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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldFlyByNightUK, post: 2988441, member: 93083&quot;]We didn&#039;t consider Melt value, we just thought they were interesting and we made what we thought were reasonable bids.&nbsp; WE did no research - we are in the wrong there. Naive certainly, stupid likely, learnt a lesson - YES!</p><p>eBay is a huge market for those who don&#039;t get out much, and can rely on delivery to your door, and pick up to, for a nominal price.&nbsp; But there are by mathematics lots of bad guys amongst the good, lots of foolish people amongst the shrewd, and it can be fun.&nbsp; Luckily I don&#039;t get too embarassed when I make silly mistakes, Gill however ...</p><p>We&#039;re going to go for &#039;not as described&#039;, and this is a UK resident, but with an (careful) eastern european bartering hard-nosed approach.</p><p>The denticles?&nbsp; Yes, I see them now!&nbsp; Thank you, I&#039;d assumed there was just wear there.</p><p>We use wikipedia to research now, I&#039;m getting on a bit, and need to look at things quickly and frequently, else I forget.&nbsp; And, we still approach sellers as pukka, until we learn better.</p><p>PS&nbsp;&nbsp; eBay&#039;s Global Shipping system now allows one to ship an item at local rate, to a courier, that takes it internationally for no extra cost, may take a bit longer though.&nbsp; So hopefully sellers won&#039;t try to make too much out of the P&amp;P charges anymore.</p><p>Thank you all for your responses ... I&#039;m humbled, but there will be another day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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