Hello! Wish I would have joined sooner.

[bobunit]

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

[gary mac]

Just been reading your post on TB, what a sorry tale.

Welcome to Bass chat.

Really hope someone will be able to assist you.

[discreet]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear of this - I hope, as Gary does, that someone here can help in some way.

[mep]

Hi and welcome. Never been on Talkbass but hopefully this is all we need.

[madshadows]

Hi and welcome, bad luck on the scam.

John

[steve-bbb]

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

[gary mac]

Bob, didn't you say over on Talk Bass that the seller was supposedly in Penzance?

[BassTractor]

Welcome, Bob.

I hope you get sorted out.

bert

[bobunit]

[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.

[Marc S]

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

[kulit17]

[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!

[Westie9]

Someone's already mentioned Karma so hopefully what comes around goes around the scammer!!!