What seller in their right mind would do this?

[luvmysuper]

Glad to hear your not injured.

Just goes to show you, You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it think.

[duotone]

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

(People are vindictive like that, because my neighbour was offered and accepted a lower offer on her house she removed all the blinds, all the bulbs and everything else she could literally wrench off... vindictive? ... funny thing was the deal fell through :D LOL).

[cfriend]

Originally Posted by Andy

Almost every razor I have found at an antique shop has had the blade still in.
As the razors are just put in a basket or box with other small items I ended up speaking to the staff about this, their answer was that they were unsure how to remove them....
Needless to say I quickly informed them, as I have almost removed the top part of a finger while digging around in boxes.

I was at an antique shop today and had just this conversation. I removed a blade from a 1912 and mentioned she shouldn't display the razors with used blades in them. When I asked if she had a safe way to dispose of it, she took it from me and said she'd take care of it. When I passed the same display on my way out of the store, she'd put the blade BACK IN THE CASE, sitting next to the razor!

[WittyAg]

Reminds me of the old urban legend about people leaving AIDS needles in theater seats.

[SlagleRock]

Originally Posted by thirdeye

Glad you were not hurt. This is a great reminder to everyone to always be careful when opening packages from folks that send razors. I've had his happen as well. Sometimes people just don't think....

+1 and it'll remind you to keep your shots up to date.

[JEEP]

Numerous times, when poking around in boxes for razors at fleamarkets, have I encountered unwrapped razorblades. Once I dug out two Slim Twists and an alu handle Tech from a pile consisting mostly of old unwrapped razorblades and the moldy remains of their wrapping. I have only cut myself once, and not very deep - but I learned to be more carefull.


Regards.

Jakob

[Slivovitz]

Just out of curiosity, since nobody else asked, was the razor itself what you expected?

Glad you escaped injury. Maybe you should wear work gloves when opening these packages. :)

[WhosYerBob]

Yeah, the razor was just as described in the auction - just that little surprise at the end of an otherwise perfect transaction.

[SavantStrike]

Originally Posted by Milton

I've had a seller ship a few razors in a cardboard box over to me. No bubble wrap, no newspaper, just a cardboard box. Everything was bouncing around its entire trip. Did I mention there were a handful of loose rusty unpackaged blades bouncing around as well?

Yeah, some sellers aren't too bright.

But the seller neatly lined everything up so that none of the razors and blades were touching each other when the box was closed. Clearly it's the mail man's fault for inverting the box.