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(...) Well, I can't say I've *bought* anything in that condition, but in my 20 years of Lego collecting, I have *thrice* found bricks with insect-egg-sacks in them amongst my non-airtight Lego boxes. All hatched before I found them. Made me wish I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I can't speak for Hop-Frog but I have received bulk LEGO(r) brand pieces with things such as dead insects and dried insect eggs mixed in. That was from eBay though. Never live larvae. (or at least I didn't really check all that closely) I'll (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Please tell me this was just hyperbole, and you didn't actually receive pieces with LARVAE in it! (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) GoodWill Stores here I come, and... Obviously, not everyone in the world (who gives LEGO products to GoodWill) is aware of the Internet. Todd (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) appreciated your attempt to provide a standard for everyone to use. (...) LARVAE INFESTED!?! If this ever happened to me I'd probably abandon my LEGO buying completely. Snot I can handle but creepy crawly things...YECCH! (...) As I pointed (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Greg Perry stated: (...) I once purchased 8460 and 5580 from the same person in two seperate auctions in eBay. It was in my early and, dare I say, naive days of purchasing online. Both sets were described as assembled, hardly played with, kept on a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Greg, I'm going to respond to a couple points that you made from the viewpoint of a seller on Bricklink. (...) of (...) left) I believe this is at the core of the "problem". If a seller gets positive feedback for something that was less then a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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Greg: As the person that wrote this: (URL) can tell you that I have certainly come across dirty, already been chewed, bubble gum encrusted, snot caked, putty filled, milk spattered, larvae infested, and otherwise disgusting elements in my time. It (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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How many people have purchased a "used, but 100% complete set" from e-Bay or Bricklink only to find that it's not true when it arrives 4-6 weeks later from overseas? I recently purchased an 8460 and an 8839 from a seller in Germany who claimed that (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I had to chime in on this thread. I'm right there with you Greg. (...) A month or two ago I made my first "used" purchases on Bricklink. The three shops that I purchased from stated that these used parts were in "excellent condition" and most were (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) You were preaching to the choir... -- Hop-Frog (Scariest Commentator on Lugnet) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I agree this is the first, and very important, step that disguntled buyers take. It's time that people got over the negative feedback fear/wars and just leave it appropriately. (...) You bring up great points. As both a seller and buyer on (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I will answers these questions... In my store I NEVER would sell anything that looked abused without describing what was wrong with it. And really, if a piece is that bad I would never sell it in the first place. In a few cases I have found a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I too am extremely picky about my used parts so I only buy new or pick through bargain lots from eBay (I'm the kind of person who has trouble picking out produce at the grocery store because after the first few pieces I start to see every (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Kevin - Thanks for providing some feedback in relation to my venting. It's good to know it's not "just me" but also on the other hand a bit disheartening since judging from the BrickLink thread you referenced there's plenty of this going on. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Greg Perry wrote in message ... (...) time). Oh believe me Greg, you're not alone. Here's one message I posted about this kind of thing to Bricklink: (URL) just don't buy used pieces AT ALL because of the risk of getting what Richard Marchetti terms (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In order to provide myself with a bit of a vent, I thought I’d post this message and see if others share my perspective/experiences or whether I’m just completely wrong in my attitude and thinking (wouldn’t be the first time). My “problem” is that (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general) !
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XFUT: lugnet.admin.terms (...) Hi Jon. According to the charter for .market.shopping [1] these types of announcemnts are allowed and should not be problematic. Here is exactly how the charter for .shopping reads: ++CHARTER/PURPOSE: (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.admin.terms)
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I stopped by one of the local GoodWill stores today, not really expecting to find anything. I was pleased to find one of the "chip 'n' dip" baseplates for $1 and didn't expect to find much more. Needless to say, I was ecstatic to find a 6991 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hey Matthew. It'd be great if you could keep posts of this nature in .market.buy.sell-trade in the future. .market.shopping is for shopping reports and so on. Thanks, and good luck on your sales. -Jon -- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My Lego (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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