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Fake Lemmy Ltd Edition?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:43 am
by 8mileshigh
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:48 am
by eatswodo
Looks like a hijacked auction to me.....
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:50 am
by dswp
The same thing happened to the guy selling the 4080 BG a while back.
Someone stole his whole EBAY add.
Would anyone here buy something from China anyway??
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:52 am
by atomic_punk
This is a scam, from the pictures to the description, its the same as the one in Germany. Ebay needs to delete it now!
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:16 am
by ken_swearingen
I just mailed him asking for the serial # and the # on the certificate.lets see him try to answer.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:19 am
by rickengeezer
Take a look at his feedback....10 ratings, all of them from "people" who are no longer registered users. Amazing...don't people need a credit card to register these days?
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:50 am
by marty
Good point Les.
I'm sure less than an hour ago he had zero feedback...now he has a score of 10 all of a sudden.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:17 am
by atomic_punk
Look at the items they "Bid On". Hilarious. All fake items, listings made up, nothing sold, and I'm sure no money changed hands. They should have a "REPORT A FRAUDULENT AUCTION" button on Ebay.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:05 am
by 80stingray
The current bidder needs to be informed.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:11 am
by ken_swearingen
That was me i tried to put in a bid of 5 million it wouldn't let me.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:19 am
by tvking
I was the guy with the 4080 that went to Dave. It definately hurt my auction and caused a slight rise in my blood pressure. I'm just glad that a fellow Ric member stepped up to the plate or I would have had to relist the bass and as we all know, they are then considered "damaged goods" for some reason.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:45 am
by cdaniel
This would seem to be a very popular item for fraud. Here's another one based on the original:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-4004-LK-Lemmy-Kilmister-Limited-Edition_W0QQitemZ7348777281QQcategoryZ41439QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The "seller's" feedback includes comments such as "Very good, speak the prestige very much".
Bid with con...fidence!
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:52 am
by atomic_punk
I guess they see what a real one goes for and want to rip people off as much as possible. I reported that auction, plus the other fraudulent "Feedback building" auctions to Ebay in the hopes their account is deleted.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:55 am
by throw_this_away
I saw the same thing with a fender bass a month back. One went on sale in the US and then someone in france posted an add with the same pictures.
Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:23 pm
by incubus2432
I bid about $20K on the first one listed so nobody gets ripped....also emailed the seller.
F-'em
