The most misleading/confused listing of all time?

[Clarky]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACDC-PHIL-LYNOTT-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-guitar-BA42_W0QQitemZ300257524168QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300257524168&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACDC-PHIL-LYNOTT-FEN...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

PS, its a Gibson SG toy

WTF!

Edited September 10, 2008 by Clarky

[Alun]

Well it makes sense up to the end of "AC/DC"

What a very very odd listing!!!

[Clarky]

Maybe this is in fact marketing genius?

Perhaps I could advertise a kettle on eBay as:

JIMI-HENDRIX-METALLICA-THRASH-METAL-kettle

[Noisyjon]

Wot a load of cr@p!

...you didn't buy it did you Clarky?

Edited September 10, 2008 by jonthebass

[Clarky]

[quote name='jonthebass' post='281411' date='Sep 10 2008, 09:09 PM']Wot a load of cr@p!

...you didn't buy it did you Clarky? [/quote]
doh!

[Guest MoJo]

[quote name='Clarky' post='281376' date='Sep 10 2008, 08:19 PM']Maybe this is in fact marketing genius?

Perhaps I could advertise a kettle on eBay as:

JIMI-HENDRIX-METALLICA-THRASH-METAL-kettle[/quote]

[markytbass]

TAT

[Rich]

I've reported it to fleaBay. This sort of thing really pisses me off.

[Kev]

its funny, i had a listing pulled for once for 'keyword spamming' withing hours, and it wasnt even spamming (my boss bassman pedal, i entitled it Boss Fender Bassman effects pedal, it was pulled for using Fender and Boss in the same title, despite that being exactly what it was!), but yet they don't do anything about this

[yorick]

Just had a look and the ad's been pulled, so didn't get a chance to see it...............

[Adrenochrome]

[quote name='yorick' post='281902' date='Sep 11 2008, 02:59 PM']Just had a look and the ad's been pulled, so didn't get a chance to see it............... [/quote]
Ha ha, t'was funny. There might be a cached version of the page on one of t'internet search engines.

[markytbass]

You didn't miss much, it was an SG shaped guitar with an AC/DC sticker slapped on it.

[noelk27]

[quote name='BassManKev' post='281883' date='Sep 11 2008, 01:27 PM']its funny, i had a listing pulled for once for 'keyword spamming' withing hours, and it wasnt even spamming (my boss bassman pedal, i entitled it Boss Fender Bassman effects pedal, it was pulled for using Fender and Boss in the same title, despite that being exactly what it was!), but yet they don't do anything about this[/quote]

I know the feeling, listing a G&L L2000 "by Leo Fender", to distinguish it from the later "Guitars by Leo" versions, exactly as the text printed on the headstock reads, only to have eBay pull it shortly after it was load for keyword spamming. Honesty and full description/disclosure are obviously not qualities eBay prioritise in listings.