Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => For Sale & Trade => Topic started by: kungfusheriff on November 04, 2004, 04:22:57 PM

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: kungfusheriff on November 04, 2004, 04:22:57 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 (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 (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?

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: hollis on November 04, 2004, 04:48:10 PM

Man, good snag!  What are the odds!  Alembic making two identical basses with the same serial number!  Again, good snag!

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: bsee on November 04, 2004, 05:44:11 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.

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: malthumb on November 04, 2004, 08:30:43 PM

Let's see......
 
New eBay ID.....zero feedback.......doesn't use Paypal........
 
Yeah, I think I'll bid on that one.
 
Peace,
 
James

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: pas on November 05, 2004, 05:46:18 PM

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

Title: Whaddya think of this?
Post by: pace on November 06, 2004, 05:27:48 AM

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