Thumbs up for a seller :-)

[Marius]

This is a story which shows that it pays off to buy from honest people.

 

A member of this Forum, Aaron Justice, has recently sold me a sword, a sue-Bizen katana. It came in nice polish, a flawless piece. I gave it to a sayashi and lo and behold! It turned out that the blade had a hagire. I must admit that the hagire was almost impossible to detect, it was below the machi and very tiny.

 

Aaron has immediately offered full refund. I just sent him macro photographs of the hagire. He accepted it and I got the money back.

 

Needless to say, with that kind of attitude, I would not hesitate to buy a sword from him again. I am sorry that he had to take the loss, but his behaviour was professional and honest.

 

I thought I'd post this to cheer you up after some struggles with some eBay sellers

[ROKUJURO]

Mariusz,

 

with that familiy name he probably couldn't have handled it differently! :D

[KORSH]

[nagamaki - Franco]

It came in nice polish, a flawless piece. ....... It turned out that the blade had a hagire.

 

Conflicting statements, no?

 

BTW, quartz halogen lighting goes a long way towards helping to find flaws, including hagire.

[Marius]

 

Conflicting statements, no?

 

Hairsplitter :D

 

BTW, quartz halogen lighting goes a long way towards helping to find flaws, including hagire.

 

Thanks, good avice :-)

[Brian]

Well done Aaron. Ethics like that are what buyers value, and posts like this stay here for future reference.

 

Brian

[hxv]

Mariusz,

 

Aaron lives a few miles from my house. He and I met once - a very nice and personable guy. I'm glad you had good experience with him.

 

Regards,

Hoanh