evry1nositswindy • seller since 2013
Because this comment came with a positive mark I'm not angry or even irritated, just ..... troubled(?) by not only the ignorance itself but the explicit invitation for anyone reading to observe it - "see photo".
And no I don't think she's a non-U.S. buyer; the address was a regular domestic one, and her name is Diane, a not-so-popular name for people as young Zoomers, so it's not like she could be more familiar with the newer quarter obverse design that just came out a few years ago, although there are plenty of the older ones still in circulation.
Oh and there's also a ruler right there.
Just saying, if you bought something for which the in-person size was disappointingly surprising, and you went back to look at the listing to see if you were somehow misled, wouldn't you want to be SURE before you aired a grievance about it? And even if that WAS a dime, then why BUY an item barely bigger than a dime, if you think that's "too small"?
Incidentally, I do sometimes shoot a second photo of an item with the metric side of the ruler, if I believe it's one that might attract foreign buyers. And I have about a half-gallon of foreign coins so I may even be able to use one of those, if the item has a very specific national identity, in which case someone from that nation may consider buying.
Curious, does anyone here have a non-currency object you use for a foolproof size reference? Cuz apparently there are coin fools out there! 😆
I've been getting into loose gems lately. Yall check out the size of THIS rock.
You need something like a A. D. Leveridge MM Gauge & Weight Estimator.
LOL that "rock" is just a rhinestone I used to set up my micro-penny joke. I sling mainly costume jewelry, sterling if it's something impressive in some way besides being sterling, and gold when I come across it. If a piece also includes a precious or semi-precious stone I don't get excited enough to seek its' precise carat size, because as you probably know, resale value of gems is hilariously low, and even lower on eBay.
That said, I do envy your nifty gadget just for its' nifty gadgetness, and reckon it could come in handy for things besides gems (coin thickness for instance!). I got this little dandy in a "junk drawer lot" and was shocked to find that it works and is very accurate! I don't need it often, but there are occasional instances where a straight ruler or tape measurer don't quite work, like the interior circumference of a bangle bracelet that isn't a perfect circle.
@gurlcat I have one of those too. I thought it was a sewing notion, like for fabric. I got mine in a box of sewing items. I didn't really know what to do with it.
@gurlcat wrote:I got this little dandy in a "junk drawer lot" and was shocked to find that it works and is very accurate! I don't need it often, but there are occasional instances where a straight ruler or tape measurer don't quite work, like the interior circumference of a bangle bracelet that isn't a perfect circle.
That appears to be a mileage calculator for road map reading (hence the teeny-tiny tracking wheel). You zero the dial, place the tracking wheel at your starting point on the map, and carefully roll it along the road(s) to your end point. You then multiply your total inches by the scale of the map (e.g. 1" = 5 Miles) and that gives you the total miles to your destination.
Yes it would be great for that, but I don't think it's the main purpose because it can measure something up to 15 feet long (that little dial with the serrated edge in the upper right side counts feet to match the number of inches, if you roll the wheel along something more than 36 inches. I guess the primary use could be for maps but only if we're talking REALLY big maps, ha.
What I can't figure out is what the other side dial is for and how it works. It says Inch To Foot, but the numbers don't make sense to me. Like look at these pictures, front and back of the same measurement I just did, rolling the wheel 12 inches along my ruler. -The front needle is at 12 inches, the serrated wheel is at one foot -great. But the back ..... is pointing to 48/96/192. By the way, when the front needle moves clockwise (to higher numbers just like a clock), the back one moves counterclockwise, to lower numbers. Then there's the weird fraction numbers at the 12 o'clock position. Maybe it's my blondeness but I don't get it. 
