Another Faker on Ebay

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:01 pm

I just saw a post on the dudepit from a guy who bought this bass and _then_ decided to figure out if it was the read deal:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7372446511&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:06 pm

Geez, I don't know what to make of that auction. Sad to use a description like that to sell a bass.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:11 pm

There's another auction for I think a 360 with a dead dad
being the reason for sale. Thing is that the description is
very odd.....

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:39 pm

Not the real deal, Single truss rod, fretboard is too dark, bolt-on neck, he put a serial number in the description, but that was obviously a lie...not to mention it says "WESTWOOD" right on the headstock!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:09 pm

His name was Westwood, but the guitar is Waste Wood.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:18 pm

Chalk that one up to eBay- we marked this for deletion and they never got around to it.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:29 am

You can't get more fraudulant..fraud guitar, fraud reasoning to sell...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:58 am

Did anyone email the unfortunate guy ?

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:30 am

He posted over on dudepit. Turns out that he hadn't paid for the auction yet, so he narrowly avoided a huge disappointment.

edski · Post by **edski** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:57 am

I thought I saw someone ask over at the 'pit about bidding. No link, however, but from the description I had to say it sounded fake.

And in the words of Freddie Mercury: Now I know, now I know...

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:01 pm

That's the fakest faker I've ever seen. I hope he did not send $$.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:01 pm

Well, you see, it's a, um, a . . . uh . . . a Rickenbacker 4001 Westwood special edition! Yeah! You've never heard of it because they only ever made a few and they never advertised them and they're super-rare . . . and come on, my dad died, so you'd better buy it or you'll be an insensitive *******!\

Ugh . . . I hate that SO MUCH.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:17 pm

'Westwood'... I remember seeing that brand name on a Jazz Bass copy back in 1982 at a local store. So, Westwood is indeed a brand, not someone's name.

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:29 pm

Take a look at this one on Ebay France. It definitely is a Cimar. And too bad the seller has way too little command over the English language...

http://cgi.ebay.fr/rickenbacker-4001-nacked_W0QQitemZ7354101273QQcategoryZ92204QQcmdZViewItem

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:15 pm

Single TR and the routs don't look right.