Would you Buy..........?

[MisterE]

Just tell him you'll buy it if he removes the coating first? If he says no, that's that!

 

[Dutch]

Can you post a link to the pipe in question?

Sorry Riff, I won't do that in respect to the seller (no matter how much I disapprove of his practices)and buyer being it has closed going for much under what I would have paid had it not a coating.
Just stating the fact that there are sellers out there putting coatings on estate pipes should make buyers aware and to ask questions and be wearing of such practices.

And I surely would not make up such a thing for conversation sake.  

Ron, if I were to come up with a 408 symbol cryptogram similar to the one the Zodiac used, and included 2 tins of original AC Peterson Escudo for your consideration, is there any way you might consider divulging the identity of the seller?

I would certainly cover all bases, including electrical tape over the webcam of my laptop, while working on the cryptogram. If your answer is "YES," call my cell, and only let the phone ring once, and then quickly hang up, so that I will know everything is a go.

 

[RDPipes]

What the hell are you talking about?
Ya know I though I was being informative but, evidently not. What is this fascination with a website link
some of you have? Ya wanna call me a liar while your at it? End of conversation.

 

[tslots]

I know one highly respected pipe seller on eBay (coopersark) that has been coating his reconditioned estate pipe bowls for years. I've never dealt with him personally, but his reputation and feedback are excellent. I know that he always has many good, detailed pictures on his auctions and the coatings are obvious, but not always mentioned.

 

[eklektos44]

For what it's worth here's my take. I prefer the bowl coated. Breaking in pipes is a pain, and anything that makes it easier is fine by me. As long as the seller isn't hiding something by doing it I don't have a problem with it. When I see a decent picture I don't have a problem telling that the bowl's been coated. I can stick my finger in the bowl and feel, that'll usually tell me if it's hiding a flaw. So that's my view on the whole thing.

 

[riff raff]

Ya wanna call me a liar while your at it? End of conversation.

Easy big fella! No one is suggesting that! Curiosity killed the cats and we're all cats here.

I would just like to see what is pictured. As you can see from the ebay link and picture of my coated pipe, the coating is slightly visible. I'd consider myself an experienced estate pipe veteran, but I missed that detail. As mentioned earlier, newbies would learn something. Others have posted seller names who coat, to help those who don't want coated bowls. Why not add your vendor? What's the harm in posting the link?

 

[Dutch]

Ron, we certainly don't think you are lying about your concerns with the seller in question. We would just like to know who it is, because if you are browsing their items for sale, some of us probably are as well, and we would like to know who to be cautious with.

I was just kidding with you in my previous post, because the topic had turned too serious, and I was trying to lighten it up a bit.

A couple months ago, I purchased a pipe that had no disclosure about a broken shank. When I received it, I immediately spotted that something was wrong, and sure enough someone had repaired the shank right where the stem meets the bowl. I contacted the seller, and he told me to send him the pipe back, but he made me wait 3 weeks before he refunded my purchase.

I suspected that he would immediately put the pipe back up for auction as soon as he received it, and sure enough that is exactly what he did. I'm sure he was hoping to sell it to someone with minimal experience purchasing pipes.

These unethical people are definitely out there attempting to take advantage of the pipe community, and there is a chance of getting burned anytime someone purchases from someone they are not familiar with.