Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post

katana · 2nd May 2007, 04:43 PM

Hi Tim,
I'm not certain whether you mean the seller or the buyer was the lucky one. I personally think the seller.....the spear looks to be 20c and the binding 'suspect'. I followed this and was not surprised at the final price....if you put "zulu" and 19C in your listing, the price usually ends high...I've seen Masai spears, Seme, West African (knives and swords) and socketted spears all stated as Zulu 19C. Nearly all seem to command much higher prices than they should. I used to e-mail the seller to let them know (to help them prevent feedback issues with the eventual buyer) ....waste of time...the majority, it seems, deliberately mis-represent their items.

2nd May 2007, 04:43 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Tim, I'm not certain whether you mean the seller or the buyer was the lucky one. I personally think the seller.....the spear looks to be 20c and the binding 'suspect'. I followed this and was not surprised at the final price....if you put "zulu" and 19C in your listing, the price usually ends high...I've seen Masai spears, Seme, West African (knives and swords) and socketted spears all stated as Zulu 19C. Nearly all seem to command much higher prices than they should. I used to e-mail the seller to let them know (to help them prevent feedback issues with the eventual buyer) ....waste of time...the majority, it seems, deliberately mis-represent their items.