Post #180108 by midnite on Tue, Aug 16, 2005 4:22 PM

Your thoughts?

I love when I see this question. When I was a young boy, riding the rails with my Grandfather, an immigrant grocer from the backwoods of....oh, ok.

I do possess a modicum of eBay experience, so here goes.

That was a crazy auction, indeed. Those Luau 400 mugs are rare but prone to wear/damage. If your description is correct, "no chips, cracks, or repairs" then I cannot see a problem with your listing. The mugs have significant loss of the cold paint(the masks are are purple and orange, I see little of the purple paint remaining), something while not precisley noted in your listing, but patently obvious from the pics. That is not "tiny bit of missing paint". I do not read anything in your listing regarding "refunds" or such. That's a mistake on your part. Ambiguity leads to problems.

In the instance I am the seller here? I'd consider a full refund if the mugs are returned as they were sold, but you seem confused as to whether there is this alleged damage/repair or not. It's a murky situation given your comments. If the situation is only the disclosed paint loss, that weighs against refund: buyer got what buyer saw. If there really is other, undisclosed, damage, then I'd back up my reputation and offer a refund of the bid. Were the mugs insured? Could this be damage from shipping?

If you give a refund, I'd relist the mugs individually.

On the whole I have found Tiki collectors to be quite upstanding and honest, excluding one egregious exception. Now, you want dim-witted goofballs? Try dealing with musicians! Uh oh, I'm gonna get letters from my guitar-playing friends for that one.

Good luck, keep in mind my bid of well over $27 still stands.

midnite

ps I have more trouble with scammy sellers stealing my item descriptions than scammy buyers.

pps EDIT: I see Kono stated:*"Note that she won another Luau 400 mug (just one) yesterday for $236" * Hmm, that would have me going "hmmm...."

[ Edited by: midnite_tiki 2005-08-16 16:26 ]