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All items are sold "AS IS": these are antiques! How they arrive into my hands is exactly how they leave my hands, and don't even think about complaining regarding some aspect of the piece purchased (little nicks, dings, rust spots, previous repairs, alterations, etc) after the 7 day period and expect to get a refund. They are what they are--pieces of history--that are in whatever condition they are in after 140+ years and the effects of time, age, ground action on dug items, or the actions by previous owners, and all this factors into why the artifact is what it is today. These antiques are often very fragile, so please treat them with the utmost care and respect they deserve once you purchase them. They are also being constantly affected by one unalterable reality--time. Things deteriorate with time, especially old iron, leather, paper, and just about everything from long ago. They can, and will, continue to deteriorate. Not I, nor anyone else on this planet, has any control over an item deteriorating once it is in your hands. Any item will be held for 7 days for the payment to arrive. If payment is not received within 7 days, the item will be placed back on the market for sale. All items are shipped USPS unless otherwise requested. Shipping and insurance (if desired by buyer) will be added to the total cost of your order. If the buyer does NOT take insurance on the item purchased, and damage or loss occurs in shipping, then the buyer has no claim against the seller (me). Again, I have no control over the shipping service/deliverer! PLEASE take insurance out on purchased items! Layaway Payment Plan is simple: 1/3 payment down (paid immediately), another 1/3 payment 30 days from initial payment, and the final 1/3 payment made within 60 days of initial payment--so, you have 60 days in total for the Layaway period. If full payment is not received within 60 days, item will be returned to stock and all payments forfeited. If a customer decides they do not want to purchase the item at any time during the Layaway period, all previous Layaway payments are forfeited, and the item will be placed back to stock for sale by Port Hudson Relics. Please Note on Consignment Items Sold: I am unable to extend any "money back guarantee" at any time on a consignment item, since the item is on "consignment" from someone else, and there is no means of restitution on my part with the original owner/seller who consigns through me. I do inspect and only allow to consign those items I feel certain about, but once again, once sold, it is out of my hands, and the matter would have to be taken-up directly with the person who consigned the artifact through me, which I would happily provide the last known contact information of the consignor. To Consigners: I have no control over shipping, damage, or loss during the transaction with you and/or the customer purchasing your item(s), just like with any item I sell, and will not become muddled as the "middle man" who rightfully did all I could within my power to serve both the consigner and the customer. You don't see eBay or other "middle-man" agents getting wrapped-up in disputes! I will always do everything I can do within my power and responsibility to serve both sides, but in all contests, it will be between the consigner and the buyer for ultimate resolution, since one side was the original "owner" and the other the "buyer"...there isn't much I can do in-between.

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