Thread: Colonial razor? Earlier Chinese? Fake?

Originally Posted by QuinnFlint

True...but I do sell an actual, authentic, good razor on eBay occasionally, and I know if I saw one of these ancient mystical chinese colonials in a seller's history, my maximum bid on any of his items would decrease dramatically....

Yep. That is true as far as I am concerned. These days I am more window shopping on ebay than anything else and if I see a selling pushing junk I avoid all of their listings.

The sad thing is the guy who regularly sells those razors also sells a lot of other "antiques" that clearly are not. Without any particular expertise in these things, I think it's pretty obvious that if he is selling the same antiques in a regular three week rotation, that they are not real. He just banks on a regular crop of fresh suckers to come along and apparently his strategy is working.

Yeah, I saw one listed as a "priceless personal item." Wonder if there's a definitive way to show it's a replica. I guess the type of metal used would be telling... It'd be nice to shut down a seller of fraudulent antiques, or at least be a pain in his a**.

Well, as I said before, if you look in his feedback history, you will see what he sold. He has regular rotations of the same "antiques" every few weeks. "Antiques" do not come in an infinite supply so simple common sense indicates this stuff to be fake. I presented that argument to eBay. I suggest you do the same. Also, you can provide a link to Smokey Mountain Knives showing their "Antique Chinese Razors."

By the way, your signature disclaimer is great!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well, as I said before, if you look in his feedback history, you will see what he sold. He has regular rotations of the same "antiques" every few weeks. "Antiques" do not come in an infinite supply so simple common sense indicates this stuff to be fake. I presented that argument to eBay. I suggest you do the same. Also, you can provide a link to Smokey Mountain Knives showing their "Antique Chinese Razors."

By the way, your signature disclaimer is great!

Thanks, I felt it was called-for.

And yeah, folks should let eBay know. It looks like he makes no effort at all to cover himself (even a line with something like "this is believed to be colonial/chinese/etc." would be sneaky, but sufficient) I'm pretty sure that kind of deliberate false representation of merchandise is a violation of at least one Federal consumer protection law.