James Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=002 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=002 I am a bit saddened to see a daisho being of one owner and being sold separately. I hope that it will be a happy ending and they will both be sold to the same person and remain together.
Brian Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 *Sigh* Yep..looks like a true daisho to me. Just personal opinion, but it sucks. Hopefully the buyer does get both, look worth restoring to me. Brian
James Posted December 7, 2008 Author Report Posted December 7, 2008 Auction's over - sold to two different buyers
shan Posted December 7, 2008 Report Posted December 7, 2008 If the seller had contacted me i wuld have bought both for that sum without hesitation. It pains me that there is so much good stuff owned by idiots. shan
Guest nickn Posted December 8, 2008 Report Posted December 8, 2008 shan send messages to both buyers offering to buy the swords it worked for me once the new owner only added 10% nick
shan Posted December 9, 2008 Report Posted December 9, 2008 I would have tried to convince the seller to sell as a pair. Can`t make an offer as they are hidden winners. I tried that once before when i bought some menuki and got outbid on another set. I contacted the seller and said,I think you have made a mistake,the menuki i have is a half of the other sale and the other sale a half of this one.I had 2 odd menuki and so did the other buyer,but put them together and they were 2 sets of complete pairs.I said to the other "winner" i will let you choose which ones i keep and which set you keep just to keep them both sets together. He replied " i am happy with what i have thankyou" So thats two sets now split up forever. regards shan
benkyoka Posted December 9, 2008 Report Posted December 9, 2008 If the seller had contacted me i wuld have bought both for that sum without hesitation. You could have just bid on them. It pains me that there is so much good stuff owned by idiots. I find this comment unnecessarily harsh. The seller admitted in the listing that he didn't know much about Japanese swords. When you consider the daunting amount of information relating to Japanese swords, I would be hard-pressed to call anyone an idiot simply because they don't know.
Brian Posted December 9, 2008 Report Posted December 9, 2008 As pointed out by Shan via pm, the seller did write in each listing "I have the companion sword to this also currently listed..." so I do think he knew exactly what he had and was selling. At the end of the day though, sellers have the right to do what they want with their items. Doesn't make it right or the decent thing to do, but all we can do is advise them and hope they see reason and logic. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Nothing more to add, and we should focus on other things now. Brian
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