Thread: The Wall Of Shame

See what your thoughts on this one are: Old Victorian Civil War Era Wade Butcher Barbers Big Chopper Straight Razor | eBay

To me it looks like it's full of rust and chips with a crack midway along the edge. 3 bidders over $150. Final price $232.50. Ouch, gotta love those WBs, they are always real cash cows.

Yeah, I saw that one & he said it had no rust on it in the listing. It looked like it might be over 8/8 but the rust is scary along the edge. Here's the link. I just found it. He says this, "my digital camera flash incorrectly records as "rust brown" in color. I can spot rust when I see it!

Old Victorian Civil War Era Wade Butcher Barbers Big Chopper Straight Razor | eBay

Originally Posted by engine46

Yeah, I saw that one & he said it had no rust on it in the listing. It looked like it might be over 8/8 but the rust is scary along the edge. Here's the link. I just found it. He says this, "my digital camera flash incorrectly records as "rust brown" in color. I can spot rust when I see it!

Old Victorian Civil War Era Wade Butcher Barbers Big Chopper Straight Razor | eBay

If your video card has adjustables try turning up the gamma or contrast and you can see the rust and chips. The buyer can not be happy with this purchase after they see it in hand.

Originally Posted by jmercer

If your video card has adjustables try turning up the gamma or contrast and you can see the rust and chips. The buyer can not be happy with this purchase after they see it in hand.

Definitely a "Not as Described". He goes out of his way to call it everything BUT rust! What does he think happens to metal? That's the only thing (exception: metal fatigue from a lot of bending/stresses) that does happen to metal over time: corrosion! Pitting is still rust. Then... he tries to do some "C.Y.A." by stating multiple times that descriptions are his opinion. That still won't negate the fact that he said it was not rust, multiple times.

About the pics. I'm on my phone, and could still see the chip (& maybe a crack on pic 5). There are also redundant pics that are useless in evaluating the quality of the razor. And the biggest insult of all: he is taking the pics where a brown wood panel wall reflects off the blade, blending out the rust.

Anything I missed?

No, you didn't miss anything Crawler. One thing that caught my eye was the 48 star flag in the background because I have one.

Originally Posted by engine46

No, you didn't miss anything Crawler. One thing that caught my eye was the 48 star flag in the background because I have one.

That goes on eBay tomorrow as a WWII war flag.

Advertised as shave ready .

Originally Posted by engine46

No, you didn't miss anything Crawler. One thing that caught my eye was the 48 star flag in the background because I have one.

I thought of you when I saw this in my local classifieds. And I just looked it up, we got our 49th state 56 years ago lol.

Originally Posted by engine46

Yeah, I saw that one & he said it had no rust on it in the listing. It looked like it might be over 8/8 but the rust is scary along the edge. Here's the link. I just found it. He says this, "my digital camera flash incorrectly records as "rust brown" in color. I can spot rust when I see it!

Old Victorian Civil War Era Wade Butcher Barbers Big Chopper Straight Razor | eBay

He's probably the type that considers that sort of rust level as "patina". He likely wouldn't call it rust until the offending corrosion had actually eaten chunks off, like the frame of the Buick Park Avenue I paid $250 for over 7 years ago...

A summation based on his seller language about rust: reseller, not a shaver/user.

What really irritates me are these "pickers". There are a couple of shows on cable or there were & I saw it once or twice & just laughed! They go to these old places that have antiques or old farm houses with people that have hoards of old stuff. These "pickers" then buy certain things & they figure what they can get for them.
I have seen some of these people showing up on eBay lately & they think they have struck it rich. They will put a bin price on something that has a lot of hone wear or rust on it & expect gold prices for them!!!!