Thread: The Wall Of Shame

Originally Posted by Magpie

I cant really tell from those photos, but you guys DO realize that there were 3/8 razors made, dont you?

I've seen a few factory 3/8" razors. I have a 3/8" Bengal. No way that Pipe was a factory 3/8". Sorry. To be clear, I don't think the shame lies with the person who did it. I keep visualizing a guy hard on his luck during the Great Depression faced with a choice of buying food for his family or a new razor. In that situation you bet I'm going to grind grandad's old razor down to the nub boy. The shame is with the seller who lists something like that as being in "good" or "fine" condition and asking the same price that you could get a NOS one for.


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Originally Posted by sbogill

I've seen a few factory 3/8" razors. I have a 3/8" Bengal. No way that Pipe was a factory 3/8". Sorry. To be clear, I don't think the shame lies with the person who did it. I keep visualizing a guy hard on his luck during the Great Depression faced with a choice of buying food for his family or a new razor. In that situation you bet I'm going to grind grandad's old razor down to the nub boy. The shame is with the seller who lists something like that as being in "good" or "fine" condition and asking the same price that you could get a NOS one for.


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The only "shame" in asking for top dollar is that not enough people are willing to pay ME that money!

I won this sweet Wosty (sellers image) no reserve,with a very conservative bid. Good..right ? Well, the seller contacted me through eBay a few days later claiming the razor had been stolen from his desk. Needless to say I was P*##ed ! I am guessing sellers remorse.

I usually don't get surprised by the prices some people ask anymore because usually those razors are relisted over and over and rarely sell so I see them often. I always like the ones that say they been collecting and dealing razors for a long time and say a broken chunk of rust is in good condition for its age. Funny thing is I've actually bought a few of those broken chunks of rust just for the scales if it was cheap enough. Here is a tiny 3/8 razor that I got because I just had to try and shave with it. Still haven't honed it yet though. I am guessing it was just over 3/8 new. The tang is 1/4" at the widest point and 3/16" near the shoulder. I've noticed that with most razors the tang gets wider as the blade does. That's not always true though. Seems like razors made about the 50's on, the tang stopped growing after a certain point. I still want to get my hands on one of the huge meat cleaver razors just to feel the weight and size of it. A picture can only do so much to show the size of one of those beasts.

Thats not right. Almost all of the things I won really cheap that the sellers said ended up missing or wasn't available for whatever reason was relisted a few days later. I think if they don't get a price they want they stop the sale and relist it.

Originally Posted by JSmith1983

Thats not right. Almost all of the things I won really cheap that the sellers said ended up missing or wasn't available for whatever reason was relisted a few days later. I think if they don't get a price they want they stop the sale and relist it.

If that's the case, and they did something like in Wirm's situation where they contacted him through The Bay, I'd keep an eye out for it. Or watch the seller's store. If they wind up relisting it, I'd shoot a message to eBay, complete with screenshot of the "stolen" notification, and let The Bay know this is fraudulent.

But don't go off half-cocked, with no evidence to the contrary of the seller's statement that it was stolen.

Originally Posted by Wirm

I won this sweet Wosty (sellers image) no reserve,with a very conservative bid. Good..right ? Well, the seller contacted me through eBay a few days later claiming the razor had been stolen from his desk. Needless to say I was P*##ed ! I am guessing sellers remorse.

How could the seller steal his own razor?

Originally Posted by 32t

How could the seller steal his own razor?

It wasn't his razor at the end of the auction.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Steve56

It wasn't his razor at the end of the auction.

Cheers, Steve

But that isn't stolen!

Originally Posted by 32t

But that isn't stolen!

If the seller refunded the money, then technically no, it isn't stolen. But it is dishonest.

There is a seller of low-end Japanese stones in Japan that lists his wares, and if at the end of the auction they allegedly did not bring what he wished, he cancels the sale and refunds the money, claiming it was a mistake. He has been banned from some sales venues for repeatedly using this tactic.

Cheers, Steve