PURPOLARIS Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 (edited) Hello to everyone from a newbie. I still bid on it to see if he was for real. I've won but not heard from him, surprise surprise. Told him he was a conman and I was leaving negative feedback. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150251308094&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...N:IT&ih=005[/url] Edited May 31, 2008 by PURPOLARIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I would'nt have touched it with a barge pole. you cant fault him for the description. he said it was rubbish. i dont think you can leave negative feedback now though. reprt him to ebay iif you dont get the goods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURPOLARIS Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='beerdragon' post='210218' date='May 31 2008, 06:43 PM']I would'nt have touched it with a barge pole. you cant fault him for the description. he said it was rubbish. i dont think you can leave negative feedback now though. reprt him to ebay iif you dont get the goods.[/quote] Did you look at the ad ? I'm not bothered about the guitar and amp, I've bought and sold plenty of them on Ebay. It's the description and the fact that at the bottom of it in tiny writing he's put "This is just the book from the fender kit and not the whole guitar pack". Have a look at the size of the description font and then look at the font for the above line. He was obviously trying to con someone into thinking they were getting the guitar and amp but it was only for the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 So why buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURPOLARIS Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 To stop someone else getting ripped off. I only noticed it myself after I'd put my first bid in. Obviously he won't be getting sent any money for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 You sure taught him a lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='PURPOLARIS' post='210219' date='May 31 2008, 06:49 PM']Did you look at the ad ? I'm not bothered about the guitar and amp, I've bought and sold plenty of them on Ebay. It's the description and the fact that at the bottom of it in tiny writing he's put "This is just the book from the fender kit and not the whole guitar pack". Have a look at the size of the description font and then look at the font for the above line. He was obviously trying to con someone into thinking they were getting the guitar and amp but it was only for the book.[/quote] I read the ad but missed the small print. i still would'nt have paid £37 for the guitar pack going by is description. wht didn't you report him instead of bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Umm... I'm trying to sympathise, but... Put eBay down and walk away slowly. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Seeing as how ebay make it difficult to alert bidders and do little if anything to stop blatent scams, it seems a reasonable enough thing to do. As long as ebay don't give you too much grief if he files a non paying bidder report... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [size=1]This is just the book from the fender kit and not the whole guitar pack[/size] Basschat doesn't do a font as small. A tad naughty I'd say, but [i]Caveat emptor [/i]or some such b0ll0x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I don't see what the OP is getting at. The item for sale is described, and the small print refers to the image, to avoid confusion with the original packaging, which presumably no longer exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='210251' date='May 31 2008, 09:18 PM']I don't see what the OP is getting at. The item for sale is described, and the small print refers to the image, to avoid confusion with the original packaging, which presumably no longer exists.[/quote] So the small print doesn't refer to what he is actually selling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Either way - I love the idea of buying in protest. I can now justify my online pornography subscriptions to my missus. "But Darling, they were depicting women as worthless sex objects". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='210259' date='May 31 2008, 09:30 PM']Either way - I love the idea of buying in protest. I can now justify my online pornography subscriptions to my missus. "But Darling, they were depicting women as worthless sex objects".[/quote] It's 9.32 on a Saturday night, and instead of being out gigging with a band I'm stuck indoors on my bl00dy computer, but I can always count on BBC to raise a smile - albeit in a [i]'oh no he didn't' [/i]kind of way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 i can see what the OP is getting at but i dont know if i would have gone as far as bidding on the item "to stop someone else getting ripped off" and then start a thread about it on BC. This sort of thing is pretty common though isnt it, so if someone gets scammed by it then let it be a lesson to them. If someone was to get scammed £37 for a book when they thought they were getting a guitar starter pack then it's not the end of the world. The fact the seller has "0" feedback would alert anyone with any kind of common sense to take a closer look at the listing and if it was expensive then you should get in contact with the seller directly anyway to possibly create some sort of rapport just for the sake of piece of mind. this is just another example of why i avoid ebay as much as i avoid trapping my nob in my flys after i take a piss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='210263' date='May 31 2008, 09:34 PM']this is just another example of why i avoid ebay as much as i avoid trapping my nob in my flys after i take a piss[/quote] you don't drink much then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='210266' date='May 31 2008, 09:38 PM']you don't drink much then [/quote] Quite the opposite…the problem is that I drink too often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='210268' date='May 31 2008, 09:44 PM']Quite the opposite…the problem is that I drink too often [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='210256' date='May 31 2008, 09:27 PM']So the small print doesn't refer to what he is actually selling? [/quote] No it doesn't - he says he is selling a 6 string guitar, and he describes the condition of a guitar, not a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PURPOLARIS Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 Exactly my point, he goes on to describe the guitar and amp and then sticks in the bit at end about the book. Wannabe conman - end of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnbass Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='210259' date='May 31 2008, 09:30 PM']Either way - I love the idea of buying in protest. I can now justify my online pornography subscriptions to my missus. "But Darling, they were depicting women as worthless sex objects".[/quote] Sheer genius... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 [quote]worthless[/quote] I aspire to be some woman's 'worthless' sex object Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='210386' date='Jun 1 2008, 05:40 AM'] I aspire to be some woman's 'worthless' sex object [/quote] A more likely result is to end up being a 'worthless woman's' sex object ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 [quote]A more likely result is to end up being a 'worthless woman's' sex object ...[/quote] There's good in all people, and I'm not looking for marriage Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 To me it just looks like he's copied someone else's review off harmony central. and as for the small print at the bottom, the photo doesn't look like a book to me, i think he was trying to scam someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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