Thread: was I taken or cavet emptor

I just got this ebay straight. It looked ok in the photo but it has two hairline cracks that are too long to be honed out.
The seller posted it was not for shaving due to the two nicks (not cracks).
Perspective please.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123
Thanks Al

IMO the auction description pretty much says it all, it's not a shaver, just for looking at.

yeah he was pretty honest about it.

He was honest about it. As a general rule I will always ask a seller if there are any nicks, splits,cracks, chips or pits, and that covers my butt. In this case the guy was very up front with his opinion of the razor.

How deep run the cracks?

In this case I'd say the seller was honest about it, and you bought it despite the description.

For me it would depend on what I paid for the razor. At about $15 incl shipping, IMO you're probably going to have to eat that one.

But........hypothetically, I'm thinking if I bought a razor with the exact same description and similar pics and paid $50+, I'd ask to return it; why?......I can hone out small chips or nicks and this description mentioned just that and in the pics, that's all I see. I'd tell the seller that I could hone out nicks or chips.....I can't repair cracks which that razor has and which the seller did not mention.

Whether or not it's a shaver is the seller's opinion, not fact. I have an older stereo receiver that doesn't work. I don't have the ability to repair it. To me, it's not operable and therefore more or less worthless. If I were to sell it on Ebay, I would disclose that and would say therefore that it's in poor unworkable condition. However, that doesn't mean someone else couldn't open it right up, diagnose the problem and fix it without much trouble. Finally, if I had taken all the "guts" out of that stereo receiver rendering it impossible for even a skilled technician to repair any damage but did not disclose that fact in my listing, I believe the buyer of that stereo would have a valid reason to want to return that stereo to me.

My 2 cents.

Chris L

Originally Posted by Chrisl

Whether or not it's a shaver is the seller's opinion, not fact.

Unless you are certain of the level of competence the seller has it's impossible to make such a judgement, anything else is just assumptions and you end up in a Catch 22-like situation. If the seller states it's not for shaving and you still buy it, then it's "caveat emptor".

Originally Posted by mastermute

Unless you are certain of the level of competence the seller has it's impossible to make such a judgement, anything else is just assumptions and you end up in a Catch 22-like situation. If the seller states it's not for shaving and you still buy it, then it's "caveat emptor".

I see your point.

Chris L

given how honest the seller was and the low price, you weren't taken at all.

You have to draw the line somewhere...

What if all sellers of vintage razors start stating "razor is not for shaving... just for looks" to cover there a$$...

If the blade has damage not shown in the photos or mentioned in the text (virtually worthless for most collectors and shavers)... where do we go from there?