Questionable eBay book purchase
Hi there, this may be a bit of an odd post, but being a Warhammer Warcry refugee I've recently been acquiring a fair few of the Frostgrave expansion books, both 1st and 2nd edition off of eBay to add some depth and life to my skirmish world.
It's a bit of a long story, but one of the sellers I bought a fair bit of books from (almost 2 weeks ago) sent one of the seven, the rest estimated as a 3-8 week delivery time, despite the listing saying they're in-stock and shipping from the same US state as me.
Well, in comparing the book 'The Wizards' Conclave' to the other books everything seems legit, except the pages feel a bit less 'premium', and matte. Couple this with the odd delivery schedule, the fact that they shipped from a state that's 3 states away from where they had on the listing, and looking at the item details, their business is listed as yet again another different state, although close to both of the previous.
So, my point is, having bought a few things from eBay over the years, multiple things from this standout as odd, and then the book quality feeling slightly different made me question if this is some kind of 'counterfeit' book.
I suppose, to squash this, my question to you all is about your copies of 'The Wizards' Conclave', does the quality of the pages specifically feel different or a little 'off' to you as well?
I plan on canceling my order with this seller anyway, as the oddity is a little unsettling, but if they're selling counterfeits, then that's a whole different can of worms I need to bring to eBay support.
Thanks all for reading my mad ramblings about something seemingly as inconsequential as 'paper feel', I hope it's just the way that books was printed, but wanted to be sure this wasn't something more nefarious.