Another Squier with a Fender decal

[ash]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-TELECASTER-BASS-GUITAR-AND-HARD-CASE-SELLING-ON-BEHALF-OF-bereaved-WIFE/233944988643?hash=item3678353be3%3Ag%3AtqYAAOSwJLtgX1BM&LH_ItemCondition=3000

[Geek99]

It’s not .... very convincing , is it ?

[Burns-bass]

What’s even worse is that the guy sells guitars and gear. It got I check his previous listings he obviously knows what he’s doing, so this is a blatant attempt to defraud which is such a shame. Why bother disappointing someone for a few hundred quid...?

[prowla]

A sneaky attempt at a get-out:

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IT SAYS FINDER TELECASTER

and

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THE PICKUP IN BIG IT SAYS FINDER

...so he's not actually saying it's a Fender.

(except the title does say it and the pictures form part of the description.)

 

[ash]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

What’s even worse is that the guy sells guitars and gear. It got I check his previous listings he obviously knows what he’s doing, so this is a blatant attempt to defraud which is such a shame. Why bother disappointing someone for a few hundred quid...?

And also I politely pointed out to him that it’s a later Squier. As yet he’s not sent an answer. I think trading off a bereavement is particularly loathsome. 

[warwickhunt]

Some of these sales of fakes are plain silly and sometimes genuinely misplaced faith... this is neither.  The bloke has sold/is selling music gear and has had messages to point out it is not a Fender.  However his description and caveats re. 'I know nothing' (done in best Fawlty Towers voice), show he is deliberately misleading; Finder / Fender?  To add insult, using a bereavement just feels low!     

[yorks5stringer]

I love the way he shouts the listing apart from the word in lower  case 'bereaved'. Particularly poor photos  too but says 'Fender'  in title and 'Finder' in text?? I know the modern Squiers do not have the string through ferrules, did the  earlier ones?

[ash]

 I just had a message saying he will update the listing. 

[warwickhunt]

Duly updated... it's defo NOT a FINDER though!  

[Dan Dare]

He's still calling it a Fender in the title, but has added a couple of semi-literate comments. Caveat emptor. Hopefully, people won't be fooled.

[hooky_lowdown]

He may Finder a return if the buyer finds out it's fake.

[prowla]

Is the difference between a Fender and a Squier's value known as a Finder's fee?

[Max Normal]

They always have an excuse that they didn't know what it was because they inherited it or they are selling it for a dead person.......

[Geek99]

I told him it was a squier, and did not look like an instrument that is minimum  40years old (discontinued in 1979) - it is anyway the wrong sunburst. He said “he didn’t know” and “would let buyers make up their own minds”

[ash]

The price is climbing someone will be very disappointed with their find(er). 

[Aidan63]

over £600 poor buyer

[prowla]

8 minutes ago, Aidan63 said:

over £600 poor buyer

Crikey - a case of a beraved wallet.

However, we've now got another fake Fender in the wild.

[warwickhunt]

That is ridiculous!  The seller has played the buyer like a fish, just hope the buyer gets wise and demands a refund through paypal.  

[ash]

49 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

That is ridiculous!  The seller has played the buyer like a fish, just hope the buyer gets wise and demands a refund through paypal.  

Yes that is misrepresenting goods - guilty your honour. Hope they get their money back. The clever ploy of blurry photos and ‘ignorance’. 

[nilebodgers]

What a ripoff. Even the quickest glance at the machine heads shows it isn't a Fender.

[alyctes]

So are we allowed to name the miscreant here?

[warwickhunt]

1 minute ago, alyctes said:

So are we allowed to name the miscreant here?

Surely this isn't a BCer?  

 

[alyctes]

3 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

Surely this isn't a BCer?  

 

Not what I meant, my error.  Sorry. 

Is it legit, on BC, to name the ebay seller whose behaviour appears to be suspect?

Because we (the BC membership) could do with an easily-checked list, IMO.

Edited April 4, 2021 by alyctes
clarity

[warwickhunt]

I suppose it's not 'sporting' to have witch hunts for ebay tw4ts but flagging them on this part of the forum tends to show if there is a pattern of repeat offenders.