ash Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-TELECASTER-BASS-GUITAR-AND-HARD-CASE-SELLING-ON-BEHALF-OF-bereaved-WIFE/233944988643?hash=item3678353be3%3Ag%3AtqYAAOSwJLtgX1BM&LH_ItemCondition=3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 It’s not .... very convincing , is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 What’s even worse is that the guy sells guitars and gear. It got I check his previous listings he obviously knows what he’s doing, so this is a blatant attempt to defraud which is such a shame. Why bother disappointing someone for a few hundred quid...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 A sneaky attempt at a get-out: Quote IT SAYS FINDER TELECASTER and Quote THE PICKUP IN BIG IT SAYS FINDER ...so he's not actually saying it's a Fender. (except the title does say it and the pictures form part of the description.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: What’s even worse is that the guy sells guitars and gear. It got I check his previous listings he obviously knows what he’s doing, so this is a blatant attempt to defraud which is such a shame. Why bother disappointing someone for a few hundred quid...? And also I politely pointed out to him that it’s a later Squier. As yet he’s not sent an answer. I think trading off a bereavement is particularly loathsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Some of these sales of fakes are plain silly and sometimes genuinely misplaced faith... this is neither. The bloke has sold/is selling music gear and has had messages to point out it is not a Fender. However his description and caveats re. 'I know nothing' (done in best Fawlty Towers voice), show he is deliberately misleading; Finder / Fender? To add insult, using a bereavement just feels low! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I love the way he shouts the listing apart from the word in lower case 'bereaved'. Particularly poor photos too but says 'Fender' in title and 'Finder' in text?? I know the modern Squiers do not have the string through ferrules, did the earlier ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 I just had a message saying he will update the listing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Duly updated... it's defo NOT a FINDER though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 He's still calling it a Fender in the title, but has added a couple of semi-literate comments. Caveat emptor. Hopefully, people won't be fooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 He may Finder a return if the buyer finds out it's fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Is the difference between a Fender and a Squier's value known as a Finder's fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Normal Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 They always have an excuse that they didn't know what it was because they inherited it or they are selling it for a dead person....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I told him it was a squier, and did not look like an instrument that is minimum 40years old (discontinued in 1979) - it is anyway the wrong sunburst. He said “he didn’t know” and “would let buyers make up their own minds” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 The price is climbing someone will be very disappointed with their find(er). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 over £600 poor buyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, Aidan63 said: over £600 poor buyer Crikey - a case of a beraved wallet. However, we've now got another fake Fender in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 That is ridiculous! The seller has played the buyer like a fish, just hope the buyer gets wise and demands a refund through paypal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 49 minutes ago, warwickhunt said: That is ridiculous! The seller has played the buyer like a fish, just hope the buyer gets wise and demands a refund through paypal. Yes that is misrepresenting goods - guilty your honour. Hope they get their money back. The clever ploy of blurry photos and ‘ignorance’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 What a ripoff. Even the quickest glance at the machine heads shows it isn't a Fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 So are we allowed to name the miscreant here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 minute ago, alyctes said: So are we allowed to name the miscreant here? Surely this isn't a BCer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, warwickhunt said: Surely this isn't a BCer? Not what I meant, my error. Sorry. Is it legit, on BC, to name the ebay seller whose behaviour appears to be suspect? Because we (the BC membership) could do with an easily-checked list, IMO. Edited April 4, 2021 by alyctes clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I suppose it's not 'sporting' to have witch hunts for ebay tw4ts but flagging them on this part of the forum tends to show if there is a pattern of repeat offenders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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