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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Serial Number / History Requests => Topic started by: ellacottf on October 20, 2006, 03:24:47 PM

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: ellacottf on October 20, 2006, 03:24:47 PM

Auction - Would like to check history

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: ellacottf on October 27, 2006, 07:18:56 AM

Any info yet. I want to find out before I send out money for it.
 
Thanks

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: adriaan on October 27, 2006, 07:40:15 AM

You'll have to be patient on this. The serial number indicates it's a 1996 Epic bass, and it has not been mentioned on the site before.

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: speicky on October 27, 2006, 09:20:00 AM

Hello, Fred,
 
please be sure that this Epic sixer really is in the hands of the seller. I do not say that there is anything fishy in this auction. However, I bid on this baby also and got FOUR second-chance offers since then. All seemed official, none was real in my opinion.
 
Before you are sending out money, you may want a photo of the bass with today's newspaper or something like that. All the best, take care.
 
Christian

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: dpb on October 27, 2006, 02:21:28 PM

Spoofers seem to be sending phony second chance bidders on all Alembic basses on eBay.  Official second chance offers only come through the eBay message part of your MyEbay page.  If it comes on your email, it is fake.

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: ellacottf on October 27, 2006, 04:43:17 PM

Yeah...I got some of those too. Sorta easy to spot the spoof...I WAS the winner of the auction and the fact that both say to contact the seller (different email addresses that the real seller)directly is also a pretty good tip off. I did get some new picts including several of the serial. Pretty sure the auction is legit.

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: valvil on October 27, 2006, 04:56:52 PM

Here's what we have:
 
1996 6 string long scale Epic bass
Vermillion top
mahogany body
maple neck
ebony fretboard
brass hardware
no previously registered owners
 
Sold through Guitar Center Dallas
 
Completed 4/23/1996
 
That's it
 
Valentino

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: speicky on October 28, 2006, 01:33:58 AM

...just one more tiny little issue...
 
welcome to the club, Fred !
 
Christian

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: olieoliver on October 28, 2006, 06:46:57 AM

I second that Christian, welcome Fred. And congrats on the bass.  
When you get the bass how about some pix in the showcase section.

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: speicky on November 01, 2006, 12:52:44 AM

item has been relisted by the seller... what happened ?
 
Christian

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: ellacottf on November 01, 2006, 03:42:06 AM

The original auction stated he accepted Paypal, when I payed using paypal, he said he didn't even have an account and wanted a MO or cashier's cheque.....but my paypal xfer went to an account and he was able to refund it. He has lousy feedback and I don't trust sending that kind of money any other way. I've been scammed before and won't let it happen again. I already have an Epic 5 and 3 Tobias Toby Pro 6's, so I'm not too disappointed. I HATE trying to deal with flakes.

Title: (x) 96W9855
Post by: speicky on November 01, 2006, 04:24:30 AM

Now that's bad, Fred... at least we know with whom NOT to deal anymore ;-) I have already posted a thread in the seen on eBay-section with a cross-reference to this thread.
 
all the best, Christian