A SPECULATOR at work
Summary: swingterpsi shared an incident where they mistakenly used photos of a first edition comic book in an online listing for a second edition, leading to a discrepancy between the images and the actual product. The buyer, focusing only on the photos, demanded a return, citing a misunderstanding. swingterpsi believes the buyer might have acted strategically, ignoring the literal description and only bidding in the final moments of the auction.
A SPECULATOR at work
I was selling a 2nd edition Pilote of '' The Tour of Gaul '' of ASTÉRIX '' , for €60 and in near-mint condition , valued at €250 . But by mistake , I illustrate my ad with 10 photos of the Original Edition , valued at €1000 ( sold long ago) . I hadn't cleared out the dedicated photo folder .
The guy bids in the last few seconds . I send the album, which he receives 5 days later . The buyer immediately asks to send it back on the pretext that the comic doesn't match the ad , or more precisely the photos , and even more precisely just one of them . Their only difference ? The back of the original edition is blank, with no inscription , whereas the back of the 2nd edition is printed . His explanation : he mainly looks at the photos and pays less attention to the written part .
Another explanation ... laughable : an old price in francs was written in pencil , on the first endpaper . Easily erased after the album was returned .
Even at Drouot this detail is sometimes noted in the catalog if there is still a trace of erasure .
Yet , for him to take an interest in my comic , this character had to read the title of the ad . A title that left no room for ambiguity about the ''collector'' nature of the item offered . Did he show up during the 10-day auction ? No ! No need to catalog the guy .
lingma85
·3 weeks agoHello @swingterpsi
I’m not going to make you happy... but it comes through from your account that the listing you created to sell this comic book is tainted by a blatant mistake...
whatever the reason that led to the number of photos not matching the item sold...
You need to take responsibility for your mistake.
It’s a misleading listing.. and the buyer returned the product to you...
in fact there’s really nothing to say against that.
Kind regards.
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