The Ebay "Fraudulant" Listing Thread!

[Skit]

I take the pics from the fleabay ad along with the link and send it off to Gibson. They send me back a confirmation that said guitar is a counterfeit. I also place a good size bid so I can win the auction if the ad stays up. Gibson always forwards the email to their legal department. Lately the sales ads have been taken down within a day or two so Gibson might be a bit more diligent in going after Chibson sellers on fleabay.

That ad is now gone.

 

[Margaret Rome]

...Association of Fraud Examiners?

 

[Merkin]

This was a tough one to spot (ahem)

Gibson les paul custom guitar | eBay

<p>gibson les paul custom guitar. Condition is Used.lovely clean sounding with the bigsby tremolo plus the full Wilkinson pickups and jade green tunning pegs in a lovely sandy sun burst body face and dart mahogany back and neck fret board is mother of Pearl in layed and tone pot covers offers...

www.ebay.co.uk

The seller also has a 'Fender'Tele, with a fine photo of the Squier neckplate...

Genius

 

[scrumm21]

This was a tough one to spot (ahem)

Genius

..that Headstock !!!!!

 

[The_Nuge]

That Lester is wonderful indeed

 

[ajory72]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GIBSON-Les-Paul-Electric-Guitar-Lemon-Drop-The-Neck-Is-Straight-Used-Japan-F-S/184215249482?hash=item2ae415a24a:g:DGUAAOSwvNpecT7k

Sigh - body too thin, pickup rings are Epi style, truss rod cover wrong, headstock angle too shallow, headstock logo wrong for model... its a heady list.. Not reported yet but will do so when i remember my ebay password...!

 

[cmjohnson]

Suddenly I'm seeing huge numbers of new LPs being offered on ebay from Japan. Suspicious. And some of them definitely don't look like Gibson workmanship standards.

This one for example. It's just WRONG to me, but it's hard to pin down a specific reason. Even the bridge studs appear to be the right size, but I wouldn't trust that it's authentic. I would not buy it without a far more detailed inspection.

Gibson Les Paul Standard HCS T 2016 Sunburst Electric Guitar Free Shipping | eBay

Accessories : Hard Case.

www.ebay.com

 

[rockstar232007]

Suddenly I'm seeing huge numbers of new LPs being offered on ebay from Japan. Suspicious. And some of them definitely don't look like Gibson workmanship standards.

This one for example. It's just WRONG to me, but it's hard to pin down a specific reason. Even the bridge studs appear to be the right size, but I wouldn't trust that it's authentic. I would not buy it without a far more detailed inspection.

Gibson Les Paul Standard HCS T 2016 Sunburst Electric Guitar Free Shipping | eBay

Accessories : Hard Case.

www.ebay.com

Legit.

 

[paruwi]

Legit.

the guitar might be - the seller is not

the seller doesn't own much of the more than 6000 items he's offering

spp-international

 

[rockstar232007]

the guitar might be - the seller is not

the seller doesn't own much of the more than 6000 items he's offering

Yeah.

 

[cmjohnson]

Ah. So...basically he's just a dealer who's taking orders via ebay and having the guitar drop shipped to your door. Isn't that a violation of Gibson's sales policies?

Plus you'd never get the exact guitar pictured in the listing.

 

[lpfan1980]

Ive bought some lovely fiddles on the E-BAY but Ive been ripped off to CAVEAT EMPTOR-good Roman advice.

 

[larryguitar]

Ah. So...basically he's just a dealer who's taking orders via ebay and having the guitar drop shipped to your door. Isn't that a violation of Gibson's sales policies?

Plus you'd never get the exact guitar pictured in the listing.

Lots of Ebay sellers in Japan are using listings by the dealers who *actually* own the guitar, and will attempt to purchase it and send it to you if you win their auction. A quick look at their reviews shows a lot of 'dealer said the guitar was no longer available' comments.

It would be far better if these folks simply advertised their services as purchasing/shipping agents, and were upfront about what they're really offering.

Larry

 

[cmjohnson]

Right, like if I were to work out an arrangement with the local Porsche dealer and try to sell their new 911s on line. Take a little off the top for myself. Brokering. (The local dealer would politely tell me to go pound sand and hand me the hammer to pound it with.)

 

[Barnaby]

I live in Tokyo. An interesting thing about that guitar is that when I clicked on the listing, it said "Does not ship to Japan."

It might be a real one but it bothers me too, as it looks "off" to my eye as well. The serial number is also odd. All 0, 1 and 6. What are the odds? It's almost as if those were the only number stamps the maker had to hand.