With all the time I spend browsing at night when I cannot sleep, this is a thing I often see. Most dealers can be gracious about correcting one item or two. More than that they can get touchy, especially if you are not an established customer.
Very true. But if there more than a few errors and the seller gets touchy about it, there could be other issues. Not always of course, but the odds go up. All of us make honest errors and a quality dealer will always appreciate them being pointed out and will correct them.
Send message to seller. I have had a few incorrect Scott numbers in my store and was grateful to those who messaged me, and let them know. I have done the opposite. I first assume it was an honest mistake.
Another thing to think about; I have been reviewing my inventory as to what is listed and have been correcting mistakes. When I change anything in the title, the system automatically changed the stamp format to unused. So I had to correct that too. Easily missed.
I agree, contact the seller with a note indicating the changes. I always appreciate when others are helping me. My fingers have a way of their own thoughts at times!
I haven't and don't know if anybody else has realized the change. But even if I correct the listing number it changes to unused. Now, I imagine if "used" or "MNH' or something else was in the title it wouldn't change. I usually don't add used in the title because I would expect the buyer to see the cancel mark.
John, when you edit a listing it often causes other random changes automatically that can be be incorrect, not just changing things to unused. I always recheck after editing to catch the "unintended consequences" associated with the change, Every program has its random glitches.
I found that their "autodetect" for category doesn't like anything other than numbers and letters. For instance, we list a lot of US Essays, and I recently noticed that they are getting classified as "Front of Book", because there is a "-" character in the Essay listings. (i.e. 79-E8a). It drops that -E8a, treats it as a "US 79" and puts it in the FoB area. So we're in the process of updating all these so they go into the proper listing of Essay & Proofs. There are likely other quirks. This requires some deeper programming to parse the titles, whether that is in the list of fixes/features, is unknown. Since I only noticed this yesterday, I haven't reported it to Hip yet, as I'm currently traveling heavily. (Hello from Qatar).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_condition#:~:text=Mint never-hinged (MNH%20or,done%20by%20a%20stamp%20hinge. Mint never-hinged (MNH or Mint NH, NH, u/m) is an unused stamp that has full original undisturbed gum with no trace of damage done by a stamp hinge. Stamps sell at a considerable premium if they are in this condition.
Some change in the verbiage, but...? https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/us-scott-240-mh-or-mnh/48999925 US Scott 240 MH! Or MNH? $29.75 $35.00 Free Shipping see details Seller: TomsStamps (5186) Recall of Columbus! This stamp appears to be MNH, however, a fair amount of gum is missing. A good amount of gum is still on the stamp. So there is a fair amount of thin spot.
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Send the seller a nice note about them. You will often find out if it's an honest mistake or something else by the response you get.
Greg
I agree, contact the seller with a note indicating the changes. I always appreciate when others are helping me. My fingers have a way of their own thoughts at times!
So we're in the process of updating all these so they go into the proper listing of Essay & Proofs.
There are likely other quirks. This requires some deeper programming to parse the titles, whether that is in the list of fixes/features, is unknown. Since I only noticed this yesterday, I haven't reported it to Hip yet, as I'm currently traveling heavily. (Hello from Qatar).
HT
Also, congrats on your IPDA membership HT. Well deserved.
Mint never-hinged (MNH or Mint NH, NH, u/m) is an unused stamp that has full original undisturbed gum with no trace of damage done by a stamp hinge. Stamps sell at a considerable premium if they are in this condition.
https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/us-scott-240-mh-or-mnh/48999925
US Scott 240 MH! Or MNH?
$29.75 $35.00
Free Shipping see details
Seller: TomsStamps (5186)
Recall of Columbus! This stamp appears to be MNH, however, a fair amount of gum is missing. A good amount of gum is still on the stamp. So there is a fair amount of thin spot.
Or at least "No longer available".