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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