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| Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 07:25 am |
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philebus
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Well, I don't read Italian, so I may have paid for three empty boxes but I hope I paid just 30 euros for three packs of Italcard packs. If I'm right, then you may want to take a look as he seems to have more than one lot of these.
di AMERIGO FOLCHI
di COLOMBO
e dei COLORI
- just search on "Tarocco Italcards"
If you read Italian and I've bought empty boxes or 100 packets of shaving cream - let me down gently 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 10:23 am |
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I wonder if you have not stumbled on that auction where you are offered a choice of one of the three decks. I have seen that before from an Italian delaer. Otherwise it seems too good a bargain.
The description reads
Un mazzo di carte di TAROCCO(cm.11x7), prodotto dalla ITALCARDS negli anni '90, con 3 raffigurazioni diverse (il TAROCCO di AMERIGO FOLCHI, di COLOMBO e dei COLORI) a scelta, ma tutti rigorosamente in edizione LIMITATA e NUMERATA, con etichetta di autenticità.
My Italian is not good but it seems to suggest you have to choose from the three "a scelta".
Perhaps someone with good Italian can read that unambiguously.
Last edited on Fri Nov 9th, 2007 10:34 am by AdamMcLean
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| Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:04 pm |
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philebus
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That does sound more likely. I was going to buy the Amerigo Folchi this month from Alida - if you're right, then I'm still saving a few pounds but I'll have to try and figure this out. I think there's an Italian working in the office next door to me, so I'll try and get a translation there and post again.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10th, 2007 11:40 pm |
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mythos
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I used http://www.freetranslation.com and, although many words were not translated, or were translated word for word, which results in a missing of meaning, it certainly suggested that you choose one. I chose the Tarocco dei Colori. I compared Tarot Garden's price with the ebay sellers, and in USD, it was about $15 lower.
This current effort to give up smoking better be successful because I have today and yesterday spent a fortnight's tobacco money.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11th, 2007 08:55 pm |
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philebus
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I went for the Amerigo Folchi and will probably get the other Folchi next month. For now though, I really have to ease up on the spending - there are another two weekends beforefore payday:shock:
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11th, 2007 10:52 pm |
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mythos
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I already have the di AMERIGO FOLCHI. I love it, al though as tarot, it lacks a little ... Of course, as art, it is top. I've never been particularly interested in the di Colombus. I assume that it is because I am not American amd into American history. Mind you, if Folchi did an 'i tarocchi di Captain Cook', I wouldn't jump at it. Australian history, since settlement, bores me to tears. Now European and British History .... ahhhhh! Bisto!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 11:13 am |
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philebus
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Hmm. He sent me the wrong pack, the Colori instead of the Folchi. When I opened the package I was a bit annoyed, this was not a pack I had intended to buy - I didn't like the samples I'd seen on the net. Still, before re-packaging them for a return trip, I thought I should take a peek into the box - and damn, I like them! Right down to the last minimalist pip. I guess I'll call it a happy accident. I've seen so much of late that looks so like so much else, it was nice to see something with a spark of difference.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 12:06 pm |
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AdamMcLean
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philebus wrote: Hmm. He sent me the wrong pack, the Colori instead of the Folchi. When I opened the package I was a bit annoyed, this was not a pack I had intended to buy - I didn't like the samples I'd seen on the net. Still, before re-packaging them for a return trip, I thought I should take a peek into the box - and damn, I like them! Right down to the last minimalist pip. I guess I'll call it a happy accident. I've seen so much of late that looks so like so much else, it was nice to see something with a spark of difference.
If I were you I would write a strong letter saying you are so disappointed, making a fuss about how much it will cost to send it back to the dealer, then suggest the compromise that you will keep the Colori and get him to send you the Folchi at a discount, that is you will buy it but at a lower price because of his mistake.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 12:47 pm |
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philebus
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I'm happy to assume that this was an honest mistake - these things can happen. I don't like to profit from an honest error - we can all make those - if I didn't like the cards, then I would expect to be refunded the cost of returning them but like I say, it was a happy accident.
I'll be ordering the Folchi next month if it's still on available and I'll send a message with the order about this just to make sure everything goes smoothly.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 09:00 pm |
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For me, because of the huge postage costs involved in returning an item (unless it is from Australia - and that is rarely), combined with the fact that one is never reimbursed for any of the postage, a strong letter pointing out the mistake, the lack of profitability in returning the item, usually results in offers anywhere from a refund for the item (while I get to keep it), or at least a partial refund.
I don't want to rip anyone off, but ... and this example is different, when a deck is advertised as complete, and it is not, I have no qualms about accepting a refund. There is usually the 'I am a poor single mother just trying to make a living to bring up my kids' routine. Well, guess what, I'm a poor single mother too. Reminds me a bit of bartering in Asia. I hate it, but I do it. With ebay items I do it when the item is not as advertised primarily because, by not doing it, I will implicitly be encouraging poor sales behaviour. Besides, if I pay for a certain item .... then that is what I should get.
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