DJH
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That's very cool - you didn't get permission to bid, Alan?
That's very cool - you didn't get permission to bid, Alan?
Truly buyer beware...
Maybe a little too fast trigger-finger. I have read lots of very good reviews by other Loungers - also when a hat didn't fit. 15.000 sells and 100% positive feedback doesn't really paint a picture of a crook, either.
Furthermore the stitches are quite clearly visible in the pics in the posting. I would also have wondered about the spots, visible inside the crown. I'm sure I would have messaged the seller and asked about these things. As buyer I would have accepted, I didn't do my job well enough. But again, that's just my two cents
I read your opinion and I respect it - but I do not share it
You're one up on me then...
Maybe a little too fast trigger-finger. I have read lots of very good reviews by other Loungers - also when a hat didn't fit. 15.000 sells and 100% positive feedback doesn't really paint a picture of a crook, either.
Furthermore the stitches are quite clearly visible in the pics in the posting. I would also have wondered about the spots, visible inside the crown. I'm sure I would have messaged the seller and asked about these things. As buyer I would have accepted, I didn't do my job well enough. But again, that's just my two cents
You must have a much nicer monitor than I do.
Yea, I do that for every less than $25 purchase. Still does not address having to pay the return shipping to get the refund. What button or feature does that?I don't think it's Ole's monitor. Download the auction pics, view them in a proper image viewer, blow-up if necessary.
Before I get more ebay buying tips because I am so new to that & unsuccessful at it too, the only opinion about the product mis-description that I care about has already agreed with me & offered a full refund. Whether I could've/should've done this or that is irrelevant as that was the "set up" to get to the "gripe" portion of my post = buyers have to pay to ship back something a seller admittedly made an error on to get a full refund & is out that money. I have no problem if the seller did NOT make a mistake to have to send it back to a gracious seller willing to take a return.
Now, this gripe is over & my ignore list gets longer...
I agree.....
IMO..if seller agrees they made an error or misleading listing and will refund full price. The the seller should, out of good customer service, pay for return shipping or at the very least offer to pay half of return shipping.
Out of good customer service? I think you mistake ebay for a regular business venture. Most sellers are just people, not "a business." They pay no mind to sensible business practices.
I think it is a pain to have to pay return postage. When I've had disputes I've usually settled for a partial refund while I keep the item. But I've had all sorts of solutions to issues.
-Some refund without asking for the item back
-Some give partial refund without asking for the item back
-Some won't offer anything without getting the item back and won't pay return postage
-Some have paid my return postage along with a full refund
However, I think you make a good point that making the buyer pay return postage might help keep too many people from returning items without good cause. That is a good point, for sure.
Out of good customer service? I think you mistake ebay for a regular business venture. Most sellers are just people, not "a business." They pay no mind to sensible business practices.
...my ignore list gets longer...
Don't know how you ID'd this as a Brent Black, based on what I see in the post, but maybe I missed something. The picture is not good, but it still looks like a very high quality Ecuadorian "Panama." Brent Black negotiates directly with the weavers and pays them well, so he gets first choice for hat blanks from the best weavers. I would say you did very well indeed. He just doesn't make any bad hats. If this is as tight a weave as it appears to be, $1,000.00 retail is probably right, but "retail" doesn't really describe BB accurately. He is to Panama hats what Art Fawcett & a few others are to felts.
"Faint hat never won fair lady."