Ebay Idiots

John_A

Just taken delivery of a Les Paul in a thin canvas gig bag with an address label on the front, no padding at all.  Surprisingly in one piece, but with a few nasty dings.  Some people!

guitarfishbay

Natural relic.


Though that is pretty rubbish.

lasermonkey

My nephew bought an Epi Black Beauty off eBay some time ago and it arrived wrapped in a couple of black bin liners. And nothing else. How it survived, I don't know.

Elwood

On the plus side, you should be able to get a decent discount or get eBay to sort return postage.

thermionic

It's like the "taking a bike on an airplane" dichotomy. Forget fancy protective cases, do the bare minimum of wrapping in thin plastic film and it will be obvious it's a bike/guitar so unlikely to be thrown about.

designerseye88

guitarfishbay said:

Natural relic.


Though that is pretty rubbish.

I hear Tom Murphy is actually the code given to Gibson staff not to bother wrapping the guitar for shipment. It's how they get it so authentic.

jonnyburgo

I had a strat delivered wrapped on a bin liner, I let out a squeaky fart when I saw it. Luckily/amazingly it was perfect.

Gizmo

I had a mockingbird delivered wrapped in just 2 bin liners & the carrier was ParcelForce! lol

Even the delivery driver said as he handed it over, with a look of horror on he's face, errr that's not been packed well & I doubt it's survived intact are you sure you want to sign for it......

strangely it didn't even have a mark on it  anywhere despite the lower horn having broken the plastic!

metal guitar gods must have been watching over it that day or it must have been used in some satanic ritual at some point

John_A

This was Parcelforce too.  To be fair it's not trashed, but such a shame that it's taken a few knocks due to someone's stupidity.

John_A

The seller's response 'I told the courier to be extra careful because it s a guitar. I can t control what he does with it once it s out of my hands.'

Moominpapa

John_A said:

The seller's response 'I told the courier to be extra careful because it s a guitar. I can t control what he does with it once it s out of my hands.'

Words fail me.

TTony

John_A said:

The seller's response 'I told the courier to be extra careful because it s a guitar. I can t control what he does with it once it s out of my hands.'

He'll be on here later complaining about how picky ebay buyers are, and how eBay sides with the completely unreasonable buyers who've got no real grounds for complaining.  Plus he's now had to give a complete refund *and* pay the return shipping cost, so he's never going to sell anything on eBay ever again.

Oh, and couriers ... don't get him started on couriers.  He gave something to the courier and told him what it was, so be careful.  You'll never guess what happened next  ... the courier he gave it to just dumped it in a depot, where some complete stranger loaded it onto a massive truck full of really heavy dangerous parcels that were bumping into his guitar parcel, and drove it halfway across the country, where it was offloaded onto a conveyor belt, bounced up and down, dropped into a sorting bin, and then loaded onto another van driven by another complete stranger, who raced around trying to get everything delivered on schedule.  So the guitar got bumped and bashed all over again. 

 And all after he told the original guy to be careful too because it was a guitar.  Jeez.  Couriers - never using them again either.

Elwood

John_A said:

The seller's response 'I told the courier to be extra careful because it s a guitar. I can t control what he does with it once it s out of my hands.'

Are you going to return it or go for a discount on it?

John_A

A helpful update from my friendly seller who obviously thinks Parcelforce personally collect things and then drive them carefully all the way to the destination.

"Its not a glass vase it s a guitar in a case. I don t know what he did with it. If I d have driven to you myself in a van I could do it without damaging it. He was 6 hours late, picked it up and smashed it around. Nothing I can do about it"

Roland

TTony said:

He'll be on here later complaining ...

You’ve really cheered me up. I’ve spent all day thinking that my forum postings are too cynical. Then Tony pops up to make me feel at home. 

proggy

lasermonkey said:

My nephew bought an Epi Black Beauty off eBay some time ago and it arrived wrapped in a couple of black bin liners. And nothing else. How it survived, I don't know.

Don't all Epiphones come in bin liners?

John_A

Elwood said:

John_A said:

The seller's response 'I told the courier to be extra careful because it s a guitar. I can t control what he does with it once it s out of my hands.'

Are you going to return it or go for a discount on it?

Who knows?  doesn't look like he's budging so it looks like I'll have to go through ebay to return it and give him a free guitar box

guitarfishbay

John_A said:

A helpful update from my friendly seller who obviously thinks Parcelforce personally collect things and then drive them carefully all the way to the destination.

"Its not a glass vase it s a guitar in a case. I don t know what he did with it. If I d have driven to you myself in a van I could do it without damaging it. He was 6 hours late, picked it up and smashed it around. Nothing I can do about it"

I hope he remembered to insure it.  In which case he can claim since he booked it.

midlifecrisis

if it makes you feel better, a couple of years ago i bought a well used and battered cheap squier (about £70) was in a nice anderton padded gigbag, and covered in enough bubble wrap to cover California, then covered in tough black plastic which was covered with handle with care labels. you could have thrown this thing off the eifel tower and it would have bounced back up. took me nearly three weeks to cut through and open it.   Now thats how you pack a guitar

John_A

guitarfishbay said:

John_A said:

A helpful update from my friendly seller who obviously thinks Parcelforce personally collect things and then drive them carefully all the way to the destination.

"Its not a glass vase it s a guitar in a case. I don t know what he did with it. If I d have driven to you myself in a van I could do it without damaging it. He was 6 hours late, picked it up and smashed it around. Nothing I can do about it"

I hope he remembered to insure it.  In which case he can claim since he booked it.

First thing the courier would do is ask to see the packaging, they would never pay out in a million years

xpia98jf

“Nothing I can do about it"

No and there’s nothing he’ll be able to do about EBay refunding your money and making him take the guitar back.