12-06-2003, 10:33 PM
Henry,
Thanks a lot for your wise advice, I believe it's most valuable.
Nevertheless, not all of us live "here in the U.S."...
So for collectors living overseas (from the American perspective), in Europe for example, when ordering from a U.S. dealer, they are buying from a dealer overseas (from the European perspective).
And when doing it for the first time, they are buying from a stranger!
Look at my case: I live in Portugal, so when I first ordered from a U.S. dealer I couldn't know how serious he was!
Fortunatelly I was lucky, very lucky indeed, as the dealer I've bought all my (few) Awards from so far, is our dearest Nota Bene, so as we all know I couldn't have been luckier!
But I could have ordered from someone else (and I've already seen some fakes for sale on E, suggested by U.S. sellers, and from other Western Countries as the UK, for example!), so the all thing always contain some risk...
The day that for some reason I'll order from some other dealer for the first time, again I'll bee uncertain as long as I don't receive my Award(s) in perfect condition, whether this dealer is from overseas (U.S., U.K.) or not...
But back to the original subject, I still think that the names of those obvious dishonest sellers should be listed here for us to know who we should avoid at all costs.
Cheers,
Dolf
Thanks a lot for your wise advice, I believe it's most valuable.
Nevertheless, not all of us live "here in the U.S."...
So for collectors living overseas (from the American perspective), in Europe for example, when ordering from a U.S. dealer, they are buying from a dealer overseas (from the European perspective).
And when doing it for the first time, they are buying from a stranger!
Look at my case: I live in Portugal, so when I first ordered from a U.S. dealer I couldn't know how serious he was!
Fortunatelly I was lucky, very lucky indeed, as the dealer I've bought all my (few) Awards from so far, is our dearest Nota Bene, so as we all know I couldn't have been luckier!
But I could have ordered from someone else (and I've already seen some fakes for sale on E, suggested by U.S. sellers, and from other Western Countries as the UK, for example!), so the all thing always contain some risk...
The day that for some reason I'll order from some other dealer for the first time, again I'll bee uncertain as long as I don't receive my Award(s) in perfect condition, whether this dealer is from overseas (U.S., U.K.) or not...
But back to the original subject, I still think that the names of those obvious dishonest sellers should be listed here for us to know who we should avoid at all costs.
Cheers,
Dolf












