ebay annoyances
Jan. 21st, 2012 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesBought a cross-stitch kit from someone's stash clear-out advertised as new and unopened, complete with all you need including chart. It arrived this morning -- sans chart, and clearly having been opened at some time in the past.
I don't think this was a deliberate con, as it has all the hallmarks of the previous owner having opened it when *they* bought it just to check it had all the bits, and accidentally leaving the chart out of the packet when putting it away again. And even if there's a refusal to deal with it, I'm only out two quid. But damn it, I bought it because I liked the pattern and I was looking forward to doing it this weekend. :-(
ETA: and I already have a refund and apology for not checking. :-) I don't blame her for the problem, as it wasn't at all obvious until I got the bits out that the chart was missing.
I don't think this was a deliberate con, as it has all the hallmarks of the previous owner having opened it when *they* bought it just to check it had all the bits, and accidentally leaving the chart out of the packet when putting it away again. And even if there's a refusal to deal with it, I'm only out two quid. But damn it, I bought it because I liked the pattern and I was looking forward to doing it this weekend. :-(
ETA: and I already have a refund and apology for not checking. :-) I don't blame her for the problem, as it wasn't at all obvious until I got the bits out that the chart was missing.