( . )( . )
Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2018
- Messages
- 84
- Reaction score
- 155
I posted this over on TGP as well...so I apologize if you’ve already read it.
I’ll try to make a long story as sort as I can...this sounds fake, but it’s 100% true.
My gf’s father fell victim to one of those Indian call center scams - the one where they say someone has been using his identity to commit crimes, and he has to pay them to clear his name.
He’s pretty old, and kind of a hermit, so all the red flags didn’t register with him. Anyway, he came by the house on Saturday, and explained that he had overnighted cash to a FedEx location at a Walgreens in Washington DC the night before.
When he told us that it was for $15,000, my gf and I of course freaked out. I got all of the information, contacted FedEx, the Walgreens, and local and DC law enforcement. After a few hours on the phone, I was told that the package was still there.
So I jumped in the car with my “stepfather” and drove 5 hours to DC. Amazingly, we recovered the money, and if the person who it was shipped to ever tries to claim the package, let’s just say, they’ll have a really bad day.
Anyway, I had had my eye on a $600 white LP Studio Deluxe on CL for the last few weeks. I had told my stepfather about it during the course of our 10 hour round-trip, and I showed him the listing while we were gassing up at one point.
The next day, my stepfather shows up at my house with the freaking guitar. Needless to say, I was shocked, but he insisted that it was the least he could do.
The guitar has a lot of wear, a broken 3-way, and was absolutely filthy. I spent Sunday cleaning it for 3 hours, then took it to my local guitar guy for fret work, a toggle switch, a few top hats, set-up, etc. today.
Here’s a pic - I only snapped one shot of it before I took it to the shop (I have all the parts not shown). I’ll update when I get the guitar back:
I’ll try to make a long story as sort as I can...this sounds fake, but it’s 100% true.
My gf’s father fell victim to one of those Indian call center scams - the one where they say someone has been using his identity to commit crimes, and he has to pay them to clear his name.
He’s pretty old, and kind of a hermit, so all the red flags didn’t register with him. Anyway, he came by the house on Saturday, and explained that he had overnighted cash to a FedEx location at a Walgreens in Washington DC the night before.
When he told us that it was for $15,000, my gf and I of course freaked out. I got all of the information, contacted FedEx, the Walgreens, and local and DC law enforcement. After a few hours on the phone, I was told that the package was still there.
So I jumped in the car with my “stepfather” and drove 5 hours to DC. Amazingly, we recovered the money, and if the person who it was shipped to ever tries to claim the package, let’s just say, they’ll have a really bad day.
Anyway, I had had my eye on a $600 white LP Studio Deluxe on CL for the last few weeks. I had told my stepfather about it during the course of our 10 hour round-trip, and I showed him the listing while we were gassing up at one point.
The next day, my stepfather shows up at my house with the freaking guitar. Needless to say, I was shocked, but he insisted that it was the least he could do.
The guitar has a lot of wear, a broken 3-way, and was absolutely filthy. I spent Sunday cleaning it for 3 hours, then took it to my local guitar guy for fret work, a toggle switch, a few top hats, set-up, etc. today.
Here’s a pic - I only snapped one shot of it before I took it to the shop (I have all the parts not shown). I’ll update when I get the guitar back:
