Thread: ebay question

Rounding down is always safer. For example, if people want an 8/8 razor, it has to be 8/8 or wider, not 15/16.
People sometimes want something specific. Selling them something advertized like that and then saying 'it's close enough' will not work.

When I sell razors on ebay, I measure them with calipers and give the exact measurement and then convert that to the nearest 16th of an inch ie 11/16 or between 6/8 and 13/16. Returning a razor for being out by 1/32 just sounds like buyers remorse. Just accept it back with good grace and relist it when you've got it.

I've never had a razor returned for incorrect measures...I've never heard of a razor being off 1/32 and being sent back. The guys are right about Ebay and return policies, you can't win, just bow out gracfully. I'll be double checking measurements from now on, thanks for the tough lesson.

Big Greg

I told the guy I'm more than happy to take the return. i told him it's a used, old vintage razor. It's obviously a 7/8 razor that has some hone wear. The fact that it is 1/32 short doesn't make it any less of a 7/8 razor. He got mad and told me my logic makes no sense, I wasted his time and money, and I knew it was short and tried to mislead and deceive intentionally. I am also only going to accept bids from people with 100% feedback from now on. He has many negative feedbacks. I just hope it's still in shave ready condition and not all screwed up from having calipers clamped on it.

I suggest you block him from bidding on any more of your items in the future.

Sounds to me like the guy has no idea what he is getting into. Vintage won't be his thing if he wants perfect dimensions. I will only sell my razors on here because of this very reason.

I used to take a photo of the razor on the ruler, but found the ruler on top of the razor is more revealing. It is still a bit tricky, camera angle, and what not, but here is what I do now, if I do it at all ;

Originally Posted by prodigy

I told the guy I'm more than happy to take the return. i told him it's a used, old vintage razor. It's obviously a 7/8 razor that has some hone wear. The fact that it is 1/32 short doesn't make it any less of a 7/8 razor. He got mad and told me my logic makes no sense, I wasted his time and money, and I knew it was short and tried to mislead and deceive intentionally. I am also only going to accept bids from people with 100% feedback from now on. He has many negative feedbacks. I just hope it's still in shave ready condition and not all screwed up from having calipers clamped on it.

I wouldn't have entered into that discussion, your reply to him says that you knew it wasn't 7/8". Whilst he is being picky he is also correct.

I've had the same thing happen, except it was if I remember 1/64" off. People are just crazy or looking for an excuse to return. I can +1, the best thing to do is mention a very rough measurement, then say 'judge the width by the picture with the ruler'. Definitely block him - if I get any trouble from picky buyers, I blacklist them without hesitation - there's a million buyers on ebay to replace them, and you are guaranteed never to have to deal with them again.