Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Japanese armor in eBay for $1? Yeah, right!

VANDOO · 28th June 2007, 07:18 PM

I BOUGHT A REPLICA CROSSBOW ON EBAY FROM CHINA, THE PICTURES SHOWED NICE BRONZE DECORATIVE FITTINGS. IT WAS A TOP RATE WALL HANGER AT A REASONABLE PRICE EVEN WITH S&H , AS I COULD NEVER AFFORD A REAL ONE AND LIKED IT I BOUGHT IT. THE ONE THAT ARRIVED LOOKED GOOD BUT INSTEAD OF BRONZE FITTINGS THEY WERE ALUMINUM PAINTED BLACK. SO I ASSUME FROM THAT , THEY ARE MAKEING ONE NICE PROTOTYPE USING BRONZE FOR THE PICTURES AND THEN MAKEING LOTS OF SIMULAR ONES USING THE SAME MOLDS BUT CHEAPER MATERIALS TO SELL.

I CALLED THEM ON IT AND THEY APOLOGIZED AND REFUNDED MY BID NOT S&H AND I KEPT THE ITEM . I WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE WELL MADE BRONZE DECORATIONS TO HAVE BEEN WORTH WHAT I PAYED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NEW BUT ALUMINUM IS NOT. IT IS STILL A NICE WALL HANGER AND I THINK IT WAS WORTH WHAT I PAYED BUT IT WOULD SURE HAVE BEEN A LOT NICER WITH THE BRONZE.

THEY MAY BE DOING THE SAME NOW WITH THE ARMOR AND OTHER REPLICA ITEMS SO DON'T COUNT ON GETTING THE SAME ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PICTURES WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA. IT WOULD SEEM THE REST OF THE WORLD IS NOT GIVEN MUCH (FACE) BY CHINA ESPECIALLY AMERICA.

28th June 2007, 07:18 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I BOUGHT A REPLICA CROSSBOW ON EBAY FROM CHINA, THE PICTURES SHOWED NICE BRONZE DECORATIVE FITTINGS. IT WAS A TOP RATE WALL HANGER AT A REASONABLE PRICE EVEN WITH S&H , AS I COULD NEVER AFFORD A REAL ONE AND LIKED IT I BOUGHT IT. THE ONE THAT ARRIVED LOOKED GOOD BUT INSTEAD OF BRONZE FITTINGS THEY WERE ALUMINUM PAINTED BLACK. SO I ASSUME FROM THAT , THEY ARE MAKEING ONE NICE PROTOTYPE USING BRONZE FOR THE PICTURES AND THEN MAKEING LOTS OF SIMULAR ONES USING THE SAME MOLDS BUT CHEAPER MATERIALS TO SELL. I CALLED THEM ON IT AND THEY APOLOGIZED AND REFUNDED MY BID NOT S&H AND I KEPT THE ITEM . I WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED THE WELL MADE BRONZE DECORATIONS TO HAVE BEEN WORTH WHAT I PAYED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NEW BUT ALUMINUM IS NOT. IT IS STILL A NICE WALL HANGER AND I THINK IT WAS WORTH WHAT I PAYED BUT IT WOULD SURE HAVE BEEN A LOT NICER WITH THE BRONZE. THEY MAY BE DOING THE SAME NOW WITH THE ARMOR AND OTHER REPLICA ITEMS SO DON'T COUNT ON GETTING THE SAME ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PICTURES WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA. IT WOULD SEEM THE REST OF THE WORLD IS NOT GIVEN MUCH (FACE) BY CHINA ESPECIALLY AMERICA.