Another 'Faker on Ebay

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:54 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-70S-RICKENBACKER-4003-FIREGLO-COPY-CASE-NR_W0QQitemZ7341206427QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:10 pm

Has been on ebay as the real deal earlier...

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:12 pm

Yeah, this was up before a couple weeks ago. At least this time he slips in the word "copy" but since it's wearing a RIC truss rod cover, he's libel to get crunched by RIC legal. Let's see how long it takes for this to disappear.

poptones · Post by **poptones** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:42 pm

Wow, check that "completelyrubbishglo" thing it's got going on.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:46 pm

LOOK!! He's selling a $565.55 truss rod cover!!!.....

greg_mitchell · Post by **greg_mitchell** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:39 pm

Horrible paint job. He had that on a few weeks ago and several of us e-mailed him that he should take off the truss rod cover and not claim that it was a Rickenbacker. He has since added the word "copy" to the description. It still would be infringement to leave the TRC on it. I, too, bet he hears from RIC legal soon.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:36 pm

Notice he didn't change the description, about it being made in 1970, and the parts are RIC, RIC, RIC. I think it is, well, I won't use bad language here...

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:34 pm

Its expensive firewood

twangs · Post by **twangs** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:14 am

It's up to $666 (Anyone remember the Exorcist?)

Why would anyone plunk that much dough on a ****** copy when you can have the real thing for just a few bucks more?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:20 am

Possibly cohorts of the dood doin the sellin?

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:35 am

Sure looks like someone's shilling in that auction.

At least I hope so. I'd hate to think someone bought that junk when, like Tony said, the real deal wouldn't be much more.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:31 pm

We'll never know, because it has been PULLED!

Way to go, Ebay!

(and Rickenbacker Legal!)

m5yates · Post by **m5yates** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:40 pm

No shills - I was just teasing the seller. I knew the auction would get pulled in a day or two.