First thanks for letting me vent! I recently bought a Josafina off ebay, I got her, and am in love. I think she is PM, the seller said she bought her for her daughter 10 years ago. Yeah I know Josie wasn't out then but not a big deal. The seller never did answer all my questions before the auction ended so I just put in a little lower bid than I would have if I had had more info. In the auction there is a picture of the Meet Josefina book and the seller answers a question saying, that the doll is like new and has no marks. Well her legs are scratched up and there are some ink marks on them as well. Also there looks to be a number 10 on the bottom of her foot. Could be initials. She definitley needs her strings tightened but I didn't feel this was something she would have known if this doll had belonged to a girl and not a collector. I e-mailed her and thanked her for the fast shipping but wondered if the book was supposed to be sent as well. I told her the doll was beautiful but that I was disappointed to see the scratches and ink marks since she had stated there were no marks. This was last Thurs/Fri and I've heard nothing back.
I had also e-mailed her after paying asking her to please verify that she had recieved payment and telling her how excited I was and if she could please give me a little history on the doll (I feel like an adoptive mother wanting to know a little about the child she's getting~~call me wierd). She never responded to that e-mail as well.
Seriously, I'm more annoyed at her lack of communication. Everyone makes mistakes, maybe she never looked at the legs or took the shoes off. Maybe what looks like the number 10 is initials lo or a nickname. I don't know but a response would have been nice. I told her right off the bat I was not looking to return the doll/refund. Oh well, I'm done. There are definitely bigger problems out there.
Thanks for listening,
Kristin

PS I would normally just vent to my family but my daughter thinks she got me this doll for $20. She really wanted to get me a Josefina for my upcoming b-day and I told her to ask her Dad to help (It's the same week as Mothers day and he owe's me about 10 years of B-day and MD gifts). Anyways, he told her no so I knew she would go to my sister next. Knowing my sister she probably would have ordered a new one and given it to my daughter to give me. I didn't want them to spend this much so I told my sister I'd find an inexpensive one, send it to her and to tell my daughter she found a great deal on one for only $20 (She's 9 and that's more than she can afford right now). That way DD feels like she bought her herself. Anyways she couldn't wait to give it to me so I got her this weekend. Like I said I'm in love!!