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lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 713
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 4:36 pm:   Edit Post

Check out this guitar listed on eBay. Interestingly, the seller's profile lists the seller as located in the U.S. The listing says the guitar is in "Roma, Italy" and payment is to me made "ITALIEN PAYMENT THROUGH BANK WIRE TRANSFER TO ROME, ITALY". And the icing on the cake: there is no logo! I'm thinking a Fernandes, perhaps? A fraud within a fraud!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEMBIC-VINTAGE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ7357079285QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bill, tgo
keith_h
Advanced Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 205
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 6:03 pm:   Edit Post

Wouldn't surprise me if the account was hijacked as all of the sellers other adds are for motor vehicles and written in Italian.

Keith
harald_rost
Member
Username: harald_rost

Post Number: 100
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:40 am:   Edit Post

If you look at the feeback history this seller was also dealing with music equipment in the past, mainly buying. Beeing a member of Ebay.com has not mean to live in the USA. I have also an account of Ebay.com because there was no German Ebay in 1998. And I got my Series 1 from Ebay in 1999. But of course internationel Ebaying is always risky.

Harald
yggdrasil
Member
Username: yggdrasil

Post Number: 66
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post

I just changed my "country of registration" to the US from Canada . I have a US ship-to address,and do not require shipping out of the lower 48, but ebay recently started an auction setting that prohibits me from even bidding because I'm "registered in a country to which the seller does not ship". At first I tried emailing sellers, guiding them through the "permitted buyers" process - then gave up & changed my country of registration to the USA.

I still live in Toronto, though.

Frank
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic

Post Number: 2110
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:56 pm:   Edit Post

Hi Frank!

Paul TBO
yggdrasil
Member
Username: yggdrasil

Post Number: 67
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 1:34 pm:   Edit Post

back atcha Paul!

Trust all is well in Belgie!

Frank
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic

Post Number: 2111
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 3:21 pm:   Edit Post

Yo brother!

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