Thread: Used but not abused

That's why I also sent him a msg. Corn razor my foot. Had this guy been smart/educated enough to be a lawyer, he wouldn't have been chasing after ambulances.. He'd be at the accident scenes before them.

Edit: I don't think that every laywer is an ambulance-chaser. Actually most of the lawyers that I've come across were very honest and principled guys. However, this guy has the right moral fiber for this area of legal practice

did he admit that he sold it already by using ebay's message system? because if he did, then they got it on record and it's illegal to sell goods you're posting on ebay through other means thereby bypassing their system (kills their comission). If he did, just report that to ebay and they should kick him out.

He just said it was sold. In any case I'm saving the msgs.

I'm usually the one sending nasty-grams. You guys beat me to it. I took a different approach and on 10/08, I sent him the following message to his regular email that he had posted. I have not heard anything back. I wonder if he thinks he still has a corn razor????????

Howdy Harold...

Please excuse my intrusion for saying something that doesn't directly involve me. I am only saying something because I think you are a man of integrity, but also someone who has been misled. I hate to see good people have their honesty questioned because of misinformation they have received.

You recently had a razor on eBay. The auction was the one with the circular piece missing in the blade. I saw that the comment made about it was upsetting to you because of the way you answered the person. I understand why you said what you did. I get my feathers ruffled when someone challenges my honesty too.

It is with respect to your honesty that I must tell you that you are mistaken about this razor. It is not a corn razor. If you go to the following ebay link and look at the bottom razor, you will see what a corn razor looks like.
http://tinyurl.com/l5vrb

</B>My name is Bill Ellis. I make custom knives, restore straight razors and sell them, and have written a book on how to do the work. This is my site:
www.billysblades.com

I have also written reviews for ebay regarding straight razors. This is the ebay link:
http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/urleebird

So that you know, the razor you had on ebay has been damaged. Most probably it was dropped or bumped the faucet in the sink and was chipped. The steel in these razors is very thin and very hard and they can break easily. If you see any cut-out like this on any blade no matter how big or small, it is broken. Chips like this are always damage, not an intentional manufacturing characteristic. The blade is worthless as a shaving instrument from then on. The scales (handles) may have value, but the blade doesn't. The person who told you this was a corn razor is wrong.

It seems to me that you are honest and would not intentionally mislead anyone. I would hate to see your reputation questioned because you thought you were right. Unfortunately, there are a lot of lousy sellers these days on ebay. And, even worse, a lot of them are selling straight razors and lying about them to make sales to those who do not know about them.

I hope I have not offended you with this information...


best regards and happy trails...
Bill

Nice email. But in there what I found most informative was your links on your "how to" guides on buying. I'm reading them now. Good information!

I think it's actually pretty amusing... Obviously, since he has a lot of 57 razors to sell, /he/ is an expert and you don't know what you're talking about. And someone told him it was a corn razor, so it must be so.

A fine example of ebay caveat emptor.

Yes, exactly. What you said. Empty Caviar

A fine example of ebay caveat emptor.

Not only that, but ya gotta watch out who ya buy from...

Bill,
I'm part way through your story of the three razors from loybeloit59. Don't tell me how it ends.

Originally Posted by urleebird

Not only that, but ya gotta watch out who ya buy from...

Yes, it's Latin for, "don't buy a pig in a poke."