Oh, how delicious! I succumbed to the temptation and wrote to her, too! Like Clay, I sent a very polite and informative message; I just cannot wait to hear her response. I'll bet it's even nastier this time than the one Clay got! :-)
Barbara Snoqualmie, WA USA > Response from morrigan50 > morrigan50( 2590) > Positive feedback:99.6% > Member since:Nov-15-99 > Location:IL, United States > Registered on:www.ebay.com > > > Item: Antique Vintage Unusual Ivory Pineapple Bobbin Lace (330115668540) > This message was sent while the listing was active. > morrigan50 is the seller. > > > > She's not "my" lacemaker. Frankly, if you have nothing better to do than get > bent out of shape over an Ebay ad and send snobbish emails to me, you need to > get a life! Go make some lace or bother someone else, you pest! > > > > > The other day, I noticed a bit of lace on eBay (330115668540) which was > described as "bobbin lace". I politely wrote to the seller and explained that > I was a lacemaker, and that it was clear to me that the lace they were > offering was not hand-made, but was machine made. In response, I received an > email which quoted "a lacemaker" as saying that even though machine made laces > are not handmade, they are still vintage. OK, I have no problem with that, > but when I responded that his/her lacemaker was not referring to bobbin-lace, > s/he got ugly!! I got the following email: "She's not "my" lacemaker. > Frankly, if you have nothing better to do than get bent out of shape over an > Ebay ad and send snobbish emails to me, you need to get a life! Go make some > lace or bother someone else, you pest!" > Well, it seems that the sellers on eBay have waded out of a deeper end of the > gene pool!!! Beware!! This seller, for sure, is not interested in the facts, > and just wants to expoit the term, "bobbin lace". (So what else is new?) > I've reported him/her to eBay, for whatever good that will do. > > Clay > Clay Blackwell > Lynchburg, VA, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
