Warning bells are a'ringing

[TheGreek]

Bass is in Italy but only for sale to UK residents.....am I right to be cynically suspicious?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403942791730?hash=item5e0cddda32:g:~vUAAOSwSdRjTADG&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoEozJ6fb8Vvxh9PjUdVa3uTF%2FAWWO%2FiAOgD9SH6Eh%2BRFMUwSYom0gTTVj0oSivCChs3W%2B%2FDSToyCKhujjhSDeKzaCfcJGoi3HyD7LbZe7K5QeE%2F7Ow8lblqXfP%2BAoA%2FCDFt6vMpdBJICnWHtlrfo%2FlcfPp0LJluKV9lHGkGjFA%2Fqs40G10%2BcWGumP4E6CxPU7AhdZX6O5hYT1PUxIFYDAQw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9aVkYH-YA

[Hellzero]

35 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Bass is in Italy but only for sale to UK residents.....am I right to be cynically suspicious?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403942791730?hash=item5e0cddda32:g:~vUAAOSwSdRjTADG&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoEozJ6fb8Vvxh9PjUdVa3uTF%2FAWWO%2FiAOgD9SH6Eh%2BRFMUwSYom0gTTVj0oSivCChs3W%2B%2FDSToyCKhujjhSDeKzaCfcJGoi3HyD7LbZe7K5QeE%2F7Ow8lblqXfP%2BAoA%2FCDFt6vMpdBJICnWHtlrfo%2FlcfPp0LJluKV9lHGkGjFA%2Fqs40G10%2BcWGumP4E6CxPU7AhdZX6O5hYT1PUxIFYDAQw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9aVkYH-YA

 

Time to learn to read, Mick...

 

The bass was made in Italy, but the seller is in ... London, U.K. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Hellzero]

It's kind of obvious that he simply is a retailer for this unknown brand, which is quite common and not suspicious at all. 😉

[Bassassin]

I might be wrong but it doesn't exactly scream 'handmade in Italy' to me, with its scarf-jointed neck, generic hardware (inc Schaller knockoff bridge), wonky tuner positioning etc. I'd say AliExpress Special with its headstock messily 'refinished' and a little tin medallion (held on with a B&Q brass woodscrew) stuck on the back.

 

Ambitious but (probably) rubbish.

 

Just checked the seller's other items/sold listings & he has a few other suspiciously generic & knockoffy basses & guitars with the same stickers & tin badges.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Bassassin
Corroborating evidence!!!

[rushbo]

It's not the ugliest bass I've seen...

 

I'm slightly perturbed by the paintjob on the headstock. Was this a stylistic choice or was the paintbrush wielded by someone with the DT's? 

 

[oldslapper]

The item for sale is located in Italy and will be shipped via international courier at the end of the auction. This offer is limited to UK residents only.

[NikNik]

There's a 'trem bar' included?

[prowla]

18 minutes ago, NikNik said:

There's a 'trem bar' included?

Yep...

 

Contents of Packaging:

1X "Electric Guitar - Serafini Liutai"

1X Trem Bar

[dyerseve]

22 hours ago, Hellzero said:

 

Time to learn to read, Mick...

 

The bass was made in Italy, but the seller is in ... London, U.K. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The irony of what you have written is delicious! 🤦‍♂️

[fleabag]

There's no such thing as a trem bar