Good Afternoon Joseph,
Yes, I was trying to keep these guys under my hat as well. Competition is just too much with the better dealers these days and I have already seen an increase with a couple of other dealers that I used to like using. I am getting frustrated with these dealers lately either not updating their sites with sold items or the left-hand not talking to the right-hand on items sold.
I have had a few items in the last two or three months that I was told were mine, only to wait for a month or so to show up and then told, sorry, our mistake somebody else got them!
moremad moremad . Nothing more frustrating than thinking you got something coming in, waiting and looking for it in the mail, worrying it got lost, then told "oh, sorry we made a mistake". Meanwhile your money is tied up and you pass on something else good and end up losing all around.
You may be correct with the guy coming in once a week to do translations as they answered a few of my questions, but wanted to wait for the boss (Claus Philipp?) to come back on the 21st to answer the rest in more details. I hate this waiting game!
They are also in process of setting up to handle credit card transactions and expect that to be in place soon. I think that's why a lot of people have not dealt with these guys much in the past, but that's my thought. Have you purchased from them before this? Frank (Munich) was the other interested party in that OM badge, but I think he didn't reserve it yet and was asking questions and PICS before ordering. I think he is kicking your picture at the moment. Something about Kermit!!
Anyway, I did ask them to reserve the item for me back on 12/31 and got an e-mail stating they would hold the GWL badge for me on 1/3/03 until the boss could answer the rest of the questions, if that gives you a timeline. I also sent them an e-mail last night to confirm this and clear up the mess. Hope it works out for both of us and we both get lucky. They do have other items that look good and though they are high in price, seem to be coming into competition as everybody else jacks their prices up. Too bad as I had my eye on a few other pieces as well. I'm sure they'll be gone now.
Tim
Yes, I was trying to keep these guys under my hat as well. Competition is just too much with the better dealers these days and I have already seen an increase with a couple of other dealers that I used to like using. I am getting frustrated with these dealers lately either not updating their sites with sold items or the left-hand not talking to the right-hand on items sold.
I have had a few items in the last two or three months that I was told were mine, only to wait for a month or so to show up and then told, sorry, our mistake somebody else got them!
moremad moremad . Nothing more frustrating than thinking you got something coming in, waiting and looking for it in the mail, worrying it got lost, then told "oh, sorry we made a mistake". Meanwhile your money is tied up and you pass on something else good and end up losing all around. You may be correct with the guy coming in once a week to do translations as they answered a few of my questions, but wanted to wait for the boss (Claus Philipp?) to come back on the 21st to answer the rest in more details. I hate this waiting game!
They are also in process of setting up to handle credit card transactions and expect that to be in place soon. I think that's why a lot of people have not dealt with these guys much in the past, but that's my thought. Have you purchased from them before this? Frank (Munich) was the other interested party in that OM badge, but I think he didn't reserve it yet and was asking questions and PICS before ordering. I think he is kicking your picture at the moment. Something about Kermit!!
Anyway, I did ask them to reserve the item for me back on 12/31 and got an e-mail stating they would hold the GWL badge for me on 1/3/03 until the boss could answer the rest of the questions, if that gives you a timeline. I also sent them an e-mail last night to confirm this and clear up the mess. Hope it works out for both of us and we both get lucky. They do have other items that look good and though they are high in price, seem to be coming into competition as everybody else jacks their prices up. Too bad as I had my eye on a few other pieces as well. I'm sure they'll be gone now.
Tim
Besides, I can barely afford today's prices let alone tomorrows.
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