I don't know, she sounds pretty sinister to me. Is she even a she?
David Kirsh
Durham, NC
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>And who is this non-sinistral person?
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>From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Chris Takahashi
>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:01 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Sinistral Shell For Harry?
>
>Size wasn't the issue. I asked for extra pix to confirm what the shell
>looked like. They were poor quality shots but the extra shots confirmed a
>sinistral aperture on every picture. After this hit the fan then she
>admitted she sent the pix in a reversed format. Normally any seller would
>just refund the purchase price after realizing their mistake but not this
>one. Says she spent it and for me not to bother her anymore about this
>because she's a single mother with kids.
>
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>On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:11 PM, Marien Faber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> "Suspicious i asked the seller to provide extra pics". Next time, ask for
>a photo of the shell on top of a newspaper page, or with a numbered ruler,
>"to see how big it is".
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Marien
>>
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 17:55:48 -0500
>> > From: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: [CONCH-L] Sinistral Shell For Harry?
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > Aloha,
>> > Recently on eBay i purchased a Cymatium intermedius Pease. The
>> > picture showed it as a sinistral shell. Suspicious i asked the
>> > seller to provide extra pics. Sure enough the extra pics showed it
>> > as a sinistral. I thought getting this shell for my Reverse Coiled
>> > Gastropod buddy Harry Lee would be cool as he didn't have one yet
>according to the Jax site.
>> >
>> > I got the shell last week. I was thinking of re-forwarding the box
>> > to Harry but i had to just look at it myself before posting it. I
>> > was floored to see a small dead dextral intermedius. I wrote the
>> > seller who explained it was the same shell. I looked at the pix
>> > again only to discover she had all the pictures reversed! Boy was i
>> > sad to think that in this age that people can't tell a normal picture
>from a mirrowed image shot.
>> >
>> > Well i contacted the seller, even provided pix of her item she sent
>> > vs the corrected pix of the true item. Even explained to her fully
>> > what a dextral and sinistral shell is and added a pix from the
>> > Jacksonville site for a visual aid. After all this what i got was
>> > her admitting to reversing the pix but she felt she didn't have to
>> > refund my purchase due to the fact she was a single mom with kids
>> > and spent the money. I guess that latter part was true because her
>> > feedback shows her buying a 14k ring right afterwards. Sorry Harry.
>> > CT
>> >
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