definition of a flea bite?

[gryphondreamer]

[gryphondreamer]

ok,i know what a chip, scratch, and break are. but what exactly are flea bites? some times i think they are smaller than a chip, but other times i think they are bigger. are they just htings that people wish were smaller so they can get more money?

any help? ❓

[frozendragon]

this was asked somewhere before too…..

where’s mimi…

anyway…it’s basically like a chip…but extremely tiny like the head of a pin….

people like to use the word often when describing small chips in the paint…..

but to me no matter what you call it….it’s still a chip

[lamortefille]

Maybe you will find this page useful:

http://glassandpotterysellers.org/glossary.html

From the above page:

Pinpoint nick – Tiny fairly round little nick no larger than the size of a pencil point. Some sellers refer to this as a “fleabite.”

[gryphondreamer]

ah, so from waht you two are saying, many people on ebay are takign liberties with that term. grrr

[frozendragon]

gryphondreamer wrote:

ah, so from waht you two are saying, many people on ebay are takign liberties with that term. grrr

sometimes…

it’s really open to interpretation…but lamorte has the real definition…

[lamortefille]

Oh yes, some take liberties on eBay. I guess it’s just like anything else – some people are honest and go by the book and others range from less than honest to down right deceitful.

You’re right though, frozen – a chip is a chip.

[Mimi]

frozendragon wrote:

this was asked somewhere before too…..

where’s mimi…
You called? 😆

I think we decided in this thread that you can’t know what a flea bite is unless you know the size of a flea… 😆

[frozendragon]

hehe….mimi it too great with finding stuff….

I never know what is going on…

[Mimi]

frozendragon wrote:

hehe….mimi it too great with finding stuff….

😳 Aww, thanks…like I said before — I like finding stuff that’s been squirreled away… 🙂

frozendragon wrote:

I never know what is going on…

That makes two of us! 😆

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