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Old 09-09-2017, 04:37 PM
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Default Yeah, this auction doesn't look sketchy...

...at all!

Yikes.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1941-Gibson-G...gAAOSw81dZtFN8
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Old 09-09-2017, 05:29 PM
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Haha, check the description. He expects you to bid the amount he wants, 1000 usd. Other bids will be removed
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Old 09-09-2017, 05:35 PM
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Yeah that reeks of bad news.
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Old 09-09-2017, 05:40 PM
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Doesn't seem real. Scam?
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Old 09-09-2017, 05:48 PM
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I'm interested in the sellers D45 going for 80 cents with one bid
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Old 09-09-2017, 05:53 PM
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If he only wants buy it now, why not use eBay buy it now? Surprised eBay hasnt shut this down.
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Old 09-09-2017, 06:26 PM
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Whoever this is, hacks accounts and creates listings with previously used pictures. They post about 20 a week. I used to report constantly, but gave up. They all have the same thing in the description and when you look at the sellers other items, they're generally completely unrelated to guitars.
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Old 09-09-2017, 06:40 PM
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How does the seller achieve 100% rating?
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Old 09-09-2017, 06:48 PM
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I Just bid $20 must to mess with him.
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Old 09-09-2017, 06:55 PM
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Yeah what a ripoff. Says that shipping is included with the price and yet it says $15 shipping.
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Old 09-09-2017, 06:58 PM
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How does the seller achieve 100% rating?
They're somehow hacking existing good-standing accounts. I think they target high volume listers. If you actually reply through ebay messaging and ask about the guitar, they'd probably reply "what guitar?"
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Old 09-09-2017, 07:16 PM
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Same scam listings have been coming up on ebay over the past few weeks.
Same pictures, same contact info and same unrealistic low postage on every single item.
Only the seller name varies.
Report it asap.
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I looked at their eBay store because they have a lot of positive feedback marks.

All their items are designer brand name items, listed as brand new, from companies that do not sell through eBay.

The listings are written in broken English.

Obviously a counterfeit merchandise storefront, operating at a relative's house in the US.

Most likely sourced from a foreign country that embraces and encourages counterfeit products, copyright infringement and intellectual property theft. Perhaps a country so committed to fraud that there are entire malls of designer fakes.

hmmmm...
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Old 09-10-2017, 06:46 AM
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The auction has been removed.
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Old 09-10-2017, 07:00 AM
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The auction has been removed.
Did you win?
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