Annoying Twit

I played one of those Staggs when I was looking around for my first post-teenage bass. Personally, I really liked it.

Here's an interesting looking one. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stafford-TEISCO-Hollow-Body-Semi-Bass-Guitar-MIJ-JAPAN-/400205844298?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5d2e208f4a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stafford-TEISCO-Holl...=item5d2e208f4a[/url]

Whoops! Duplicate thread.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Les-Paul-guitar-body-need-attention-/250795555230?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a6494799e"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Les-Paul-guitar-body...=item3a6494799e[/url] Edit: Reading the description, it seems Jon got there first.

Here a similar looking (different seller) Aria STB Jazz bass gets listed with a 99p start and sells for £26.something, collection only. BBBBBAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! You could buy TWO of those for the price of single Sue Ryder [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120701246721&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

CSL Jazz. Nothing special either way about the starting price. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CSL-jazz-bass-Ibanez-1970s-law-suit-made-japan-/250794219798?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3a64801916"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CSL-jazz-bass-Ibanez...=item3a64801916[/url] Edit: Sumbro jazz bass, £99 + £10p&p [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUMBRO-BASS-GUITAR-FENDER-P-BASS-COPY-JAPAN-/220756461477?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33661c47a5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUMBRO-BASS-GUITAR-F...=item33661c47a5[/url]

From the US, but an interesting thing IMHO. And in all the text, there's a massive metaphoric pond for Jon to fish for bullsh*t. I suspect he'll catch a few bigguns. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-60s-Decca-Bass-Guitar-Teisco-Matsumuko-Univox-/200590606795?pt=Guitar&hash=item2eb421c1cb"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-60s-Decca-Ba...=item2eb421c1cb[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1176764' date='Mar 26 2011, 12:19 AM']Just spotted that & jumped on here to post it myself. It prompted me to wonder about a person as delusional as this seller plainly is. Are they just a harmless and oddly charming eccentric who can sometimes momentarily make the world a brighter place with their amusing whimsical fantasies, or should they be locked up, kept subdued and closely monitored, for the sake of their own safety & that of the community? I just don't know.[/quote] These delusional idiots do less damage posting overpriced musical instruments on ebay than they do when they're running major banks and other financial institutions. Let's leave them posting on ebay. Otherwise who knows where they might end up and what damage they will do to the economy.

I didn't know that Aria made EUBs. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-SWB-LITE-BIS-Electric-Double-Bass-eub-upright-/150580018217?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item230f44bc29"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-SWB-LITE-BIS-El...=item230f44bc29[/url] No idea how much they're worth. Though, the price does seem quite high according to my unsubstantiated gut felling.

How appropriate. I've just started reading Olaf Stapledon's "Last and First Men".

[quote name='nick' post='1174112' date='Mar 24 2011, 12:12 AM']Yeah it's been regularly appearing on Ebay for the last year or so, quite local to me. Must be waiting for that lucky buyer! [/quote] I have an email from the seller from October. I'm off to send another one.

[quote name='bassmeg' post='1172591' date='Mar 22 2011, 08:52 PM']This looks great, can any of you jap anoraks give us some insight into this bass? Ta very much.[/quote] Overpriced.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1171905' date='Mar 22 2011, 11:15 AM']I thought £141 was a bit high for that tbh - looks like the seller probably did too, considering the lower BIN.[/quote] I imagine that there's some story behind it. No idea what. I thought that zerofret is a member here, and perhaps he'll explain.

Maya PBass relisted very soon after being sold. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-MAYA-70S-VINTAGE-BASS-GUITAR-MADE-JAPAN-MIJ-/220758105746?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3366355e92"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-MAYA-70S-VINTAGE...=item3366355e92[/url]

Relisted! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260755292278&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...B:WNARL:GB:1123[/url] C'mon. This is a real bargain waiting for someone!

[url="http://leicester.gumtree.com/leicester/77/76259177.html"]http://leicester.gumtree.com/leicester/77/76259177.html[/url] This guy has been trying to sell a Ric TRC for some time. Now he's using a photo of a real TRC. You have to email him for a photo of the actual one on sale. Methinks rather dodgy.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1168768' date='Mar 19 2011, 08:25 PM']The same sellers other item. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Hawkwind-Do-Rei-Mi-Thunduak-bass-Unique-/320673298709?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99e3915#ht_902wt_934"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Hawkwind-Do-...15#ht_902wt_934[/url][/quote] And now selling a KP. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Kay-Precision-bass-KB24-/320673865528?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa9a6df38"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Kay-Precisio...=item4aa9a6df38[/url]

It's bad enough when triathletes (and they are the worst offenders) wee in their wetsuits. What's worse is when they insist on giving you a running commentary as they're doing so. I've never weed in my wetsuit, even when the water was 0 degrees Celcius, and I had to smash the ice on top of the water to swim through it. The water that gets into the suit will be body temperature in seconds. Why wee?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-5-String-Bass-Great-Condition-/270722647557?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3f0853c605"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-5-String-Bass-G...=item3f0853c605[/url] Seems rather a lot. An I missing something?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260753053460&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url] £50 pickup only, and no bids. Why? The pickup only bit shouldn't have that much effect given that it's in London, should it? These STB basses seem hard to sell. But, I've only heard good things about them (for the price).

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Satellite-70s-Jazz-bass-MIJ-/320673293159?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99e2367"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Satellite-70s-Jazz-b...=item4aa99e2367[/url] I'm guessing that the claim to be MIJ is incorrect, and that this is Korean. Correct?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-1970s-Left-Handed-Columbus-MIJ-Precision-Bass-/320673063552?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa99aa280"]Columbus lefty precision[/url]

Wasn't this a massive bargain? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180634307347&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

[quote name='spinynorman' post='1162955' date='Mar 15 2011, 12:15 PM']How much shill bidding do you think goes on with eBay? And how do you tell? I've been watching a couple of auctions where there's a zero feedback bidder making small incremental bids, and just on that auction. But I suppose it could be someone new who doesn't understand how the system works.[/quote] I'd say that there are huge numbers of shill bids. If the shill bidder is particularly dim, you might notice: a) A bidder who only bids on one person's auctions, but bids on most items that bidder sells. Small incremental bids, particularly if the last one is withdrawn. c) A huge bid which outbids you. This is withdrawn, and another bidder bids just under your maximum. d) Items which are "won" but immediately reappear for sale, with no negative (or even positive) feedback added. I had a situation where I feel I might have been shilled. Not sure, but enough evidence to make me feel that I didn't want to go on with the purchase. Someone agreed to sell something to me off-ebay. Then, they said they couldn't meet up for a while. An identical (not common at all) item went up on ebay at the same location. I was a bit annoyed, but bid on it at a lower price than the originally agreed price. Near the end I was out-bid, and decided to let it go. But, then a few days later, I was told that the seller could now meet up with me to sell the item. I thought about it for a bit, and didn't feel good about it. So, I just replied that I'd already bought one, and gave them the link to the ebay auction. I figured that either it wasn't a dodgy deal, in which case the seller would just think that I'd bought the other item. Or, that if it was as I suspected, that the seller would know that I hadn't bought the item, but wouldn't be able to say so. So, either way it worked out. Maybe.