That's true. The 2012 Spare Parts list is a really good place to complete games. I've sent many bits to people from various games and have had bits sent to me as well.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 18:59, nexttothemoon <[email protected]>wrote: > That sucks. As a possible defense though... maybe he's never even > played it and got it in another trade/auction. Some people have > literally hundreds of unplayed games on their shelves that they have > picked up in great deals and simply because they can't resist buying > them... it's easy to get carried away collecting games even when you > don't play most of them. > > Personally, years ago I sold a copy of War of the Ring that I had > acquired in a Math Trade. I even had it all out and looked through it > a bit (not thoroughly enough I guess)... then decided it wouldn't get > played often enough at the time.. so sold it later. When the new buyer > contacted me it turns out there was a single piece missing. I said I'm > really sorry but I'd never played it so I didn't realize the piece > wasn't there. The game was pristine and obviously never played by > whomever I got it from as well... so my thoughts are that the piece > was missing since new. He simply contacted the publisher and they sent > him the missing piece.. all ended well. > > I know that's probably different in your case as several pieces are > missing, but if you can't get a satisfactory resolution... try the > geek and see if others may have spare parts for trade/sale and also > contact the publisher (if the game is still being made) to see if they > may be able to help out for a small fee. Many have outstanding > customer service and will be happy to help out. > > > On Mar 31, 11:47 am, ShadowHeart <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am looking for someone to explain something to me. We pay good > > money for games, so every time we are done we inventory our pieces > > when we put them away. I just purchased a game in someones auction > > that I open up and inventory and its missing 10+ pieces, he said > > nothing, listed nothing missing. The better part of it all is these > > are important, can't play the game without them pieces. One of the > > subsets you use is supposed to have 12, and it instead has 5, 7 > > missing. Thinking I am going to message him on the geek if it comes > > back up, and then go to paypal for a refund if he doesn't offer it on > > his own. > > > > Anyone else been in this situation and have any advice? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BGG Down" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en. > > -- There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
