Op 4/03/2011 12:37, steve rosenthal schreef:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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We can still make dozens of comment on this matter but the only thing
that helps is that you disclose  the name and the E-mailaddress of this
person so that nobody will buy from this person again.
Regards,

Eddy Wilmet

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