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When folks criticise my stance, and others in the professional community about 'Chibsons' and people's assertions about it all being a bit of harmless fun ... just one 'escaping into the wild' like this can, as TheMarlin says cause someone to get scammed of their savings. The person selling may not be aware they have a moody one ... perhaps they inherited it from their dad who thought it was a bit of a laugh and don't know that the thing is a bad-un - or perhaps they are just nasty, slimy scammers. Whichever - every knock off Gibson, Gretch etc that gets brought into the country is one more chance of someone getting 'taken' in the future.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
In case any of you are under any illusion, this is the reply I got from ebay to my report ...
The speed the 'decision' came back in ... leads me to believe they are using a bot and some AI ... very poorly ... to detect scams.
Something really needs to be done about this counterfeit crap ... where's a goo journo when you need one?
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Also a left hander ... how the coincidences do stack up ...
And isn't it odd how the headstocks never get shown?
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
It is a shame that ebay after their "thorough investigation" cannot see what is plainly in sight. Do ebay think it is OK because the advert refers to the guitar as unbranded in the Brand section of the advert? If so, then that is shady.
Maybe counterfeit is becoming acceptable now? There's high profile artists playing fake Fenders everywhere...Josh Smith and now Jeff McErlain spring to mind. The latter is making videos talking about relics when the one he showing is openly sporting its phoney Fender decal. Remember the term RELIC for guitar is a registered TM of FMIC.
https://www.youtube.com/live/QHSVRl7_nPE?si=6k5y9AmocccDLP27