frustrated by seller who won't ship bottle

[RCO]

a couple weeks ago I came across an add posted online of some bottles for sale , mix of different stuff . only 1 item that jumped out at me , an unusual soda bottle from northern Ontario . sellers ad said they'd sell separately so I sent a message and didn't get a reply and had to send a second message to get a reply

there message only said " sorry I'd rather not send them thru the mail "

so I sent another message clearly saying I'd be willing to pay for shipping

but all I got as a reply was " no shipping only pick up or meet " and nothing since

but they live several hours away and with covid it wouldn't be possible to travel that far just to pickup 1 small 7 oz bottle , it make more sense to have it shipped

they also refuse to show me a picture of the entire bottle , I asked for a pic of the front but they won't send one , but pic of back was enough for me to id it and year it was used

so I have been unable to make a formal offer as I cannot verify the condition of the entire bottle

so left entirely frustrated with this one

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

a couple weeks ago I came across an add posted online of some bottles for sale , mix of different stuff . only 1 item that jumped out at me , an unusual soda bottle from northern Ontario . sellers ad said they'd sell separately so I sent a message and didn't get a reply and had to send a second message to get a reply

there message only said " sorry I'd rather not send them thru the mail "

so I sent another message clearly saying I'd be willing to pay for shipping

but all I got as a reply was " no shipping only pick up or meet " and nothing since

but they live several hours away and with covid it wouldn't be possible to travel that far just to pickup 1 small 7 oz bottle , it make more sense to have it shipped

they also refuse to show me a picture of the entire bottle , I asked for a pic of the front but they won't send one , but pic of back was enough for me to id it and year it was used

so I have been unable to make a formal offer as I cannot verify the condition of the entire bottle

so left entirely frustrated with this one

Do you know anybody who lives closer to him? Another collector you can trust. They could check it out and buy it and then mail it to you.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[RCO]

Do you know anybody who lives closer to him? Another collector you can trust. They could check it out and buy it and then mail it to you.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

not sure part of the problem is I don't even know what they want for the bottle and don't want to buy everything else just to get it

there is no price listed in add or been quoted

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

not sure part of the problem is I don't even know what they want for the bottle and don't want to buy everything else just to get it

there is no price listed in add or been quoted

I found a diamond harlequin coke bottle acl a while back. Low price but never accepted any offers i threw at him. It was frustrating and I gave up on it. I don't play games. I remember now it was on that site offer-up.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[RCO]

I found a diamond harlequin coke bottle acl a while back. Low price but never accepted any offers i threw at him. It was frustrating and I gave up on it. I don't play games. I remember now it was on that site offer-up.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

the site its on has a weird reputation , have found some good bottles over the years but sometimes its tough to finalise things

sometimes too people who don't know a lot about bottles might assume its worth more if I'm so interested and then decide not to sell or they want to sell everything to clear up space and aren't interested in moving just 1 small bottle

but weird they won't provide me with a picture of entire bottle or name a price , how I'm I suppose to decide an offer to make without seeing the front ?

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

the site its on has a weird reputation , have found some good bottles over the years but sometimes its tough to finalise things

sometimes too people who don't know a lot about bottles might assume its worth more if I'm so interested and then decide not to sell or they want to sell everything to clear up space and aren't interested in moving just 1 small bottle

but weird they won't provide me with a picture of entire bottle or name a price , how I'm I suppose to decide an offer to make without seeing the front ?

I know what you mean. I ran into a conetop beer a while back that the guy said he would let me have for $5. Too good to be true, it was! He backed out in the end. I can't remember which beer it was but it was stupid clean.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[sandchip]

They're gonna have a hard time selling those bottles if that's the way they do business.

 

[RCO]

They're gonna have a hard time selling those bottles if that's the way they do business.

I know it seems like they still have them , only have 2 ads on that site both for bottles which are mostly fairly common so wouldn't be that easy to resell

 

[RCO]

I know what you mean. I ran into a conetop beer a while back that the guy said he would let me have for $5. Too good to be true, it was! He backed out in the end. I can't remember which beer it was but it was stupid clean.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

I know not sure if there is anyway to get them to sell me the bottle , I sent a new message and made a very reasonable offer

$30 plus shipping but only if I can see a picture of front to verify condition

see if they reply

 

[RCO]

update they just replied but only said please call in an hour ?


but don't indicate if they'd be willing to sell or not and still no picture , why call them when I can already message thru the site