C'mon People- Check Your Freakin' Pages!!

[originalisbest]

It does pay to count pages, but I've received the occasional missing centerfold book from various standup dealers. Each of them gave me an easy return or credit towards something else -- no big deal; it's just not always possible to achieve 100% perfection. Politely stating the problem and politely requesting a refund/exchange should always work -- and on eBay (nowadays) a return for almost any reason (let alone a legit one) is simple, even if somewhat a pain to do. Better than having to eat the loss!

[Ricksneatstuff]

It does pay to count pages, but I've received the occasional missing centerfold book from various standup dealers. Each of them gave me an easy return or credit towards something else -- no big deal; it's just not always possible to achieve 100% perfection. Politely stating the problem and politely requesting a refund/exchange should always work -- and on eBay (nowadays) a return for almost any reason (let alone a legit one) is simple, even if somewhat a pain to do. Better than having to eat the loss!

 

I 100% agree with this and have even missed a few too, I just seem to be getting one a week. That's all. It is just slightly irritating, especially when filling a gap in your collection with what looks like a nice copy that will fit in perfectly in grade and color only to find it incomplete.

[originalisbest]

No argument that it is frustrating, especially when you think you've finally landed a white whale!

[fifties]

It does pay to count pages, but I've received the occasional missing centerfold book from various standup dealers. Each of them gave me an easy return or credit towards something else -- no big deal; it's just not always possible to achieve 100% perfection. Politely stating the problem and politely requesting a refund/exchange should always work -- and on eBay (nowadays) a return for almost any reason (let alone a legit one) is simple, even if somewhat a pain to do. Better than having to eat the loss!

 

I 100% agree with this and have even missed a few too, I just seem to be getting one a week. That's all. It is just slightly irritating, especially when filling a gap in your collection with what looks like a nice copy that will fit in perfectly in grade and color only to find it incomplete.

This seems like a good strategy to short circuit the problem;

 

A friend taught me the answer to the eBay problem, I write to the seller before bidding and ask for a page count . I specifically ask them to count each piece of paper as one page and not to count the covers. I also ask (if it's an odd count) for them to tell me how many pages are on each side of the staple.