One must also keep in mind that there could be genuine cases of sellers not knowing what they are actually selling. What I mean is that a person could have been duped into purchasing for re-sale an item that he/she was told is handmade but doesn't understand enough to doubt, or having a family "heirloom" passed on and always being under the impression that it was handmade by some predecessor but not understanding enough to doubt it. So, to allow the seller to correct his/her description, perhaps whoever notices these things can write a corteous message to help correct any misconception. Having said all this, I have no doubt that there could also be those who knowingly try to dupe unsuspecting/unknowledgeable buyers. Karen in Malta
-----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Brenda Paternoster Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:43 AM To: Francis Busschaert Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [lace] USA On 7 Sep 2009, at 06:05, Francis Busschaert wrote: > I have an other question on this matter > > do sellers not have the OBLIGATION to tell the truth > that it is not handmade, machinemade, etcetcet > or is this obligation only a fague notion? I don't know about USA, but in UK (and probably all of EU) there is the Trade Descriptions Act which DOES require the seller to be honest about the description of the product. If you bought in UK from a UK seller something clearly described as "Chantilly" and when it arrived it clearly wasn't Chantilly, then with a lot of hassle you could/ should be able to get your money back. You'd have to get expert opinions and still have the proof of the original description - so better not to buy if in doubt. > > i have looked a bit further on ebay and i was ashamed for some of > these sellers to even try to pass on piecec whom are > so clearly machine lace trimmings as the real genuan product...... > even "vintage" was labeled on some To most Ebay sellers "vintage" just means not brand new. > > so i will drop my real question here and now > i m looking for a chantilly or blonde genuan/vintage nice and for > virtualy no money > i it need ot be as big as possible > because it i need it to be scanned and blown up to be used as a > print on textile afterwards You are asking a lot for virtually no money! But it depends on how big the piece you are going to scan needs to be. It might be that you will be able to find a big piece in a distressed condition - ie with some some small holes in it but with a big enough undamaged part to be able to use. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
