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walking by Steve's music on Queen St today (a large shop w/ multiple locations here in Canada) - I thought i saw a Ric out of the corner of my eye; but it was one of these:

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flaunted right in the front window...that's just cocky.

It's chinese copy!

You can find the same in web syte www.made-in-china.com

Speaking of fakers, I recently saw this trio in a shop while visiting Inverness Scotland. They also had a legit new 360 MID, which makes me wonder if they're also a Rickenbacker dealer (like "Steve's" in Toronto).

If these shops are authorized RIC dealers, RIC should know about it and deal with them.

Steve everything is fake in Inverness Where was this for sale in a woollen mill?

Thankfully the beer was real!
I think this was "The Music Shop" on Church Street. There were two music stores as I recall - the one with the fakers and another that had more traditional Scottish instruments - fiddles, whistles, accordions, haggisphones, etc...

Well thats alright Steve but my favourite Scottish instrument is the Velcro Mits the left handed ones are especially hard to get a hold of. Gotta love the haggisphones.

It looks like the price on the "4003" is 2,000 pounds! I don't know the exchange rate offhand but isn't a new 4003 something like half of that?

rickaddict wrote:If these shops are authorized RIC dealers, RIC should know about it and deal with them.

+1

They should deal with them even if they aren't authorized RIC dealers, if there is anything they can do about it.

£399 on the bass, looks to me. That would be $635 today.

I knew there was a really good reason for avoiding Steve's Music, other than the GC style sales geeks and the utter lack of customer service... mumble grumble...

I stopped going into any Steve's many years ago. And now I will never go back. Here in Montreal, if you mention Rickenbacker, they walk away from you. Their supposed to be our dealer fer gosh sakes!! And anytime I did get a price, it was less expensive and easier to get by payin g over 20% exchange rate, shipping and clearance to get from the US!!

But they will put this in stock??? Jerks will be jerks, and usually get their come-uppance. From me, no money spent there, ever.

cassius987 wrote:It looks like the price on the "4003" is 2,000 pounds! I don't know the exchange rate offhand but isn't a new 4003 something like half of that?

Man, I wish!

£2,000 is actually often less than a new 4003!

rickenbrother wrote: They should deal with them even if they aren't authorized RIC dealers, if there is anything they can do about it.

True dat, Joey! Down with fakers!