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

Well...the package arrived today.

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I had speculated that this was a Coticule, natural on both sides. I was correct plus it was quarried on the seam. Nice big stone.

Then I looked closely...and....it has a crack! that runs the full length of the stone!

Hmmmm...now what do I do? So I reviewed what questions I had sent to the seller.....ah nuts!... I did not ask the seller any questions!

So, shame on me for forgetting the basics...... and shame on the seller for not disclosing the crack in the stone either in writing or by photograph.

BTW, the stone is still usable and since the crack runs along one side I could just cut the stone down by 1/2" and all would be well.

So, I left a Positive feedback but left the comment...
"I really liked that crack on the stone"

Guys...am I off base on doing this? Let me know please.

Randy, tell you the truth I don't fault the seller for not disclosing the crack. If he is an average person he probably wouldn't take note of it being clueless about stones. He does offer a 7 day money back guarantee so if you aren't happy with the stone all you'll be out is the shipping. OTOH, if the crack doesn't effect .....(or should it be affect ?) the honing I wouldn't cut it. Just IMHO.

Yea Jimmy's right. Whatever we buy on Eboy we tend to assume the seller is knowledgeable about the product and will know what a defect is and disclose it. I know guys who sell things, whatever they can get hold of and know squat. They just put it out there so it's up to the prospective buyer to ask all the right questions since we know what we need.

Just get your money back if that's what you want to do.

Have tile saw - may be able to help with the de-crack slice - lemme know.

Thanks guys, I went to Ebay and they only allow an additional comment, no retractions/modifications on a positive feedback. So I ate some crow and apologized.

From vast experiance Crow is usually best eaten when baked in a pie...

Usually, when I am PO'ed (), I keep my fingers off the keyboard.
Slipped on this one.

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?

don't you know, randy is building an extension for his brown eschers collection, so yeah he needs more belgians for the foundation.

Originally Posted by Bruce

Have tile saw - may be able to help with the de-crack slice - lemme know.

And the slice nicely glued to a slice of marble tile would be nifty to have.