Not Mine Paulson Pharaohs or China Clay Pharaohs? (1 Viewer)

[Andrew Marks]

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/for/5337770802.html

Saw this ad on Craigslist this morning. Ad says they are all Pauslons, but one picture shows shows Paulsons while the other two show China Clays. Moreover, ad says 600 for sale, but if you put all of the pictures together it looks like more than 600 which makes me wonder whether the picture of the Paulsons is simply a come-on and only the China Clays are being sold. Contacted seller by email pointing out the mixture of Paulsons and China clays and asked for a breakdown of each, but have not yet received a response. Given the false advertising, probably best to stay away and assume the worst (i.e., only the China clays are for sale), but price is certainly right depending on how many Paulson's are being offered.

 

[Trihonda]

Shady as hell... If it's Paulson's, it's a snap-call for that price. But since he's obv got some CC's to take pics of, I'm assuming he knows the difference...

Not surprised he hasn't responded

 

[Strike1st]

I've run into this before with a travel trailer...I noticed one pic I had seen before...sure enough the guy stole pictures of other trailers for sale and made a listing for a trailer that didn't exist.

 

[Gear]

Of the three pictures, one is well-lit and shows Paulsons, and the other two are poorly lit and show china clays. Nuff said?

 

[raynmanas]

the Paulson pic is from @dammitjim on THIS FORUM lol

http://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/paulson-pharaohs-ncv-set.6883/

 

[bentax1978]

the Paulson pic is from @dammitjim on THIS FORUM lol

Oh. So @dammitjim moved to Texas and is selling his chips. Case closed.


BTW, nice find on the picture.

 

[raynmanas]

BTW, nice find on the picture.

Google's reverse image search feature should be in everyone's arsenal, particularly when shopping on CL.

 

[Andrew Marks]

So the seller got back to me with the following, "I have 600 of the China Clays Available at this point I already sold the Paulsons :/ They are still very high quality clay however. 100 1$ - 200 5$ - 120 25$ - 100 100$ - 60 500$ - 40 1000$ - Those are the breakdowns of what I have."

To which I responded that: 1) I was only really interested in the Pauslons; 2) he should change the ad to refelct that he is not selling Paulsons at all (both in text and by removing the picture of the Paulsons); and 3) that China Clay Pharaoh's are available new at $0.39/chip so asking $250 for 600 chips is above market.

One of the bad things about Paulson home chips becoming more valuable is that it brings out the unscupulous sellers trying to make a quick buck by preying on inattentive buyers. Good sleuthing by all those involved in this thread.