Thread: Ebay selling dangers - blade width

If it's the slightest under 8/8 I would always say 'a tad under under 8/8' and give the exact measurement. In your case 63/64. But I have to agree with Nelson. The buyer didn't like it and just used the excuse of the width to return it.

Don't forget that not everyone has a caliper so it might be 63/64 for you but for the buyer who just uses a ruler at eyesight it might look 15/16.

Razorguy has a link on here of a measuring chart that would be even better then a ruler IMHO

If I were selling on ebay I would use it

That being said I use the simple +/- symbols when measuring and have never had an issue

Your razor would have been measured as 8/8- and described as "A 8/8 that has been honed"

That is one of the reasons I stopped selling on eBay a long time ago. When you sell a razor and throw in a used vintage brush as a bonus (for free) and the person complains about a few hairs falling out of the brush then leaves Negative Feedback..........

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

That is one of the reasons I stopped selling on eBay a long time ago. When you sell a razor and throw in a used vintage brush as a bonus (for free) and the person complains about a few hairs falling out of the brush then leaves Negative Feedback..........

Seriously....wow. I'm gobmsacked there Doughboy. How can you complain about a free gift....Jeez the gall of some people.

Originally Posted by jodypress

Seriously....wow. I'm gobmsacked there Doughboy. How can you complain about a free gift....Jeez the gaul of some people.

I think you mean gall, unless you're talking about Frenchmen

Originally Posted by jodypress

Seriously....wow. I'm gobmsacked there Doughboy. How can you complain about a free gift....Jeez the gaul of some people.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

I think you mean gall, unless you're talking about Frenchmen

He was only slightly, maybe a 64th off ..........

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

He was only slightly, maybe a 64th off ..........

Nope full 1/4=25% off

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

it's called buyer's remorse. He got it and didn't like it and started looking for something to complain about so he could return it and not eat the shipping blaming you for "not as described".

What he said. eBay experiences can be so totally wrong that I have pretty much quit selling on there, even with hundreds of transactions and a 100% satisfaction rating. It just isn't worth the hassle. Best one I have heard in a while was a guy who, representing himself as an experienced straight razor user, bought a Wade & Butcher but wanted a refund because "it was old..."

Only one way to do this - have a very correct description. The work overhead compared to setting up the listing in the first place is very little. Another possibility for misunderstanding is the actual measurement - the edge side is clear (unless it has chips/oxidation and the razor is for use) but the spine is fuzzy - is it to the top of the spine, to the hone line, in the second case hone wear cold make this even more ambiguous. Then the width can vary along the blade...

I think ebay is already forcing the sellers to cover the return shipping for items not as described, so you have to be thinking in terms of winning a dispute on ebay to exclude buyer remorse without reason.

Also, the big picture is that that's just part of buying and selling stuff - there are all kinds of people and the same person could behave very differently on different days.

Nitpicker! I say, good enough for government work!



Mike