alyctes Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Okay, I have no way of knowing if this is accurate. Cory Doctorow is an honest man, AFAICT. So, if it's true, this is quite awful: http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/paypal-if-you-dont-like-the.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Agreed. This is a sin against music in general if true. Barbarianism. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 There's a slightly more complete report in the Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/04/paypal-buyer-destroys-violin It seems unlikely we'll really get to the bottom of this unless "Erica" or the buyer go public. The implication of Paypal's statement is that the buyer had evidence the violin was a fake. The question then would be whether, in the violin world, that matters, and whether the seller was given the chance for any kind of defence. If she didn't have the authentication in writing, that wouldn't help her case. I can imagine with some sales of fake Fender basses, smashing the counterfeit would be quite popular in the Ebay forum on here. The lesson, I guess, is don't sell valuable vintage instruments through ebay, use a dealer or an auction house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Didn't somebody post this a while ago?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heminder Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 i've known Paypal/eBay to be corrupted from their actions against Wikileaks, but that's is just daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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