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Author Message kungfusheriff Intermediate Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 190 Registered: 8-2003 Posted on Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 4:22 pm:    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:    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:    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:    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:    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:    It's now up to 5 bids~ I can only speculate and hope that G-Guitars placed one of them and hopefully wins.