyrotechnist]

Is this pyromaster bye any chance i know you won't tell but trying to figure out ho it could be.

[pyro4life]

Well who ever it is does AS or A2 level chemistry I guess as theres a revision book in the KNO3 pic. I think its actually quite sad that I even noticed that

Chris

[tajmiester]

Yep its pyromaster. I found him on ebay, bought some visco off him (outside ebay) and in the process dicsovered his true identity.

Tris

[The_Djinn]

Dont worry Pyro4life, I noticed the revision book as well

PS: Richard I can see you being inundated with cheques for ?4.50 now :-)

Edited by The_Djinn, 10 January 2004 - 08:02 PM.

[Steve]

Not wishing to be too trading standards...

That KNO3 is free flowing (most likly from chempack, which is only 98%). Pure, taken as 99.997% (the stuff i had) cakes into hard lumps that are not free flowing. Calling anything 100% pure is silly anyway.

Steve

I can't read the spine on the book.

[Pyromaster2003]

Says on the packaging it comes in, 100% pure. It does clump into very hard lumps and i have to keep breaking them up even in the sealed bag.

BTW i would also like to say the fuse is set at the price it is for a few reasons:

I dont have enough by far to sell it at any cheaper price as i wouldn't have anything left for myself and its not exactly easy to get hold of.
I dont have a job so i get no income, so the only way for me to advance in pyrotechnics is to make money, and i have managed by selling the fuse and chemicals.
If i sold the fuse for say 50p a metre everyone i sold it to would buy a hell of a lot more than they are currently buying, this would result in the UK being full of illegal visco fuse.
And finally by setting a high price this will make almost certain that only people who NEED it (for special applications in pyro, rather than your average small fountain) will be using it, and it wont be wasted.

Edited by Pyromaster2003, 11 January 2004 - 07:34 PM.

[bernie]

putz

[lord_dranack]

would result in the UK being full of illegal visco fuse

I was under the impression that the actual fuse was perfectly legal, it only depends on the use to make it illegal.

Edited by lord_dranack, 12 January 2004 - 03:45 PM.

[Pazza]

I think that the law is that you can only make a very small amount of composition, only for experimental use, and it can not be made into a 'device'.

They probably consider the fuse as a 'device'.

[lord_dranack]

Sorry- I meant commercial fuse, not homemade

[Stuart]

Fuse is Cat 4 so it isnt illegal to have, it can only be bought by proffesionals. Pyromaster does have a good point though, if he did sell it cheap then loads of people would have it and it could result in tighter controls

Stuart

[tajmiester]

Not everyone would have it if he only sold at a good price to people on the forum...

Tris

Edited by tajmiester, 12 January 2004 - 05:04 PM.