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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