Thread: Good deals gone bad!

I just received a Koch and Schafer "Super Kama" today that I won on ebay for a good price. I was so excited to get it so I could get it cleaned up and honed to shave with it. And this is what I saw when I opened the mail box... Needless to say I'm gonna try and get my money back. As a precaution when bidding on razors on ebay request that shipping be done in a box and not an envelope. Or at least a bubble pack envelope! This thread is to open it up for all those horror stories of good deals on a nice razor gone bad, lets hear 'em, with pics if possible!

Wow Did the delivery guy run it over with his truck after dropping it off a building?

that's really sad!

I don't know if I'm more upset that you got screwed like that, or that such a nice razor got killed so bad.

I've gotten some razors with some really boneheaded packaging, and so far been really lucky that nothing major happened. I do wonder with that kind of damage if it would have been broken even with decent packaging, as it must have been abused pretty badly.

You should get your money back (and some extra for emotional distress).

Originally Posted by sbrouwers

Wow Did the delivery guy run it over with his truck after dropping it off a building?

It was sent US Priority Mail so I guess you could say he went postal on it!

WOW..... Talk about a poor job from the seller packing this.
Who put the rubber bands on it?

Originally Posted by loueedacat

that's really sad!

I don't know if I'm more upset that you got screwed like that, or that such a nice razor got killed so bad.

I've gotten some razors with some really boneheaded packaging, and so far been really lucky that nothing major happened. I do wonder with that kind of damage if it would have been broken even with decent packaging, as it must have been abused pretty badly.

You should get your money back (and some extra for emotional distress).

Well in the auction pics it looked great and in one piece. I think because he sent it in an envelope it was put through the mail processing machines and got jammed. The ziploc bag that it was in looks ripped and kind of melted like a wheel was spinning on it as it was jammed. Just a theory.

Originally Posted by broncobob

WOW..... Talk about a poor job from the seller packing this.
Who put the rubber bands on it?

My guess is the mailman.

I received a razor packed the same way about 2 years ago . Foutunetly I only paid $9.99 for it , and only the scales were broken . The blade was okay so it wasn't a total loss . After that happened I've always been happy to pay a little more for secure packing , and priorty mail shipping . It seems some people either don't care , or don't have a clue as to how to pack fragile items for shipping .

I think part of the problem with poorly packaged ebay razors is that the people selling them simply don't understand them.

Someone who has never used a straight razor, and never done any reading on them, who is just re-selling stuff on ebay probably looks at a straight razor and sees a very sharp pocket knife that was used as a clumsy way to scrape hair off your face before we learned to make a proper mach 3.

It's a shame to see what looks like it had a lot of potential get trashed like this. I hope you're able to get a full refund for the razor and shipping costs.