Re: [aroid-l] Ebay titanum

From: "Bryant, Susan L." <SLBryant at scj.com> on 2004.02.04 at 20:59:07(11072) There is a way. I collect a type of pottery, and I've seen auctions pulled because someone claims, or even mentions their object might be that "name" pottery. I went to http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/counterfeit.html to report a counterfeit object (I figure I gave the seller 24 hours to pull the sale)but the link states "my computer doesn't accept cookies" (which isn't true, I LOVE cookies, and so does my computer, you can tell by the keyboard). Oh well, I tried! The seller may actually think it is titanum, I suppose. I pity the poor buyer. Susan +More -----Original Message----- [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]On Behalf Of Michael Marcotrigiano Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:36 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Ebay titanum You did the right thing since the buyer may find out too late and give the seller a bad rating. So if you like the seller you did the right thing. I don't think there is a way of stopping the seller from doing anything. The worse thing they get is a bad ebay rating. If they don't change the name, it is buyer beware isn't it. Ebay is not your most reliable source of plant experts. I actually did what you did with someone else selling variegated African violets as "chimeras" which they are not and got the most abusive email back I have ever read, so be prepared. _______________________________ Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D Director of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Biological Sciences Smith College Lyman Conservatory, 15 College Lane Northampton, MA 01063 email: mmarcotr@smith.edu voice: 413-585-2741; fax: 413-585-2744 www.smith.edu/garden www.science.smith.edu/~mmarcotr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- "Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers and never succeeding." Marc Chagall >>> SLBryant@scj.com 02/04/04 01:16PM >>> There is an Amorphophallus titanum for sale on ebay- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item#77058533&categoryB207 &sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1 It sure looks like a konjac to me. I contacted the seller but no reply.... am I off-base?? Susan

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