Fellow from China bought a bunch of stamps just over a month ago, never paid for them (have been having lots of problems with buyers from China this last while).
Once the automated case(s) got opened after 30 days, I got a message from him for every lot that said:
"Item is fake, I don't need it, thank you, request to close the deal"
I thought this was a strange way to get out of it, the stamps were genuine, I sent him a note asking why he thought they were fake (didn't hear back).
Then I happened to notice a problem in the titles I used: "CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC, PRC Scott 950 U hinged copy a tiny blue mark in top perf"
Sigh - never thought someone would translate "copy" to the fake/reproduction aspect. Unfortunately, in the stamp world at least there are a lot of "reproductions" coming out these days via laser printers etc, so I don't blame him for interpreting the title that way.
I was actually happy to cancel the transactions as he requested as the prices were weak on them anyway (I guess I know why now!).
I also went through all my other listings and replaced "copy" with "stamp" or "example" or whatever worked in the title....
I have spent a lot of time in the last couple weeks translating to Chinese and Russian for other lots, takes a lot more time and effort......and it forces one to keep the wording as simple as possible to avoid translation challenges as much as possible....
Enough rambling, have a great weekend.....
