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Re: MIB listings when they are not MIB
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 21 May 2001 12:35:45 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, David Lewis writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Kevin Salm writes:
> > MIB listings for items when they are not drive me crazy !!!
> > ...
> > Please do not over-use the term MINT in describing auctions. It drives me
> > crazy!!!
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> I'm glad I'm not the only one this really bothers. It seems to have gotten
> worse over the last year and a half or so.
I think you can safely assume that it bothers a lot of people.
> I went so far as to e-mail ebay and ask if they had guidelines for sellers
> as to what "mint" means. They basically said no and I should read the text
> to determine what the seller means by "mint".
Ah yes, the ever helpful eBay support staff comes through again....
> I typically only buy mint lego (real mint, not played with once), so I've
> just decided to never buy anything (mint or not) from a seller if I see them
> describing used items as mint. I'm probably only hurting myself, but I
> think it's unethical, and I refuse to do business with people that behave
> that way.
Would that more people would do that.
++Lar
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| (...) I'm glad I'm not the only one this really bothers. It seems to have gotten worse over the last year and a half or so. I went so far as to e-mail ebay and ask if they had guidelines for sellers as to what "mint" means. They basically said no (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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