To my surprise, Ebay at now 1am my time emailed me. I get to keep the pipe, and I was issued a full refund. Case closed. Being dishonest doesn't pay. It rarely happens that way, but today it did.
Soapy Pipe part III
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Three years ago I sold about a hundred and fifty pipes from my stash.
If it wasn’t a Lee, or a pre war Kaywoodie, or a name brand nice pipe, it went to a new home. I cleaned every one with Everclear, oiled them with olive oil, then waxed them with beeswax, and packed them in bulk pipe tobacco.
A fellow in New York was one of my best customers, and the only one to return a pipe. He said it smoked hot at the bottom.
It was a post war Kaywoodie 500, and I agreed with him, at the bottom it hadn’t been broken in yet.
I kept it. Of course I refunded his money, plus his postage.
He gave me the most glowing seller’s rating of all.
But I never sold a known bad smoker.
Those went to the trash.
In buying pipes, over the last twenty years I’ve been flat out cheated a very few times, hardly any.
Those pipes adorn one of my office credenza shelves.
I’m going to toss them tomorrow.
After I’m gone I don’t want my kids peddling bad pipes, you know?
If it wasn’t a Lee, or a pre war Kaywoodie, or a name brand nice pipe, it went to a new home. I cleaned every one with Everclear, oiled them with olive oil, then waxed them with beeswax, and packed them in bulk pipe tobacco.
A fellow in New York was one of my best customers, and the only one to return a pipe. He said it smoked hot at the bottom.
It was a post war Kaywoodie 500, and I agreed with him, at the bottom it hadn’t been broken in yet.
I kept it. Of course I refunded his money, plus his postage.
He gave me the most glowing seller’s rating of all.
But I never sold a known bad smoker.
Those went to the trash.
In buying pipes, over the last twenty years I’ve been flat out cheated a very few times, hardly any.
Those pipes adorn one of my office credenza shelves.
I’m going to toss them tomorrow.
After I’m gone I don’t want my kids peddling bad pipes, you know?
Well that’s one thing about ebay the costumer rating usually keeps sellers honest , glad you got your money back , might take the pipe to a pro and see if it can ever be smokeable? They have their ways and have encountered many a desecrated pipe….
That’s how it usually works on ebay with such cases.
The seller let you keep the pipe because he knows its a complete loss & doesn’t want to pay the return shipping costs.
Mac
The seller let you keep the pipe because he knows its a complete loss & doesn’t want to pay the return shipping costs.
Mac