Originally Posted by
miamijim
I disagree. If I'm selling an obviously used frameset and take a variety of pictures that clearly depict the condition there's no reason for me to say "there's a scratch 4.8mm long, 1.2mm wide located on the lateral side of the right chainstay 2.4 from the junction of the dropout." B.S.
And if I'm selling a pair of ST-7400 STI levers its the buyers responsibility to know if they'll work on the buyers bike. If you dont know what your buying you shouldnt be buying it.
I've blocked a lot of buyers who ask amateurish questions. That being said, my worst ebay experiences have been from people who've posted in the C&V section of this forum.
Points well made and well taken. But I wasn't referring to sellers, like you, apparently, who show very good photos and enough of a description to be honest about things. Not really necessary to mention every little blemish. Unfortunately though, ebay is loaded with sellers trying to obfuscate and omit pertinent details. To their own, nefarious ends. If I can see plenty of well lit details in the pics, I'm OK as a buyer. But it seems it's the exception rather than the rule these days. And many sellers are not even including any sort of verbal description at all!
Case in point. Just one of thousands of examples I could site. Has the derailleur hanger been hacked off this dropout, or not? Good pictures of the bike, but...heck, I don't know. If it's there, why isn't the derailleur attached to it? The seller didn't mention anything about it in his description and hasn't answered questions about it. As the buyer am I supposed to have the responsibility to just KNOW? Give me a break.
Too bad but there are lots of sellers trying to pass off stuff without mentioning pertinent details. Which makes buyers mis-trust even honest auction descriptions. (BTW. I know nothing about this seller nor am suggesting he is trying to deceive)
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