Mallard4468 posted:Interesting points of view being expressed... don't tell anyone and get a good deal for oneself, or try to expose the error to expose the item to a wider audience and lead to a fair price for the seller. Trying very hard not to be judgmental.
i have to admit that the line i drew here was considering this blunder as a dumb mistake rather than an oddity. i have three versions of these Mechanicraft trains... not particularly rare, especially unboxed (but then, if there was a box... oh never mind). if i were searching for one, i'd rather have this be a hit and that's what prompted my addressing the mistake.
actually i have even written here before that auction houses are sometimes less than experts at identification. when i picked up the two red frame Marx scale boxcar and reefer, i did not feel i needed to point out to the auction house the fact that the picture they posted could have shown that feature better. as i recall, regardless of not being 100% sure, i thought it best not to even ask a question. there was no blatant mistake in the ad and everyone had the same chance to pick up the not very obvious detail.
honesty can be needlessly carried too far at times...
