Dodgy?

amarok1971

bgmartinsbridge said:

Buy, pay for it, get it delivered, take it to a guitar shop and get a letter that says counterfeit, send it to eBay and they'll refund your fees. The guitar shop will destroy it.

Guy gets no cash and lesson by losing his guitar.... 

I've it with gold clubs. Not on purpose mind!!

I'd love to do that, but he never mentions Gibson anywhere in the listing, therefore I daren't  

ICBM

amarok1971 said:

I'd love to do that, but he never mentions Gibson anywhere in the listing, therefore I daren't  

It doesn't matter. It's a fake Gibson and hence is illegal to sell no matter how it's described.

thermionic

amarok1971 said:

bgmartinsbridge said:

Buy, pay for it, get it delivered, take it to a guitar shop and get a letter that says counterfeit, send it to eBay and they'll refund your fees. The guitar shop will destroy it.

Guy gets no cash and lesson by losing his guitar.... 

I've it with gold clubs. Not on purpose mind!!

I'd love to do that, but he never mentions Gibson anywhere in the listing, therefore I daren't  

Gibson is in the title!

amarok1971

Yes for the padded case. . That's probably the only thing that is Gibson!

thermionic

You and I are able to distinguish between the make of the guitar and that (allegedly) of the case. Some people may fall for cynically subliminal advertising however.

amarok1971

Absolutely, he had to get Gibson in there somehow!.. he probably would get away with that in a court of law.

thecolourbox

Is it Dodgy? Well if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me

richardhomer

thecolourbox said:

Is it Dodgy? Well if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me

Slightly annoyed I didn’t post that myself - lol’d - and well played, Sir!

Alnico

Looks like he took the photo's 'In a Room'...

GoldenEraGuitars

That’s one shite looking Westfield

mbe

Anyone else put off by the heavily rubbed neck. There was a thread recently about a Les Paul with a crack or a break or something.

thermionic

Now at £310 with over two days to go. Somebody is going to be very disappointed.

amarok1971

thermionic said:

Now at £310 with over two days to go. Somebody is going to be very disappointed.

Yes unfortunately:( i have been having a message battle with the guy, I have been called things that I've never heard before! He won't change the wording tho... of course he won't, he ain't got a honest bone in his body. Twat.

baldy

I have just messaged the seller asking him to confirm whether the guitar is a Gibson Les Paul or a Les Paul copy.

prowla

amarok1971 said:

Absolutely, he had to get Gibson in there somehow!.. he probably would get away with that in a court of law.

He would not, because the photos form part of the listing.

amarok1971

baldy said:

I have just messaged the seller asking him to confirm whether the guitar is a Gibson Les Paul or a Les Paul copy.

Get ready for a whole lot of abuse!

Voxman

ICBM said:

SimpleSimon said:

Funkfingers said:

amarok1971 said:

He's (she's?) either very clever or very stupid, i'm erring on the latter for the time being

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. 

THIS^^

the seller isnt claiming its a Gibson and to be honest its sooo obvious its not one - as its so wrong on every level.

It makes no difference - it's still illegal to sell it because it has a Gibson logo. Les Paul is also a trademarked term, I'm fairly sure.

+1 - and that could 'con' an inexperienced buyer. 

amarok1971

Farkinell it's up to £530 

crunchman

It's tempting to buy it, and then report it to Ebay as a fake so they tell you to smash it up and refund you.  I've already reported it as fake though, so it would look a bit weird if I bid on it now.

Just reported it here as well:
http://www.gibson.com/Support/Report-Counterfeits.aspx

If Gibson can get there act together, an official communication from Gibson will probably make Ebay pull it.

p90fool

It's now at £530!

Reported.