Vintage Gibson LP on ebay

tony99

Gotta be worth a flutter no?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-1960-Gibson-Les-Paul-Custom-Black-Beauty/174326514915?hash=item2896ab84e3:g:yMQAAOSwatVe8g7v

gringopig

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mikeyrob73

Zero positive feedback rings my alarm bells straight away 

steer clear 

duotone

Avoid!

digtheditch

The text and pictures from the Les Paul were used in a Gumtree scam back in Februaury. Then the guitar was in Shetland. 

ICBM

gringopig said:

Well, no. This has all the signs of a scam. The seller has 2 items for sale, both highly desirable and auction only at such a low price that it would attract bargain hunters blinded by such an attractive prospect at such a low auction price.
The account has had no recent history and past feedback from totally unrelated sellers. Megafancydress?

No history of selling musical equipment and 2 sets of photographs posted within 5 minutes with differing backdrops. Nothing to suggest they are from the same source. 3 photos of one and only 1 of the other.

Avoid.

And a suspiciously similar number of bids from "buyers" who seem curiously willing to piss about raising the price of multi-thousand-pound guitars by a tenner or two at a go...

More red flags than a Chinese People's Liberation Army parade.

Arktik83

Hopefully those shill bidding top hats will just end up with having to have an awkward conversation with eBay about how they're not able to pay for the item they've just won.  Can always say their kid placed a bid at the last minute, had a few people trot out that line to me when it comes payment day.

LPManic

Yep I “won” a R8 on eBay last month for €1,350.

Knew it was dodgy as seller had no feedback and no ratings. Also was able to google image search photos and even eBay description. 

Still was nice to dream for a second I was getting a cheap R8!!

Arktik83

LPManic said:

Yep I “won” a R8 on eBay last month for €1,350.

Knew it was dodgy as seller had no feedback and no ratings. Also was able to google image search photos and even eBay description. 

Still was nice to dream for a second I was getting a cheap R8!!

What happened?  Did they cancel the transaction there end or did they string you along?

LPManic

Arktik83 said:

LPManic said:

Yep I “won” a R8 on eBay last month for €1,350.

Knew it was dodgy as seller had no feedback and no ratings. Also was able to google image search photos and even eBay description. 

Still was nice to dream for a second I was getting a cheap R8!!

What happened?  Did they cancel the transaction there end or did they string you along?

 Nothing happened. I won the listing and then messaged the seller twice but no reply.