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Bought a small Lantaka (Borneo Cannon) from bronzecannon.com (the Antique Cannon Superstore) that was damaged in shipment. The front site was half broken off. They pormised insurance settlement. I sent pictures, they made a claim. I never got any money.
While this was going on, I bought two more cannons that arrived well, no problems. These first three cannons were as described, antique and good pieces.
Then the 4th cannon arrived. Obvioulsy a fake. Nowhere near the age they claimed. Recent manufacture. I have pictures and also showed it to a local collector who used to be a museum curator. No question about it, fake.
I asked for a refund. No reply. I asked, gently, again. Tried to give them the benefit of a doubt, said there must have been a mistake.
I received a nasty childish explosion of an email telling me that I had deeply embarrassed them (could not understand this since my email was to them alone) and that they were blocking me from bidding on their items in eBay. I finally received a refund and only part of the shipping fee -- that can be expensive on cannons.
After I returned it, they emailed me telling me that they had sold it to an "experienced collector" who had paid them MUCH more than what they had charged me. I would consider this a lie since an "experienced collector" woudl not have touched this piece with aten foot ramrod!
I would have understood if they had sent me something that I just did not like, but this was obvious junk that anyone could see and yet they claimed it was antique.
The two reasons I would never deal with them again was the silliness and childishness of their emails -- yeah, more than one. Unprofessional outfit. Quite a few negative FBs on eBay for doing the same to other people.
Also they tried to pass a recent manufactured cannon of on me as an antique.
I think they know more about selling sailboat parts than cannons.
While this was going on, I bought two more cannons that arrived well, no problems. These first three cannons were as described, antique and good pieces.
Then the 4th cannon arrived. Obvioulsy a fake. Nowhere near the age they claimed. Recent manufacture. I have pictures and also showed it to a local collector who used to be a museum curator. No question about it, fake.
I asked for a refund. No reply. I asked, gently, again. Tried to give them the benefit of a doubt, said there must have been a mistake.
I received a nasty childish explosion of an email telling me that I had deeply embarrassed them (could not understand this since my email was to them alone) and that they were blocking me from bidding on their items in eBay. I finally received a refund and only part of the shipping fee -- that can be expensive on cannons.
After I returned it, they emailed me telling me that they had sold it to an "experienced collector" who had paid them MUCH more than what they had charged me. I would consider this a lie since an "experienced collector" woudl not have touched this piece with aten foot ramrod!
I would have understood if they had sent me something that I just did not like, but this was obvious junk that anyone could see and yet they claimed it was antique.
The two reasons I would never deal with them again was the silliness and childishness of their emails -- yeah, more than one. Unprofessional outfit. Quite a few negative FBs on eBay for doing the same to other people.
Also they tried to pass a recent manufactured cannon of on me as an antique.
I think they know more about selling sailboat parts than cannons.