bobunit Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Hello everyone. I am a user of the Talkbass.com forum and a resident of the United States. I wish I were here under better circumstances... Recently, there was a listing on Craigslist London for a Zon bass that I fell for and got scammed. Here in the states, Craigslist is commonly used, but from what I now understand it is mostly scams on Craigslist UK. Do you find this to be true? Here is a screen shot of the ad: [IMG]http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo82/bobunit9/Basses/Zon/ScreenShot2014-06-02at25519PM_zps0dcea5aa.png[/IMG] I believe this to be the original ad on gumtree: [IMG]http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo82/bobunit9/ScreenShot2014-07-07at11041PM_zpsf560c664.png[/IMG] If anyone has come in contact with this seller or recognizes this bass, any help would be appreciated. Now, a little about me. I've been playing for many years, since I was 17. I've played many basses including Ibanez, Musicman and Spector, but my basses of choice these days are Zon. I have 4, 3 of which are fretless. That's about it. Cheers, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Just been reading your post on TB, what a sorry tale. Welcome to Bass chat. Really hope someone will be able to assist you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear of this - I hope, as Gary does, that someone here can help in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Hi and welcome. Never been on Talkbass but hopefully this is all we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Hi and welcome, bad luck on the scam. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 nasty scam - karma will deal with them there was a nice [b][url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/234445-zon-sonus-tj5/"]sonus [/url][/b]on here back in april who knows, the elusive hyperbass may yet turn up on the sale forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Bob, didn't you say over on Talk Bass that the seller was supposedly in Penzance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Welcome, Bob. I hope you get sorted out. bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobunit Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1405021747' post='2498069'] Bob, didn't you say over on Talk Bass that the seller was supposedly in Penzance? [/quote]Yes I did. Someone suggested he may be a pirate. It made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Hello bobunit, Welcome to the forum and like everyone else, I'm really sorry to hear about that scam I hope you can sort something Did you use a credit card to pay for it? If so, I'm sure your credit card company would sort it and refund you That's certainly the case here in the UK, as far as I'm aware Never used Craigslist before, so I've no experience of them I've bought quite a bit of Second-hand gear from people on this very forum and I've made some great purchases, and been extremely happy to deal with everyone Of course, that's more difficult for you being in the US but I hope everyone you meet on here can help in some way.... Please let us know how you get on, and good luck Cheers Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulit17 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 [quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1405074051' post='2498535'] I hope you can sort something Did you use a credit card to pay for it? If so, I'm sure your credit card company would sort it and refund you That's certainly the case here in the UK, as far as I'm aware [/quote] he used a bank wire transfer - a full account on what transpired is here: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/man-im-dumb-i-got-scammed.1088355/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/man-im-dumb-i-got-scammed.1088355/[/url] truely is a significant loss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie9 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Someone's already mentioned Karma so hopefully what comes around goes around the scammer!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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