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Metric bridge/tailpiece, Asian humbuckers and mounting surrounds, Asian control knobs, fret ends over binding rather than nibs, naff inlay material, truss rod cover looks like shaved Epiphone type, cheap Asian Kluson replicas, blah, blah.
The guitar is Korean but not necessarily an Epiphone.
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I sold this. They took it to a guitar shop and sent it back to me. I'm selling it again with no refund.
Interpretation #2 - The vendor has no intention of paying any more than £3 towards the fees and expects the buyer to cough up the remainder.
Last time I bothered to check, openly passing on the seller fees was against eBay rules. Vendors have to do it sneakily. Traditional methods include hiking up the postage charge.
Studio's used to come with a gig bag (well, unless Coda were lying bastards back in the 90s, which is possible as I was a little taken aback at the till when that happened); as far as I know Standards have always come with a hard case though.
Notice how the photographs are all poorly lit - most especially the one of the rear of the headstock. This conveniently disguises any modifications to the headstock outline. e.g. Restoring the corners that Epiphone leave off.
The auction title has all of the right keywords to attract search engines and gullible buyers. The item description does not actually claim that the guitar is a Gibson. In the mind of the vendor, no fraud is occurring.
A truly honest vendor would have written the actual words, "THIS IS NOT A GIBSON" somewhere in the item description.
Edit: beat me to it, @nickb_boy !
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