He did indeed and I reversed it
Appreciate that it’s a tough balance, but I‘ve just re-read the edited rosewood/rosewood handle thread and I’m a little sad how it‘s ended up. I thought it ended pretty well previously to be fair - everyone seemed fairly civil and polite, reduced to asking questions and ‘playing the BST game’; trying to expose that the seller may not know much about woodworking, let alone actually be capable of making those handles by himself.
Which actually caused him to blow and confess that he was a flipper. It felt a bit like the bit at the end of a Scooby Doo episode, where the villain whips off his mask and curses how he would have got away with if it wasn‘t for those ‘pesky KKFers,’ only with the added value of an unconvincing rant about his capitalist right to act like an unprincipled tosser and how he‘d wasted $30 on supporting membership In the hope of mugging others off. Links to the flipper lthread were provided, buyers could make an informed choice whether to buy his overpriced ‘refinish’ of someone else‘s work and all was good with the world; job done.
Which is why it’s a little grating that someone official has basically whipped the villain’s mask back on, erased all trace of the deception and then threatened Fred and his beards not to do the same again, or he’ll impound the mystery van and sod up the scooby snacks for good, And he can still sell someone else‘s work, carefully crafting his words to suggest that he’s made those handles rather than just added a lick of oil and a massive mark up
No answers really - and you can probably gather I’m more comatose than angry - but it all seems a bit muddled and dissatisfactory, a free pass for asshats and those keen to mislead.