sword3274 wrote:I have a question for the esteemed experts here.I bought a collection off of eBay a few weeks ago and the products described pretty much sucked, condition-wise as well as for completeness (almost every item had something missing from it). I did what I am wont to do in this circumstance, which was to leave no feedback (in fear of the dreaded negative). I've just bought another collection, almost reluctantly:cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... T&rd=1My question for you gentlemen (and ladies - if any) is this; do any of you shy away from collections and lot becasue of a) poor pictures/product descriptions and/or b) relative obscurity of the seller?I'm scared to spend $300 on a lot of items that might not be complete. I ask questions of the sellers, who reassure me of their auction, but I can't get over being a little reluctant in these cases. Of course, I could just not bid, but IMHO, I thought the lot was too good to pass up.I guess my last question would be, what do you do in when you fear is confirmed and the lot turns missing pieces and/or in a much worse shape than you thought it to be?My apologies of this type of query has been covered in the past.
bclarkie wrote:As a follow up also, the auction that you won where you were very disapointed in wasn't this one by chance, was it:cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... 5179999785
Badmike wrote: I might have specifically asked him if all the Gazeteers had maps as they all come with maps, If DA1 and DA3 had the maps, and if the B1-9 had the maps inside and if the spine was split (a common occurance with that supermodule) but the lot looks decent. Let us know how the items turned out.
sword3274 wrote: Yeah it was...I shoulda let peaches win it I noticed that the conditions aren't given much detail and that the question about writing was (more-or-less) dodged by the seller (some of the books were awful bad in terms of writing inside).I saved just about all the hardbacks (except two), the I12 (which was missing 3 pages...luckily I have it as a PDF). the screen, and the DM Log. The rest I was able to find some torn out sheets amongst the rubble (a huge box of loose pages and other "crap") and had some photocopies made of missing pages to make them complete so I could resell them to recoup some of my money for the lot of crap...hope that tactic doesn't make anyone here think ill of me. I made about $90 of the $200 back...and was it worth it? I don't think so, IMO.Well, now I am glad that I did not increase my snipe any further. I actually set up a snipe for $175 or so, and I was very disapointed that I did nto win that lot. I figured with the T1-4, I12, I7, G1 mono, and D&D w/cthulhu would have been a nice grab, especially to resell. Looks like it worked out for the better for me. I ran into a very similar auction last January of what was described as a nice set of 2nd edition Greyhawk items i.e. WGR1, WGR6, WGA4, etc. There was only one picture and it was of the whole lot of items form a distance(it looked ok in the pic). Needless to say when I received it, it was awful. Not only were the items beat up, and littered with writing and highlighting, but they also smelled like they were stored in an ashtray. sword3274 wrote: Another question I pose is this; do you think there are some out there that willingly and consciously know there items are no where near to the description they give (be it missing pages/materials, worse condition than they describe, etc)? Sadly, my opinion is that there are. No doubt about it, and that is why it is very important to ask a lot of specific questions, and also as BadMike indicated, to check the sellers feedback for disappointed positives. sword3274 wrote: I did what I am wont to do in this circumstance, which was to leave no feedback (in fear of the dreaded negative).Feel free to neg away, there will be no reply, because the seller is no longer a registered user. feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View ... at-dealz4u
sword3274 wrote: Another question I pose is this; do you think there are some out there that willingly and consciously know there items are no where near to the description they give (be it missing pages/materials, worse condition than they describe, etc)? Sadly, my opinion is that there are.
sword3274 wrote: I did what I am wont to do in this circumstance, which was to leave no feedback (in fear of the dreaded negative).