A huge let down on Oct 24...
The package that I had anticipated with the greatest delight.
The victory that was to end all victories.
Well, as it turned out, it was just that - dousing cold water on my aspiring antiquing dreams.
The larger of two supposedly sealed bottles of Shalimar perfume that I had paid $300 each for, reeked of perfume and had two round stain marks on the blue exterior packaging when I removed it from the styrofoam box the seller packed it neatly in.
My heart was in my mouth as I undid the packaging. The worst ever fear I could ever fear was realised: not a single drop of precious juice remained in the beautiful crystal bottle; courtesy of a cracked plastic seal.
The decades-old dried perfume had pooled in the recess when the bottle nestled.
The other 40ml bottle however was pristine, flawless with juice securely sealed in, so I guess it wasn't a total loss!
But my hopes for a dream bargain were dashed, leaving me merely grateful for the bottle being smaller than I had anticipated so that I had lost 2.5 ounces, not 4.2 ounces!
$200 - $250 of my sweated blood money went down the toilet.
Well, almost.
I soaked the dried perfume in the vintage eau de cologne that I had quite a lot of, and pipetted the liquid into an empty 4 oz Baccarat crystal bottle.
One ounce of cloudy juice was salvaged this way, but the box became a disaster area.
Better than nothing, when all is said & done.
I tried to turn it to my advantage, promising never to shop on eBay again for the forseeable future, while also launching an 'Item significantly not as described' claim on Paypal.
In view of the coming end-of-year slowdown, methinks this resolution is timely.
The victory that was to end all victories.
Well, as it turned out, it was just that - dousing cold water on my aspiring antiquing dreams.
The larger of two supposedly sealed bottles of Shalimar perfume that I had paid $300 each for, reeked of perfume and had two round stain marks on the blue exterior packaging when I removed it from the styrofoam box the seller packed it neatly in.
My heart was in my mouth as I undid the packaging. The worst ever fear I could ever fear was realised: not a single drop of precious juice remained in the beautiful crystal bottle; courtesy of a cracked plastic seal.
The decades-old dried perfume had pooled in the recess when the bottle nestled.
The other 40ml bottle however was pristine, flawless with juice securely sealed in, so I guess it wasn't a total loss!
But my hopes for a dream bargain were dashed, leaving me merely grateful for the bottle being smaller than I had anticipated so that I had lost 2.5 ounces, not 4.2 ounces!
$200 - $250 of my sweated blood money went down the toilet.
Well, almost.
I soaked the dried perfume in the vintage eau de cologne that I had quite a lot of, and pipetted the liquid into an empty 4 oz Baccarat crystal bottle.
One ounce of cloudy juice was salvaged this way, but the box became a disaster area.
Better than nothing, when all is said & done.
I tried to turn it to my advantage, promising never to shop on eBay again for the forseeable future, while also launching an 'Item significantly not as described' claim on Paypal.
In view of the coming end-of-year slowdown, methinks this resolution is timely.
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7:22 AM
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