"325C64" on ebay (??)

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:15 pm

Hey. Check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41439&item=3753507169&rd=1

I wasn't aware that these were on the market as yet? Is this legit? Or is this perhaps a V63?

??

emswife · Post by **emswife** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 3:38 am

I have a feeling this is one of those "speculation" deals like diecast that get sold before they are actually released.

spencer · Post by **spencer** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:01 am

They're not on the market yet, that's a V63.
He probably just went to Rics website and copied the closet thing he could find. The V series isn't on the site anymore. Great guitar though, love mine...
Someone here should snag it - perhaps we'll see more of these as people ready themselves for the C version.

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:22 am

Well I emailed him asking how he had gotten a C64 when the nearest published availability date is 2/1/05. He's not responded. If he does I'll post the response here.

I'd be thinking also that the V63s would be a bit cheaper with the C64s on the horizon and with the C58s running around $1200 or so on ebay right now. $1500 seems a bit much to me.

...and what's up with the accent vibrato on this one? It looks like he's bent it up for some reason...

http://i22.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/97/83/5f_1_b.JPG

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 4:21 pm

I have seen several people try to sell v63's as C64's. I don't think the seller is trying to misrepresent the product, just like SPENCER said. If you do not receive a reply don't assume that he is trying to scam somebody. Not everybody is a fanatical as we are about Rickenbackers, and he MIGHT have actually used the RIC sight to figure it out.

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 12:10 pm

Hey. He's responded saying that the guitar is a V63 not a C64, and with an almost-groveling apology for listing it incorrectly. He's apparently selling for a friend and seems to have taken the model information from the friend without doing any checking on his own (he's not a Rickenbacker guy). He added some comments about never having mis-represented anything before, etc.

325V63 it is!

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:14 am

Give the seller credit for changing the listing to include the corrected information. There are too many sellers that don't make such corrections!

lawton · Post by **lawton** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:18 am

Yep. It's always commendable to correct your mistakes!