Alembic Guitars Club

Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: BeenDown139 on July 30, 2023, 06:42:07 PM

Title: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: BeenDown139 on July 30, 2023, 06:42:07 PM
https://reverb.com/item/71856560-alembic-signature-standard-5

having just won a band audition with a simnilar model, i can tell ya this is the bass that will getcha just about any sound ya need if yer in a rock cover band.

not badly priced imho.  decked out with the essentials as far as im concerned.  somebody jump on this before it goes to flipsville
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: Jonny on July 30, 2023, 06:49:53 PM
https://reverb.com/item/71856560-alembic-signature-standard-5

having just won a band audition with a simnilar model, i can tell ya this is the bass that will getcha just about any sound ya need if yer in a rock cover band.

not badly priced imho.  decked out with the essentials as far as im concerned.  somebody jump on this before it goes to flipsville

That’s clearly a scam.
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: hammer on July 30, 2023, 08:54:22 PM
Extremely low price, nothing else listed on Wendy’s shop site, just joined Reverb this year. I’d stay away from this one unless residing in Seattle and able to play it in person.
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 31, 2023, 02:30:21 AM
Another one, very sus; https://reverb.com/item/71866539
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: BeenDown139 on July 31, 2023, 04:45:25 AM
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That’s clearly a scam

good call 🙄

must be a coven of female scammers in seattle 👯
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: edwardofhuncote on July 31, 2023, 05:03:01 AM
I wonder if they are hacked accounts, or accounts that are set up expressly for the play? I don't have much of a criminal mind, so I don't know how it would work. Obviously, I bet there is no physical Alembic to buy, so you PayPal the fake 'Reverb Shop' money, and they obviously can't send you what they don't have... so howzit go? They send you a greeting card congratulating you on getting dorked out of $5K? You file a fraud case with PayPal and fight it out? That MK bass is listed as "Sold", not "No Longer Available". So somebody is probably about to be having a bad day.


Looks like Reverb would have some interest in putting the kibosh on this kind of thing. It's got to be costing them credibility. I guess it's so rampant now they can't police it all.
Title: Re: nice signature 5-strnig jsut popped up on reverbbb
Post by: hammer on July 31, 2023, 02:54:47 PM
And if you click on Margaret's Gear Locker, you get a message "Account Disabled" (to which as a professional who works with people with disabilities, I take exception).


However, I do have to say that where ever they are getting their photos from, the person does a really nice job.