eBayer carefully not using the word Fender

fretmeister

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Precision-Bass-/262989957377?hash=item3d3b6c4901:g:rBsAAOSw42JZHCx3

Thats an Encore.

The serial number has been added with a hammer, and the number is not in the database.

guitars4you

he has the bridge well set up for intonation - precision engineering eh !

TheMarlin

Reported. 

fretmeister

Other have asked him about it - he claims it has been set up by a pro!

ha hahahahahahahahaha 

WezV

fretmeister said:

Other have asked him about it - he claims it has been set up by a pro!

ha hahahahahahahahaha 

They may be a pro, but I don't think they have seen a guitar before

guitars4you

fretmeister said:

Other have asked him about it - he claims it has been set up by a pro!

ha hahahahahahahahaha 

most women in that trade probably can't set up a bass

fretmeister

TheMarlin said:

Reported. 

I did too.

Still there though.

bbill335

Who the hell is dumb/trolling enough to bid on that thing?

Funkfingers

I sent the vendor a question. I asked why the item has a "Made In U.S.A." headstock decal but Korean hardware?

Whoever has been dumb enough to bid ten times what the thing is worth will be saved from his or her own gullibility when eBay pulls the plug on the auction.

Funkfingers

Here's the verbatim reply.

"I'm sorry I don't know. I bought it on eBay about 10 years ago and I've not done anything to it since. All I know is that it sounds great and plays well."

Bridgehouse

guitars4you said:

fretmeister said:

Other have asked him about it - he claims it has been set up by a pro!

ha hahahahahahahahaha 

most women in that trade probably can't set up a bass

Probably?

tut tut.

Legionreturns

Funkfingers said:

Here's the verbatim reply.

"I'm sorry I don't know. I bought it on eBay about 10 years ago and I've not done anything to it since. All I know is that it sounds great and plays well."

He's been playing air guitar...

fandango

Since when did Fender start stamping serial numbers on the metal neck/body plate? Exactly. It's got "fake" seeped into every pore.

Panama_Jack666

Reported

Funkfingers

fandango said:

Since when did Fender start stamping serial numbers on the metal neck/body plate? 

1951 - Precision Bass
1954 - Stratocaster
1958 - Jazzmaster

Blah, blah.

DLM

eBay nick rang a bell

https://www.bandmix.co.uk/strummer_uk/

email address and location check out

hotpickups

fretmeister said:

Other have asked him about it - he claims it has been set up by a pro!

ha hahahahahahahahaha 

Someone's gonna be set up ;(

Gagaryn

I asked him to pull the ad and re-advertise accurately...

Funkfingers

Let's face it. There are three basic explanations.

1. The vendor is extremely naïve - having been thoroughly duped by a previous owner of the offending instrument.
2. The vendor KNOWS FULL WELL that he is guilty of counterfeiting. 
3. Both of the above.

It is faintly possible that the vendor is sufficiently intellectually challenged to imagine that, if the "F" word does not appear in the eBay listing text copy, no actionable deception has occurred.

The eBay reporting, Feedback and Buyer Protection systems should take care of the matter. On the other hand, the situation should not have arisen in the first place. The more frequently scams occur, the higher seller fees become.

wackojacko

........And the item has been removed. Either the seller has read this thread or eBay got him to pull it. 

DLM

Funkfingers said:

It is faintly possible that the vendor is sufficiently intellectually challenged to imagine that, if the "F" word does not appear in the eBay listing text copy, no actionable deception has occurred.

If so, the Dissernet will have a field day with his academic and professional qualifications.