Guy that sells aluminum buckets on ebay

[heus]

Does anyone know if these are 1.5 or 2 gallon buckets? Anyone purchase from him?

[Fred Henderson]

Ask the seller a question?

[heus]

I just did but wondered if anyone had any experience with him.

[3rdgen.maple]

Hues yes I have delt with him. Here is the problem. I ordered 30 of them last year from him and they were not the size he claims. I think one or two of them were the correct size he claimed which adds up to 2 gallons, the rest were mixed, some were only a gallon and some were 1 1/2 gallons. They are in good shape I will give him that. Here is the other thing that burns my shorthairs. When you place a bid you will always get outbid no matter what. Then when the bidding closes you will lose , next day he will send you a second chance bid for your highest bid you placed. Also if you follow ebay you will notice that his starting bid keeps going up. They have been on there a long time. I sent him a message to see how many he had before I got the 30 to see how many he had total and how much he would take for the lot and he never responded. I sure am glad now that he did'nt. Good news is most of the maple suppliers have them used and in stock for a good price.

[heus]

Thanks 3rdgen. I think I will keep looking.

[Fred Henderson]

Bascom's has them. They are located in NH.

[heus]

I ended up buying 60 2 gal aluminums through Ebay from "Elsie" Her user name is caddygirl22 I think. I was happy to receive all 2 gal buckets and not the 1.5 gal ones. She always has aluminum buckets for sale in lots of 15 and 45.

[stoweski]

I picked up 80 aluminum buckets from someone in Belchertown last year. Now I'm regretting not getting more. They were on craigslist and went for $1.00 each... with taps! They are the 2 gal size too. Unfortunately I can't find anything around that price now.