Re: Ebay Definitions Update
Jonathan Peck - N.Y.
>The more I think about it, the more I'm not really sure what "mint" means. "Excellent", "almost mint" and "minty" have me scratching my head as well. And of course there's "crispy" and "bonerific". "Rare" seems self explanitory, but how can a Stanley #4 "older type" be rare? Sometimes I see "very nice" and I wonder if that's better than just plain "nice". "Vintage" with an exclamation point (Vintage!!) seems to be better than vintage without. "Early type" makes me think low knobs or pre-lateral and not SW which could be called "later type". "Pre-war" and "Antique" seem to mean something special also, especially if your selling "wood planers". I recognize "fine" but what is "VV fine" (very very)? "Primitive", yeah....that one conjurs up all kinds of imaginative things.
This is all so creative. Are these terms interchangable? Like, could I say that I have an almost mint rare vintage antique wood planer...nice!!
FTJ's tool rating index:
Category-New, Wear-None, Finish-100%, Usable-Totally, Repairs-None,
Rust-None, Misc. +Orig. Pkg.
Category-Fine, Wear-Minimal, Finish-90%-100%, Usable-Totally,
Repairs-None, Rust-Trace
Category-Good+, Wear-Normal, Finish-75%-90%, Usable-Yes, Repairs-
None/Minor, Rust-Minor, Misc. Some dings and scratches
Category - Good, Wear - Normal, Finish 50%-75%, Usable - Yes,
Repairs - Minor, Rust - Minor, Misc. Small chips
Category - Good - (minus), Wear - Normal, Finish - 30%-50%, Usable -
Probably, Repairs - Minor, Rust - Minor to Moderate
Category - Fair, Wear - Heavy, Finish - 30%, Usable - No, Repairs -
Moderate to Major, Rust - Moderate to Major.
Category - Poor, Wear - Heavy, Finish - N/A, Usable - No, Repairs -
Major, Rust - Major.