Got shafted on this deal real good. šŸ‘

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damn. that sucks.

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Aww man. Do you think that happened by poor packaging?

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The seller mentioned ā€˜function not confirmedā€™ in the description. But they did not specify that the mistral had a bent tip. And the uploaded pictures did not show it in the damaged form. So I would call it a scam of sorts I guess.

This was a set purchase, the other items arrived without damage, so it was clearly a misleading picture.

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The picture they used didnā€™t have a bent tip or they avoided photographing the tip?

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Share the seller, please.

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Basically this was the picture uploaded by the seller.

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This profile, they have insane stock of vintage goods. I guess many of us have bought from them before. I saw many proxy ratings.

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Link?

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I meant they avoided sharing the clear details in the picture.

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Why?

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Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the tip looks slightly bent in the pic. Pretty shady of the seller not to mention that explicitly - itā€™s not enough to say the function is not confirmed; that should be labeled as ā€˜junkā€˜ :face_with_monocle:

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https://jp.mercari.com/item/m51875006015?utm_source=android&utm_medium=share&source_location=share

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Really? I could not tell it from the uploaded picture alone. Usually sellers point out the tiniest scratches in separate uploads.

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that sucks ā€¦ I also interpret a ā€œfunction not confirmedā€ just as a protection if very special features may be present, but not as an excuse to hide obvious damages.

Such cheap convolutes are ok, but marked as ā€œjunkā€ set usually.

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Iā€™ve been following this seller for some time because of his listings. One strange thing that happend is last month he changed his name from something like Tyā€¦ to just a dot . . Many of his listings the condition was New, but after that Iā€™m a little skeptical about the conditions he puts in the listing.

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Yepā€¦ I can see the slight bend in the tip of that Mistral. Itā€™s VERY well hidden. And when you raise up the pencil? SO OBVIOUS. This seller scammed you. Sorry to see it!
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I have to wonder nowā€¦ with the rash of purchases being done via proxy services, if some sellers rest on being able to get away with small visual deceptions. Or even outright deceptions. Thereā€™s no recourse with a proxy. And thereā€™s no way to ensure bad feedback is returned. These proxy services need to revise their policies so thereā€™s a means to do this. Iā€™ve looked at whatā€™s left and itā€™s all the same thing, an innocuous thank you for a smooth transaction.

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Been meaning to ask this

Is there no recourse for buyers through proxy services?

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Because the proxy service leaves feedback for the seller upon receipt, the transaction is officially closed. Thereā€™s no recourse.

This is why itā€™s often a bad idea to risk a low feedback seller. I took a chance on one and out of 3 transactions, one of them was bad (it was a NOS mechanical pencil that would not advance lead, no matter how much cleaning I did).

If a proxy service makes a mistake, there should be a recourse. I had a situation where they left off an item I wanted shipped. They couldnā€™t find it in the warehouse. And they credited me the value of the item.

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