already knows. Having more than one eye on the items is always a
good idea. I applaud his and Ramon's efforts on the list that are a
great help to new collectors. If the list confuse you, and you want
to buy from dealers that folks here know are selling fakes, knock
yourself out, but prudent buyers will use these list for what they
are intended. As a rule, if it looks like a duck ..........
Brett
--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "danigre25" <danigre25@...>
wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> This is exactly my point. That's why we are on the group, to learn.
>
> When an individual, especially a seller, compiles a list of other
sellers to avoid, the least
> you expect is he has enough knowledge to judge the good from the
bad. In this case Ernie
> is asking the group's opinion and that is after his judgement of
the seller. In other terms,
> he is not sure the items are fake or even doesn't know if they are
fake or authentic. This is
> totally confusing, unjust to the seller and leaves one to wonder
how he based his
> judgement.
>
> Group members are left with a confusion and, rather than learning,
they are completely
> mislead. How sure is anyonef this sellers items are fake ? Not sure
at all. In that case Ernie
> is getting himself into trouble if the seller decides to take him
to court.Whether you call
> that "bad sellers" or "sellers to avoid" it comes to the same thing
and is inaccurate and
> probably made for self-benefit.
>
> Sorry, Ernie, I don't mean to insult you but that's how it looks.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> --- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "JEFF HALLEN"
<jeffhallen001@> wrote:
> >
> > But isn't that why we are all here? To avoid getting ripped off
by unscrupulous/ignorant
> dealers? We have a list of good dealers/bad dealers before and no
one has complained
> until now. This is after all Ernie's opinion and everyone can
choose to buy or not from this
> seller or any other seller on a list. Perhaps we need to get a
lawyer for this forum to create
> some verbiage explaining that.
> >
> > Jeff
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: danigre25<mailto:danigre25@>
> > To:
Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.c
om>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:16 AM
> > Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Please help
> >
> >
> > Dear Ernie,
> >
> > I am new to this group, but reading through the last two days
messages, I understand
> you
> > have compiled a bad sellers list.
> > From your message below I also understand you have included
someone without even
> > being sure if he is good or bad. You are asking the opinion of
the group regarding his
> > items and that is after including him in the bad list. Do you
realize what implication
> this
> > can have if he decides to sue.
> > My advise, if you are not sure or don't know about a subject,
in this case antiquities,
> don't
> > you think it is best not to get yourself into a situation that
might have undesired
> > consequences. Please be careful.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> > --- In
> Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Ancientartifacts%
40yahoogroups.com>, "Ernie
> Krumbein" <Passtoant@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I received a phone call this evening from a man (who had to
tell me four times that
> he
> > was an attorney) complaining about my inclusion on the "dealers
to avoid" list of a
> seller
> > on eBay by the name of CATO90025. I still believe some of his
listings of Egyptian
> articles
> > are very suspect.
> > > Will a few of you kindly take a look at his offerings and let
me know what you think?
> > > Thank you very much.
> > > Ernie Krumbein
> > >
> >
>
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