Scams--they got me

[Gary Max]

Yup I fell for the famous " Certificate of Authenticity" scam.
I bought 4 pieces of white Bakelite knifle handles off ebay a couple months ago. They came with a real nice Certificate showing where they came from and a nice history of the plant they where made in.
What a joke---I sanded them square this morning and it's nothing more than old plastic. Brought them in the house and they failed the 409 and the semi-chrome test.
Beware a "Certificate of Authenticity" has very little meaning these days. They can be used as a marketing scam.
Of course the rule says---no pic----so here's a pic.

 

[hewunch]

OK so what are the 409 and semichrome tests?

 

[Mark]

They look like the handle on my old hunting knife. What is the test you speak of?

 

[DCBluesman]

Bakelite testing.

 

[skiprat]

Fakelite

another link

 

[Chief Hill]

Send complaints to eBay and have paypal get your money back. Ebay will get rid of the seller.

 

[Gary Max]

a couple months ago

I have waited to long to fuss

 

[mick]

Gary, Sorry you got scammed. Make the most out of it ...turn em and market them as "Fakelite" an affordable alternative to Bakelite

oops just saw Skippy's post. I guess my fakelite idea wasn't so original

 

[Gary Max]

Heck I will turn them into something---I got it---Altalite

 

[TheRealSmith]

Yep, the scammers are everywhere on eBay

 

[Padre]

Yep, the scammers are everywhere on eBay

I would would say scammers are everywhere, and not just online.

 

[sparhawk]

that bake;lite looks like antler:biggrin:

 

[Monty]

that bake;lite looks like antler:biggrin:

It's probably fake antler made with fake bakelite.

 

[DocStram]

It's probably fake antler made with fake bakelite.

Which reminds me . . . I had chicken the other day. Dang if it didn't taste like frogs' legs.

 

[Gary Max]

Or was it Frog legs that tasted like Chicken----are we ever really sure--????

 

[meucci2009]

Just got some bakelite blanks in from ebay did the test yall talked about looked like i got scammed also just sent the seller a email see what he says then will report to ebay if he bull sh*ts me . the look pretty but i want what i paid for

 

[Jgrden]

Just got some bakelite blanks in from ebay did the test yall talked about looked like i got scammed also just sent the seller a email see what he says then will report to ebay if he bull sh*ts me . the look pretty but i want what i paid for

Get a rope, I'll go find a tree.