View Full Version : Another scam ?
Keith Miller
Jun-28-2006, 1:38pm
Seems far too good to be true
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1913-Gibson-F-4-Mandolin-One-owner-since-new_W0QQitemZ260002166884QQihZ016QQcategoryZ308QQ
rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1913-Gi....iewItem</a>
Keith
pickinNgrinnin
Jun-28-2006, 1:49pm
No history, bidders ID's kept private....not with a 10 foot pole.
Keith Miller
Jun-28-2006, 1:56pm
22 bids already though and still only £510 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Stillpicking
Jun-28-2006, 3:18pm
I saw it also but I don't bid on anything at any price no matter what if the seller has been on only in the last few months, no record of service plus an item at a price too good to be true. Bidder beware.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
On the mando itself. Maybe refinished in the '30? I've only seen that burst on the very late F4 models.
Reported it to eBay, commenting on the oddness of an auction where a bidding war had broken out between private bidders over a $5000 item that had been listed for a three-day auction with no reserve and a 99 pence opening bid. I reported it as "shill bidding", because eBay tends to respond pretty quickly to those reports.
Received this note today:
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