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Re: Yet another CLUELESS about MIB
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:47:39 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Mike Poindexter wrote:
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> Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:gbaZOHyTkFg2XctxW9Twi3U+QEgk@4ax.com...
> > In lugnet.market.auction, Mike Poindexter wrote:
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> > > I don't know about your interpretation, but I always thought the M in MIB
> > > was Mint. Mint is a condition, not a level of completeness.
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> > 'Mint', in a perfect world, means *perfect*. In a slightly more realistic
> > world, it means 'in the same condition as it left the factory'. 'Mint' is • a
> > heavily misused and abused term.
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> Consulting Websters Dictionary, mint is defined as: adj. not marred or
> soiled, as if new.
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> That once again defines a level of condition, not completeness.
When a set is bought from a store, there is a strong expectation that the set is
complete. Completeness is part of the 'as if new' condition.
I realize there are a certain percentage of sets which leave the factory with
missing, wrong, or damaged piece(s). This is normal (as buyers, we want a very
low percentage, but LEGO hasn't managed to reduce the percentage to zero). I
expect that if I buy an unopened set on auction, the auctioneer might describe
it as Mint, even though there is no way of verifying that all the pieces are
included. The set is 'as if new' -- that's the way it left the factory.
In Larry P.'s auctions, he refers to this as 'the missing piece risk'.
Steve
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| I had some offline discussion with Mike P. about this and I think my opinion on this small controversy hasn't been stated clearly. I am going to go out on a limb and say that there are a lot of eBay sellers who misuse descriptions and in general do (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:gbaZOHyTkFg2Xct...4ax.com... (...) a (...) Consulting Websters Dictionary, mint is defined as: adj. not marred or soiled, as if new. That once again defines a level of condition, not (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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