Recent content by Lignemaginot

That would be outstanding.

"afemma" has now ostensibly sold one of his fine watches for over $11k (item 260552116721). Dying to see how this pans out - although no way to know who the buyer is, thanks to ebay's "security".

I just sold a copy of it on ebay for the low low price of $0.50. It's OK - interesting modern photos of the B-17. As for the "models"... seems like the guys who owned the stuff insisted that they be in the photos; would have been far better if they had got some skinny 18-20 year olds, rather...

I bet you really typed in, "Crotchless panties." You can't fool me.

After reading this thread last year, I ordered a custom made cap in November, following the design of my old High School. I've got a fat head, and those variable-size hats never look good on me. The first cap that arrived in late December was the wrong color and the name of the school (stitched...

Despite my worst predictions, I received my money back from paypal this morning. Not sure if the money came from the thief, or form paypal, but I do at least have the funds. Not happy that the criminal still has the jacket, but there it is. If you want to read all the details, they're here...

As some of you have seen on my thread regarding the MA-1 that I sold on ebay, there are some real pitfalls to using paypal. Right now, I'm going through the process of trying to please paypal to the point that they refund the money that was stolen from me by the ebay "buyer." Despite having...

So here's the latest. My paypal account was negative about $450 - the amount that they deducted to pay the thief. I was assured that after I send the police report (which they make as difficult as possible), my account would be reset to zero. However, over the weekend, an automatic charge from...

The Police incident report should be completed today - at that point, I have to fax it to paypal and see if they credit my account; in the meantime, it's negative, and anything that goes in that account goes towards that negative balance... in other words, goes to afemma; that's not happening...

Just noticed this morning that afemma and the seller of the other jacket have left glowing feedback for each other. Jesus; it would have been easier to accept this if the guy were screwing everyone, but I seem to have been singled out for this honor.

Re: To patch or not to patch a vintage MA-1 I have emailed that seller twice now - once to let him know that afemma had filed a claim, and once to tell him what I received. Strangely enough, I've not even received an acknowledgement.

I think I'd be much more inclined to go the whole 10 yards on this if I hadn't gone through a somewhat similar experience about 7 years ago in Luxembourg - a plumber who was working on the house broke in and stole my WWII German visor cap collection. It was a long road, but I did manage to get...

I have attempted to contact him by email, but he has not responded at all. I have his phone number, but quite frankly I wouldn't know what to say. The idea of having a policeman accompny me to his house is interesting, but not likely. In that instance, my only hope would be that his wife...

I do. I have his phone number. I even did a background check on him: 52, married, with kids. Lives in a $650k house in a nice neighborhood. But what do you do? Call him? Talk to his wife? His kids? Let them know that daddy is a criminal? Do I drive to his house and threaten him? What does that...

Re: To patch or not to patch a vintage MA-1 I'd appreciate it if any of you who belong to other flight jacket forums would post a link to the ebay auction, where the photos of the jacket are still visible. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MESOX:IT The police said that I needed to...