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In lugnet.general, John Hadd writes:
> Here is the deal. I bought a 7190 Millennium Falcon from Shop At Home.
> Perfect box fully sealed. Sold it on Ebay.
> Buyer emails me," Just got it, looks great from the outside, waiting for my
> son to go to bed" Then buyer emails me 2 hours later, "A little dissappointed
> right now. You're packing was superb and lego box was sealed. But one of the
> internal bags was opened and empty. Hopefully all the parts are in the box. If
> all the parts are here, I don't mind, but I won't know that until my son builds
> the thing at xmas. Unless I gather enough patience to count the parts." Hmmm,
> Why would you open the set? Seems a little suspicious, "looks good on the
> outside"
> I told the buyer to try and figure out if parts are missing and gave her The
> Lego Customer Service #. Does anyone know if there was an issue with that set?
> John
XFUT lugnet.market.theory, this is a market related question so may get
better responses when posted there.
This exact issue is why I use the notion of "missing piece risk"... as
described here (this site is woefully out of date, it still has a Serious
Collector(tm) ad!)
http://my.voyager.net/~lar/auc_rules.html
...specifically this entry
http://my.voyager.net/~lar/auc_rules.html#missingpiecerisk
Did you disclaim the item as MIB? If it was sealed and the seals were intact
you should have made it clear that the buyer assumes missing piece risk and
should contact LD for satisfaction.
Hope that helps
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