Fake Barcelona chairs advertised as originals

[tsongololo 10]

I am battling to get hold of the seller JuanGazelle to delete my bid on the above Barcelona chairs. It was advertised as originals and I was even prepared to pay R10000.00 each, but after some research, they looked NOT like the originals and started to communicate with the seller. He only answered the first question and admitted that it was not the original. I have since posted another 4 messages, to ask about whether it was leather cushions, then to ask to withdraw my bid. I was considering buying them, but of course NOT at the exorbitant prices advertised as they are fakes and only if the seats were covered in leather. I said to him in my second message that I reserve the right to withdraw my bid, because they were not real. Since then ALL my messages were ignored. The bid closes tonight, so I need some urgent intervention to prevent a SNC on my side. HELP, please!

[admin 14]

Hi tsongololo,

 

The seller has not logged in since the 13th when they answered your first question. Please take note that your bid does not meet the reserve price, so you are not the winner of the items.

[wayjen 10]

Why only start your research AFTER you placed a bid and was happy to spend R10000.00 on a chair? Surely looking into the matter BEFORE placing a bid would have saved you and the Seller lots of hassles?

 

The reserve has not been met yet and I don't know how it works when bidding closes as you surely cannot be the winner and therefore you don't have to pay and the Seller cannot file an SNC against you.

 

If somehow you are the winning bidder and the paperwork needs to be signed then you gonna and the Seller will most likely have issues with Bob regarding authenticity etc and then payments but the Seller and or Bob can delete bids according to the rules.

[tsongololo 10]

Hi you all! The seller actually answered my first question by saying that the chairs are actually wrongly put up on the post and it is actually R10 000.00 per the pair of chairs. I did consider buying the chairs, but did not hear anything from the seller about whether the cushions are made of leather. And yes, wayjen, I SHOULD've checked it first, but was so excited about the good price for 'authentic' Barcelona chairs that I bid way before I actually thought! Have to laugh at myself as well!

[wayjen 10]

We all learn by our mistakes and we will still make mistakes even after learning the hard way. If all goes well you might just get off this one.

[RISadler 10]

Sorry, I have to say this ... ten grand for something to park your duff on? :wtf:

[MiemsJewels 12]

Sorry, I have to say this ... ten grand for something to park your duff on? :wtf:

 

Ek wou presies dieselde se. Sorry a bit high for me to pay R10,000 for 1 chair. I wont even pay that for 10 chairs.

:blink1:

[MiemsJewels 12]

Barcelona chair!!

[RISadler 10]

I'm not going to say what a Barcelona chair looks like to me ... no, I won't.

[JohnBenn 12]

Hey!!!:blink1: Those were designed by Mies Van Der Rohe.One of the best modern Architects, and they sit like a dream.

Have a cigar, less is more:blink1:

[mellowred 10]

With my bum at the back of that chair I'd be very concerned about tipping over. :wtf:

[RISadler 10]

One of the best modern Architects ...

 

Underlined word sank the dinghy for me.

[MiemsJewels 12]

It almost looks like a skeleton to me. :thinking:

[RISadler 10]

Have a cigar, less is more.

 

Mmmm ... looking at the current size of that cigar, how big was it if less is more?

[admin 14]

Mmmm ... looking at the current size of that cigar, how big was it if less is more?

 

I think he meant with less money you could buy more chairs :whistling:

[RISadler 10]

Not genuine Barcelona chairs, matey!

[admin 14]

Not genuine Barcelona chairs, matey!

 

Let me rephrase that :

 

I think he meant with less money you could buy more other makes of chairs :whistling:

[RISadler 10]

Erm, shouldn't it be either ... For more money you can buy more Barcelona chairs. Or ... For the same money you can buy more other chairs.

 

Oh, never mind. I'll just keep sitting on this packing crate, with the 10G's in my wallet.

[admin 14]

 

Oh, never mind.

 

I totally agree, never mind. I will send you some sense of humor, no charge, you can only pay for postage, you are sure to get it then :toung:

[RISadler 10]

Never mind the humour. Send me one of those cigars!

[svw 10]

Hi you all! The seller actually answered my first question by saying that the chairs are actually wrongly put up on the post and it is actually R10 000.00 per the pair of chairs. I did consider buying the chairs, but did not hear anything from the seller about whether the cushions are made of leather. And yes, wayjen, I SHOULD've checked it first, but was so excited about the good price for 'authentic' Barcelona chairs that I bid way before I actually thought! Have to laugh at myself as well!

 

Next time when considering buying Barcelona chairs check first who the manufacturer is as "Knoll" is the only authorised manufacturer and has been since the late 1950's anything else is fake.

[RISadler 10]

Knoll ... so the chairs aren't even Spanish!

[JohnBenn 12]

Na when it comes to cigars "less is a bore" - Robert Venturi :blink1:

 

(The man in the chair is Mies and his most famous quote is "less is more".)

[RISadler 10]

If I remember correctly, he was German. So why does he have Dutch names? (BTW, I had an aunt named Mies.)

 

Well, he certainly didn't apply his most famous quote on cigars.

[svw 10]

If I remember correctly, he was German. So why does he have Dutch names? (BTW, I had an aunt named Mies.)

 

Well, he certainly didn't apply his most famous quote on cigars.

 

It's a dutch first name and a german surname - he used his surname as his first name - born as Ludwig Mies