The Dinner at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot, is not one of my favorite puzzles. That doesn't mean it is not a nice and entertaining puzzle, which it is. Besides, it is always a pleasure to complete a Ravensburger puzzle due to the good quality of their pieces. However, I don't think I would have chosen it in the first place if I had had a choice.
We are all human and we all make mistakes. I sold this puzzle to a customer in Poland, complete and with the pieces in excellent condition. However, when my customer finished the puzzle, he discovered that there was a foreign piece. That meant that the puzzle was actually incomplete. Ops! I think I can always detect foreign pieces, but I couldn't detect this one.
I found and bought another copy of the puzzle, hoping that it would be compatible with my customer's copy. That way, I could get a replacement piece for him. However, the copy was not compatible. Then, I assembled the puzzle and sent it to my customer in layers. Eventually he had the whole puzzle replaced and his work putting it together was not lost.
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Life is Too Short…
02
Jan
... to count pieces of used puzzles.
I recently received a beautiful card beautifully written from a friend and former customer, with an indeed beautiful photograph titled Florence under the Snow, Paris, 1950, by French photographer Édouard Boubat.
It was a nice and elegant touch that I truly appreciated.
Among the smart things that my friend wrote, there was a small footnote: "Life is too short to count pieces of used puzzles".
He was referring to the verification process of every used puzzle listed at Rare Puzzles.
It made me think that it was about time to introduce some of the changes that were planned.
Starting next week Rare Puzzles will allow users to list and sell their own puzzles on the site.
More details coming soon.