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Old 25 May 2012, 04:59 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by jdc View Post
If I was buying on ebay this would be the case, I would hope that buying from a trusted vintage seller I could have more confidence, its seems I'm naive but if this is the attitude one has to take it does not sit right with me.
As I said before this could all be a misunderstanding and its not directed at Steve but more to your general comment on homework.
I'm with ya there - but it's also why I hate the "trusted" seller label with vintage and have been saying so for the past year or so; more of these little "incidents" are coming out. Sure you're not gonna receive a brick in the FedEx box from a "trusted" seller, but people gota do their homework!!! Vintage isn't like new watches where you know exactly what you'll get b/c they're all the same; vintage is open to serious interpretation and opinion differences, even among astute experts.

Ah well - if I were the seller I'd make it right and take it back so everyone were happy; don't see, apart from the US customs issue (kinda a big deal), why that can't happen. But that is a decisions between the parties to this private transaction.

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