Thread: Lesson learned...again!.....

Originally Posted by Sandcounty

Since nobody else has asked the obvious question I will. What are you doing buying more Cotis? Isn't the foundation of your house made of natural combos?

Hey Ryan! We have to get together when I get back from the Mid-Mo razor meet.

In answer to your question...... for some odd reason I went on a hone buying jag this past month. Bought a Charnley Forest, a Salmen, this Coticule (simply because I thought it might be a Deep Rock ( it is not)), and a Dragons Tongue ( which has yet to be delivered). Oh, and a few barber hones from the Gun shows and antique fairs ( and a few razors of course).

Originally Posted by randydance062449

In answer to your question...... for some odd reason I went on a hone buying jag this past month.

Makes perfect sense to me.

I guess I disagree with most on this issue. Regardless of knowledge, a crack is something that should be disclosed.

I'll give another example. A few months ago I made one of my few ebay purchases. I paid $162 for a lot of six razors that included a 8/8 W&B For Barbers Use. The other blades were crap but a couple scales were good, including a pristine set of Red Imp scales. Now, I would not have bid that much except for those scales and the fact that the seller specifically described the W&B as having a blade in good condition. That was true except for the half inch crack in the middle of the blade.

The seller made the same argument--he wasn't a razor expert, but you don't need expertise to note a crack in a blade and call it in good condition.

The seller and I argued back and forth and, though he finally agreed to a refund, his level of vitriol made it pretty clear to me I wasn't getting my money back. Now I've got some very expensive scales.

In Randy's case, the seller described a chip, so the crack should have also been mentioned. Failure to mention it or show it in my mind is deceptive and merited a neg feedback. People seem to be so loathe to give negative yet honest ratings that I've given up on ebay feedback because I no longer trust it any more than I trust ebay sellers.