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kungfusheriff
Intermediate Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 190
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 4:22 pm:   Edit Post

Some twit (supposedly) in Los Angeles posted this on eBay today:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=621&item=3759372186&rd=1
Which is remarkable similar to this:
http://www.gguitars.com/ale13227.html
I e-mailed him to comment on the remarkable similarity and got this in return:
":-(
I am not a scamer but I do not have any photo with my guitar so I used that one.
Is that a crime?"
My response was:
"It's not necessarily a crime, but using the photos of a similar instrument without saying "I don't have a photo of my bass, but this one is similar," not to mention copying verbatim the description of another bass owned by a well-known, well-trafficked and well-regarded Alembic dealer, I think it's safe to say you've doomed not only your auction but your reputation as well.
Good luck."
By the by, consider this my official notification of tomfoolery--tried notifying eBay, but they sure don't make it easy, do they?
hollis
Senior Member
Username: hollis

Post Number: 496
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 4:48 pm:   Edit Post

Man, good snag! What are the odds! Alembic making two identical basses with the same serial number! Again, good snag!
bsee
Senior Member
Username: bsee

Post Number: 426
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 5:44 pm:   Edit Post

I reported that to eBay when it showed up a couple days ago. The idiot not only put that up (twice), but also but up about a dozen auctions for a Europa 6 that can also be seen at GGuitars' site. On top of that, he stole their description including posting the serial numbers of the basses from their site. The Europa auctions have been slowly disappearing, and I suspect these will too. Note that he's listed as "Not a registered user" as well.
malthumb
Advanced Member
Username: malthumb

Post Number: 283
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 8:30 pm:   Edit Post

Let's see......

New eBay ID.....zero feedback.......doesn't use Paypal........

Yeah, I think I'll bid on that one.

Peace,

James
pas
Junior
Username: pas

Post Number: 24
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Friday, November 05, 2004 - 5:46 pm:   Edit Post

Check out this guy's other auctions...he's clearly looking to retire early. I hope law enforcement catches up with him.
pace
Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 76
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 5:27 am:   Edit Post

It's now up to 5 bids~ I can only speculate and hope that G-Guitars placed one of them and hopefully wins.

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