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<p>[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 6928960, member: 152"]I do not concur with this opinion. The onus is on the seller to represent the item correctly as they are the one that has it in hand and have or should have researched it prior to listing it as <i>"Rare 19th century wrought iron snake shaped knife"</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>If, as the seller, you don't know what you have, you're not allowed to just make it up as you go along. If they're not sure what they have, they should admit it honestly in the listing rather than describe it as something that they know will garner more money. I always admit in my listings if I'm unsure about something - an age period or some feature of the item. </p><p><br /></p><p>If they're doing it for this listing, are they misrepresenting other items as well? </p><p><br /></p><p>If it was misrepresented by the seller on purpose, it would be rewarding bad behavior by allowing that seller to reap the profit on an item that they know they were being dishonest about. If it was a mistake, mistakes do happen, but I think journeymagazine is still well within his rights to return it because it's not as described.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 6928960, member: 152"]I do not concur with this opinion. The onus is on the seller to represent the item correctly as they are the one that has it in hand and have or should have researched it prior to listing it as [I]"Rare 19th century wrought iron snake shaped knife"[/I]. If, as the seller, you don't know what you have, you're not allowed to just make it up as you go along. If they're not sure what they have, they should admit it honestly in the listing rather than describe it as something that they know will garner more money. I always admit in my listings if I'm unsure about something - an age period or some feature of the item. If they're doing it for this listing, are they misrepresenting other items as well? If it was misrepresented by the seller on purpose, it would be rewarding bad behavior by allowing that seller to reap the profit on an item that they know they were being dishonest about. If it was a mistake, mistakes do happen, but I think journeymagazine is still well within his rights to return it because it's not as described.[/QUOTE]
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