PROBLEM WILL BE ADDRESSED? DAILY GRIPE SESSIONS AREN'T GOING TO FIX
IT, OBVIOUSLY. LOOK AT THE RECORD BETWEEN GRIPE AND COMPLAIN, VS.
RESULT (QUANTIFIABLE AND DOCUMENTED!!!)
IF PEOPLE REALLY GIVE A DAMN SO MUCH, IT'S TIME TO START DOUMENTING
PIECES;;;
--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "tarquin" <scarus@...> wrote:
>
> Maybe the lists should include a caveat to this effect.
>
> Tarquin
>
>
> --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "rolf5568"
<heliosgallery@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tim and Ramon,
> >
> > Perhaps fleabay offering number 360044350306 illustrates my point?
> >
> > I'm sure the vendor is entirely innocent and perhaps not great
at
> > identifying antiquities but the open reference to a blacklist
> > strongly implies to an unexperienced buyer that all his items
must
> > therefore be considered genuine...
> >
> > Tim's point is logical but how many buyers on ebay apply common
sense
> > before making a purchase? I'm not saying they don't have common
> > sense, just that many buyers temporarily suspend it because they
so
> > desperately want to believe a vendor's description. Its funny you
> > should mention the ALR: actually, I think that their checks have
much
> > the same effect: yes, they occasionally do a bit of good by
finding
> > something which has been stolen (normally considered to be the
job of
> > the police) and it shows good intentions if a dealer runs their
stock
> > thru their database... but it gives no warranty of legal title or
> > authenticity. The ALR are not misleading anyone, but its easy for
an
> > unscrupulous individual to use their services in order to do so.
For
> > example, the database can not identify items which have been
> > excavated illegally. If (!) I was to buy a wonderful Sumerian
figure
> > fresh from a bomb crater in Basra the first thing I'd do is run
it
> > through the ALR - it would be my get-out-of-jail-free card and my
> > pitiful excuse at "due dilligance" if it was ever questioned -
pay a
> > small fee and probably avoid jail....
> >
> > Like the ALR, a "bad dealer list" or "fake antiquities list" is
good
> > in principle but aspects leave it wide open to abuse (in my
opinion),
> > and should therefore be addressed before a buyer thinks its their
> > best way of double-checking a purchase.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rolf
> >
>
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