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greeneyes

greeneyes

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Papamique said:
This is one of the coolest most positive posts that I have seen in this thread of purse swinging gossip guzzling posts to date. Very educational too. As a result I have been researching Māori people/culture.I am very happy for you. Congratulations 🎊🍾🎉🎈
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What bothers me, and it bothers me a lot, are eBay sellers that intentionally mislead potential buyers, insinuating that pipes were made by manufacturers that they weren't made by, filling the internet with conjecture and misinformation all to raise the hammer price on their wares. I won't comment on ongoing auctions as stipulated in the rules but, as always, caveat emptor.
 
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Ahi Ka

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greeneyes said:
What bothers me, and it bothers me a lot, are eBay sellers that intentionally mislead potential buyers, insinuating that pipes were made by manufacturers that they weren't made by, filling the internet with conjecture and misinformation all to raise the hammer price on their wares. I won't comment on ongoing auctions as stipulated in the rules but, as always, caveat emptor.
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I hear that. I’m looking forward to an auction of an antique calabash closing this weekend just so we can discuss the description. It’s either bullshitting or I am about to learn something I didn’t know - and I hope it’s the later.

As for the pipe with Māori carving. Had that been sold here in NZ, I would have expected it to have gone for 2-3x the amount it went for. Even my wife was surprised with “how cheap it was” and was the one who encouraged me to take the second chance offer
 
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sablebrush52

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greeneyes said:
What bothers me, and it bothers me a lot, are eBay sellers that intentionally mislead potential buyers, insinuating that pipes were made by manufacturers that they weren't made by, filling the internet with conjecture and misinformation all to raise the hammer price on their wares. I won't comment on ongoing auctions as stipulated in the rules but, as always, caveat emptor.
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It happens a lot. Not that there aren't ethical sellers on eBay, but there are enough unethical sellers that my advice to the buyer is to know what he's bidding on, REALLY know what he's bidding on. So many misattributed "Dunhill" pipes made by Auguste Dreyfuss and when you inform the seller and provide links to the makers' marks, they just continue to lie about what they're selling. So many people who have misquoted the Barling page to make false claims. So many "gently smoked" burned, fried, cremated pipes.

But sellers are only partly to blame. Uninformed buyers who don't take the time to learn about what they're bidding on, or don't think they need to know about what they're bidding on, make fraud profitable
 
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bayareabriar

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sablebrush52 said:
It happens a lot. Not that there aren't ethical sellers on eBay, but there are enough unethical sellers that my advice to the buyer is to know what he's bidding on, REALLY know what he's bidding on. So many misattributed "Dunhill" pipes made by Auguste Dreyfuss and when you inform the seller and provide links to the makers' marks, they just continue to lie about what they're selling. So many people who have misquoted the Barling page to make false claims. So many "gently smoked" burned, fried, cremated pipes.

But sellers are only partly to blame. Uninformed buyers who don't take the time to learn about what they're bidding on, or don't think they need to know about what they're bidding on, make fraud profitable
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As a seller about 4 times a year I get different nut jobs that message me and demand I change a listing because they are the foremost authority on a pipe (and are absolutely way off and wrong with their info). I’ve been called a charlatan. I correct them of course and also tell them it’s spelled Charatan.

As a buyer I can’t tell you how many thousands of dollars have been spent on pipes that have bad chambers or cracked shanks and wasn’t noted. But, I don’t expect the average bear to know what to look for. So I take that on when buying, that the average seller doesn’t know jack about pipes.

Anyway, awesome carved pipe 😀
 
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sablebrush52 said:
But sellers are only partly to blame. Uninformed buyers who don't take the time to learn about what they're bidding on, or don't think they need to know about what they're bidding on, make fraud profitable
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Bingo. Do your homework, stay in your lane, or don't bid.

I've bought over 400 pipes in the past decade, most of them on eBay. I can only think of a couple where I was surprised by a condition, etc.
 
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jaingorenard

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I wonder if anyone here picked up this Hardcastle magnum?:

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Various old smoking pipes | eBay

<p>This listing is for 6 pipes and a Duncan smokers friend tool. </p><br /><p>Please look through all the photo’s because they show condition and help form description and show sizes. </p><br /><p>I am happy to send you more photos so please don’t hesitate to contact me.</p><br /><p>If you have...
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jaingorenard said:
I wonder if anyone here picked up this Hardcastle magnum?:

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Various old smoking pipes | eBay

<p>This listing is for 6 pipes and a Duncan smokers friend tool. </p><br /><p>Please look through all the photo’s because they show condition and help form description and show sizes. </p><br /><p>I am happy to send you more photos so please don’t hesitate to contact me.</p><br /><p>If you have...
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Nope but I wish I did.
 
greeneyes

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