Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: edwin on November 26, 2012, 11:33:47 PM

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: edwin on November 26, 2012, 11:33:47 PM

$1k for a Series II 5 string? I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but something tells me it would never show up.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121029768319 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121029768319)

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: edwin on November 26, 2012, 11:34:34 PM

And it shows up again!
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400347672388 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400347672388)

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: keith_h on November 27, 2012, 04:38:26 AM

Hijacked accounts I suspect. As soon as I saw the Contact me first I said fraud.  
 
Keith

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: hammer on November 27, 2012, 08:42:03 AM

I love it. This bass has got to be referred to the people who administer the Guinness Book of world Records as the Bass that has been most used in an attempt to scam people. It pops up at least 6-8 times a year on EBay.  I hate to be the guy or gal who really owns this bass. By now I would think that it would be impossible to sell via either EBay or Craigslist if the same or a similar photo was used.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: hammer on November 27, 2012, 08:50:49 AM

What's even more funny is that if you follow the links to the site that was hijacked, it turns out that it sells cookie jars and Christmas ornaments. I figure I'd need a pretty big tree on which to hang a long-scale Series bass.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: dannobasso on November 27, 2012, 09:04:44 AM

I missed out on this one from the original owner. It was one of two I regret that got away.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: hifiguy on November 27, 2012, 09:51:38 AM

A longscale Series bass could BE the tree.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: klinkepeter on November 27, 2012, 11:09:27 PM

it has been removed

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: hammer on December 04, 2012, 10:39:03 AM

It's up again....and again....and again....and again.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: hammer on December 04, 2012, 10:40:34 AM

Sorry about forgetting the link but not much has changed other than the account they are using.  
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Series-II-bass-guitar-PRISTINE-AND-STUNNING-/121033533774?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1c2e29294e (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alembic-Series-II-bass-guitar-PRISTINE-AND-STUNNING-/121033533774?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1c2e29294e)

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: keith_h on December 04, 2012, 11:20:37 AM

Whoever has hijacked the account seems to like the $12.95 for a price.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: pasewark on December 04, 2012, 11:26:24 AM

LOL -> Please contact me before you bid, I'd like to explain my terms of sale BTW - Who's bass is that really?

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: pasewark on December 04, 2012, 11:27:19 AM

LOL -> Please contact me before you bid, I'd like to explain my terms of sale BTW - Who's bass is that really? Anyone on the forum?

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: 12stringwilson on December 04, 2012, 12:00:41 PM

The fellow has expanded his inventory.....
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ritter-Jupiter-Eye-Of-Horus-Jupiter-Bass-Phil-Lesh-/121033533460?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c2e292814 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ritter-Jupiter-Eye-Of-Horus-Jupiter-Bass-Phil-Lesh-/121033533460?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c2e292814)
 
I love the categories of goods he is selling down the left side of the screen. All of the musical instruments can be found under Other. This guy needs to be banned from the site.

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: jix on December 13, 2012, 11:55:02 AM

Hi All,
 
Looks like the Series 2 is back yet again....  
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-Series-II-bass-guitar-PRISTINE-AND-STUNNING-/380536161644?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5899b9056c (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-Series-II-bass-guitar-PRISTINE-AND-STUNNING-/380536161644?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5899b9056c)

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: artswork99 on December 13, 2012, 12:28:52 PM

Unbelievable that this hack cracks so many accounts.  Maybe results of... successful email phishing ??  public computer snooping ??  worms that collect keyboard entries from the browser ?? :-(  an unusual group of things that we need to defend against.  Too bad these disruptive energies aren't used in more constructive manners.
 
(Message edited by artswork99 on December 13, 2012)

Title: This bass looks familiar. I call bogus.
Post by: sjhoffma on December 13, 2012, 02:27:35 PM

Maybe its actually his bass lol. Would certainly eliminate the chance of a board member coming forth and saying hey, thats my bass, and my living room!