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#1 Tue, Feb10 2009 8:11pm
- Gavin
- Skilled Artisan
- From: Canada
- Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
- Posts: 936
In which I complain about buying faked Mithrils
Well, the photo was blurry, which may or may not have been a clue.
I knew some of them were missing parts, which for me is rarely a problem.
But in the flesh - or metal - these are really bad fakes. Some look salvageable. Some look like casts of conversions - an M21 now with a bow. Not a bad job. alas the bow broke in transit. Others are going to need work to make them worthwhile and about three look like they will go into the metal pan.
All in all, quite disappointed.
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#3 Tue, Feb10 2009 8:26pm
- Gavin
- Skilled Artisan
- From: Canada
- Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
- Posts: 936
Re: In which I complain about buying faked Mithrils
This auction here:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie … 0294826729
Or:
170294826729
I'm leaning towards giving him the benefit of the doubt. He may have merely sold them on.
But they are definitely fakes.
Gavin
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#4 Wed, Feb18 2009 4:54pm
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
- Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
- Posts: 4331
Re: In which I complain about buying faked Mithrils
It's generous to give him the 'benefit of the doubt', though he may not have known any better, and may have thought that all Mithrils were naff. If he was a legit collector, on the other hand, he would have known they were fakes from the outset. As the old adage goes, caveat emptor.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#5 Wed, Feb18 2009 5:51pm
- Gavin
- Skilled Artisan
- From: Canada
- Registered: Wed, Jan30 2008
- Posts: 936
Re: In which I complain about buying faked Mithrils
He's not getting feedback, one way or another.
Whatever metal the fakes are cast from is really brittle and they break if you look at them crossways. Methinks they may all just end up in the melting pot.
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