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Mike,
I think that your only recourse is to ask this person to deal with you, and
maybe rectify their mistake, and failing that, to flame the hell out of them
on Ebay feedback and on lugnet.
They may say that they didn't know the difference... ignorance is no excuse on
their part. If they're going to auction something off, they should know
exactly what it is and give a thorough description-- both for the bidder's
protection, and the seller's.
Stick it to 'em Mike!
Geoff
In lugnet.market.auction, Mike Poindexter writes:
> Well, due to a wedding and honeymoon, it sat unopened when it arrived for
> about a month. Now that I have opened it, I discovered that it was missing
> the monorail engine and car plates. I can deal with incomplete sets. What I
> was disturbed about was approximately 3 pounds of clone bricks (and other
> really non-Lego items like marbles, etc.), most of them not even close to
> Lego. Some were Tente, but most were very easy to pick out and looked almost
> like the American Bricks (but not).
>
> My question is this: Do I have recourse after one month? And how many clone
> bricks is acceptable in a "Lego lot"? 5%? 10%? Surely not 30%! I have yet
> to email the supplier (my ISP mail server is down AGAIN!) but would like some
> feedback.
> Mike
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| Unfortunately, that is one of the dilemmas of dealing on eBay (I'm not badmouthing it, cuz I bid on eBay frequently myself). However, frequently the sellers are not very Lego knowledgeable (although there is no excuse for marbles). Being an (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general)
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| A while ago, I bought 11 pounds of Lego on an eBay auction listed as 6991 Lego Racetrack. I jumped at it, as it was a low price (due to not being listed as monorail) and was happy to pay for the product, which was advertised as 11 pounds of Lego. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general)
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