Dear Steve & all,
Please note that the point about the ruler was that if you had that or some
newspaper in the same picture you would have seen that the numbers on the ruler
or words on the paper were also reversed and then figured it out don't proof the
true as is very easy to compose a picture with the correct newspaper or ruler
with the reversed image of the shell by using the Corel or similar program.
Warm regards.
George



steve rosenthal wrote:

> Chris, the point about the ruler was that if you had that or some
> newspaper in the same picture you would have seen that the numbers on
> the ruler or words on the paper were also reversed and then figured it
> out. That was a good suggestion.
>
> On 3/4/11, Chris Takahashi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > 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

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