I learned the hard way what to look for and ask. I learned a lot by asking questions and reading the forums here too. I think it's the sellers responsibility to know their product, even if its a consignment. But also its the buyers responsibility to know the product they want to buy. Sometimes it can be difficult to find information on a particular pipe. Some have very little if any information available. Caveat Emptor comes to to mind.
Like they say fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. If someone seeks to deceive once, they'll certainly do it again. For them to berate someone for offering helpful advice seems very odd to me. Instead of saying thank you I'll look into it. But no, first she tries to bribe him, then when that didn't work she resorts to slander and attacks his character. Not the acts if an honest person.
An honest person would've been appreciative of the heads up. After looking into it and finding out if its true or not, then possibly offering a discount coupon if he was correct. But that didn't happen.
When a dishonest person is caught in the midst of their deceitful act, they seek to discredit the one that called them on it. The only saving grace would've been to offer proof of their claim that it was as advertised.
Even if some of their pipes are as advertised, l looked, some are very beautiful pipes. But knowing what I know now, I would look elsewhere first. I'd only return if they were the only place that had what I wanted.
The reason for this is simple, if I had an issue with a pipe after getting it and being able to examine it much more closely, or even if it just got lost in the mail, I'd fear some sort of attack from this person.
Then after all that they'd get a neutral feedback. I've never left a bad feedback. Recently I had a pipe get stolen because the carrier made it too easy for them, do I asked them to start the lost package process and eventually put in the claim.
They went out of their way not to do it. Said I could do it. Well technically yes, but what are the first questions on the form? A description of the package, how it was mailed, the tracking number, etc... None of which I had because they didn't provide it or offer it at any time. So eBay refunded my money after the escalation. I gave them a neutral feedback and said they went out of their way not to be helpful.
The list of favorite stores you can use on eBay, I use it to list people to never ever buy from again. There's nothing on eBay I would buy a second time. If, like the pipes I was buying st the time, I found someone that offered lots for sale often, I keep their items in my watch list.
Caveat Emptor wasn't thought of by accident.
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