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This mini looks rather nice...and surely Rackham does not have a patent on that pose.

Merry Christmas, all! I get a new internet connection next week after a half year without in our new apartment, looking forward to communing with you all in the new year. Again, Merry Christmas!

Advised paypal's resolution center of the conflict (item not received), refused seller's partial refund and advised seller of my actions. He paid up very fast. Thanks for the advice, guys.

I'm not leaving feedback until the conflict is resolved. The idea of contacting Ebay's dispute people is pretty good, I'll do that right off. More soap opera tomorrow.

Well, after sleeping on it, I gotta agree with the concesus -- full refund or negative feedback. Actually, vincegamer, if it's okay, I'd like to copy-and-paste your feedback reply, concise and to the point.

I just got an empty envelope in the mail that had previously contained and oop Chaos Champion figure. The seller, from England, sent the figure in a regular letter envelope(!) with the flap taped shut. The envelope had opened on one end and somewhere on the journey the mini fell out. Here's the kicker. The mini cost 2.99 GBP, the seller chearges 4.50 GBP for shipping and handling! Stupid me for not requesting a S&H charge before bidding. The actual postage for the envelope was 0.60 GBP -- that means the guy charged me 3.90 GBP for a lousy envelope not sturdy enough in which to ship the mini! I messaged the guy, he claims suprise at the missing mini and offers a refund....and makes a return payment to my Paypal to the tune of 5 GBP, whith a message that he hopes we're square now and will I please leave positive feedback. I'm out 2.50 GBP and a mini I wanted, and this guy wants me to leave positive feedback. Fortunately, he already left positive feedback for me upon receipt of payment, so he doesn't have the option of hexing me should I take the hard line. What to do? Accept his return, leave lukewarm positive payment and forget abput it or refuse the return and demand full repayment? Two and a half pounds sterling is no big deal, it's just the cavalier attitude of this seller -- high S&H, less-than-full repayment and the request for positive feedback -- it pisses me off. Any experience out there handling these conficts?

Hmmm, the traffic court I experienced in New Jersey wasn't playing by the rules, then. No police officers were present at the presentation of any of the cases and the testimonies of said officers were taken at face value by the court. B#&¤&(¤rds! :AR15firin

She looks hot, Cindy. The girlish pose and mischievous look together with the big sword,,,, this girl just wants to have fun! :thumb: Sorry, was there a link to Magpie?

Isn't the testimony of a police officer above what is know as "reasonable doubt"? Please correct me if I am wrong, but it was my impression that the affidavit of an officer was accepted on face value by the courts. If the officer said it was so, then the court accepts that it was so. Which is of course bullshit, cops being just people too. Bail out, FF. Sorry to hear your trouble, don't make a lousy situation worse.

Hi, all! :rockon:

I'll have to reread the catalog, Ritual....or I'll come up to Stockholm and you can point them out. :tea:

Very nice indeed!

I like the Dirz, the air elemental looks good, too, I'd like to see it painted. I agree with you too, CL. The Rackham minis scare me. Still, we gotta get over these phobias...if you paint your Shanys, I'll paint mine.

In 1992 my wife and I spent a half year travelling in Southeast Asia, doing the backpacking deathroute from INdonesia up through Malaysia and Thailand, flying to Nepal and ending in India. The 31st of October found us in a small mountain village on the Annapurna trek, perhaps the village was Chamje or Jagat, I forget. The village was very small, just a number of buildings on either side of the path leading up and around the mountain. To one side the mountain rose steeply, to the other side a sharp drop, no more than 10-15 buildings all in all. There were a number of other Americans and Canadians in the loose group we were trekking with. It suddenly hit me that it was Halloween! And, to my great suprise, there was a pumpkin standing on the doorstep of the teahouse where we were sitting! The woman wouldn't sell the pumpkin, it was destined to become soup for dinner that evening. Another of the local women pulled me aside and motioned that I should follow. She lead me up a path slightly away from the village, pulled a ring of rusty keys from he belt and opened a rickety wooden door set back in a stone drywall -- inside, a pumpkin patch! I chose one (not the biggest, I was buying their food!) and bartered (not too hard), took my prize back to the teahouse and began carving a jack o'lantern. The locals were amazed, they'd never seen anything like it. One of the Nepali guides explained to the locals our tradition of the jack o'lantern keeping the wandering spirits at bay on All Hallow's Eve. One of the locals asked through the guide if we thought the spirits could find their way here. Ehhh...no, we replied. The oldest and most decrepite woman in the village came up, scrutinized the pumpkin with her good eye and mummbled some words to the guide. "She says, tonight, man, tomorrow, soup!" he translated. We laughed, ate our dinner, enjoyed the evening and went to bed. The next morning, the jack o'lantern was gone. We had pumpkin soup for breakfast.

Lots of Indian Kirtan (devotional chanting) performed by a number of Western artists ... Jai Uttal (wonderful musician and great guy!), Deva Premal, Rasa...