[Mccoypottery-talk] Fw: So sad!!!

[McDougan66@aol.com]

Its been very interesting to read all the posts about fakes and ebay sales.  
I've had mixed results with ebay sellers and did end up buying one fake and 
had no satisfaction in trying to return the item and get my money back.

Unfortunately I've had another type of bad ebay experience and wanted to 
share it.  I bought two McCoy items that were both broken when I received 
them even though the items were packaged well.  In looking closely at the 
items I believe they were both broken before they were wrapped.  I had 
purchased insurance so I ended up getting most of my money back but it was 
quite a hassle.

The Post Office employee who does insurance claims told me she sees quite a 
bit of this.  The seller gets top dollar for a broken piece and most buyers 
just think the item was broken in transit.  The Post Office was interested in 
knowing the seller's name so they can check to see if there have been 
numerous claims rising from that seller's transactions.

Any ebay purchases I will make in the future will be only with sellers that I 
have had good experiences with.  I prefer the individual websites of long 
time collectors.