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Another Faker on Ebay
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:01 pm
by ric620
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
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:06 pm
by marc61
Geez, I don't know what to make of that auction. Sad to use a description like that to sell a bass.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:11 pm
by chefothefuture
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.....
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:39 pm
by atomic_punk
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!!
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:09 pm
by jingle_jangle
His name was Westwood, but the guitar is Waste Wood.
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:18 pm
by johnhall
Chalk that one up to eBay- we marked this for deletion and they never got around to it.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:29 am
by marc61
You can't get more fraudulant..fraud guitar, fraud reasoning to sell...
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:58 am
by cheyenne
Did anyone email the unfortunate guy ?
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:30 am
by ric620
He posted over on dudepit. Turns out that he hadn't paid for the auction yet, so he narrowly avoided a huge disappointment.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:57 am
by edski
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...
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:01 pm
by rikk
That's the fakest faker I've ever seen. I hope he did not send $$.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:01 pm
by bobcat
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:17 pm
by rickcrazy
'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.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:29 pm
by rickcrazy
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
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:15 pm
by rikk
Single TR and the routs don't look right.