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drdavid · 13th December 2005, 09:59 AM

Having read through a lot of the archived posts in the last few weeks, I noticed that a fair few dealt with picking the modern copies and outright frauds which regularly turn up for sale in a variety of places but particularly on E-bay. I wonder whether it is worth putting photos of everyones "poor buys" on one sticky post to assist us with the 'caveat emptor' principle. In other words if we had a "library" of things not to buy it might be advantageous. If we just use links to various items then they go dead over time. Written warnings like the sticky at the top of this forum are helpful, but a pictorial library would also be a great asset especially for newcomers. It would not be necessary to identify any particular seller (and hence you avoid the legal problems) just a picture of what not to buy. Perhaps this has been done in the past on the forum but if so I have been unable to find it. Just a thought.

13th December 2005, 09:59 AM	#1
drdavid Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 372	Just a thought Having read through a lot of the archived posts in the last few weeks, I noticed that a fair few dealt with picking the modern copies and outright frauds which regularly turn up for sale in a variety of places but particularly on E-bay. I wonder whether it is worth putting photos of everyones "poor buys" on one sticky post to assist us with the 'caveat emptor' principle. In other words if we had a "library" of things not to buy it might be advantageous. If we just use links to various items then they go dead over time. Written warnings like the sticky at the top of this forum are helpful, but a pictorial library would also be a great asset especially for newcomers. It would not be necessary to identify any particular seller (and hence you avoid the legal problems) just a picture of what not to buy. Perhaps this has been done in the past on the forum but if so I have been unable to find it. Just a thought.