Brad Nicholas
Aug-13-2008, 4:48pm
I thought I would start a rolling thread for discussing questionable craigslist mandolin posts.
Here's mine for today:
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/msg/794209432.html
edit: flagged and now it's been removed
The picture is a Collings (obviously lifed off of Mandolin Bros) with a price of $500. #I figure it's a straight scam since there is essentially no way to get that picture without knowing that the mandolin is worth a few grand. #Here's the text of my email correspondance for your entertainment:
ME: I'm very interested in the mandolin. #I can't read the name on the headstock from the picture. #What's the brand, model, and serial number? #You should be able to see all of these on the label through one of the f-holes. Thanks
HE: Hey.that picture isnt my mandolin..i just got that one from the internet...mine isnt even the same model.....i just wanted people to know what a mandolin looks like in general...My mandolin is a Johnson Oval hole MA 100 B...please email back..thanks
ME: Why are you attempting to sell a $70 mandolin for $500 using a picture of a $2200 mandolin?
HE: i bought this mandolin for $640 dollars
ME: I'm sorry to hear that. # <here I provided links to the Google products pages for the Johnson MA-100 (f-hole) and Johnson MA-110 (oval hole) each retailing for ~$70)>
HE: why
ME: I could be missing something, but all of the Johnson MA-1XX mandolins that I have seen (see the links) sell for well under $100.
HE: not true. this is a genuine black mandolin in a condition thats worth more than 500 bucks
At that point I told him to take care and dropped it. #I flagged the ad as prohibited given that it used a misleading picture of another product, but I think it takes a few flags to do anything. #I see warning posts occasionally on craigslist where someone calls out a previous post on an inflated price or misrepresentation. #Should I follow up with one?
Here's mine for today:
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/msg/794209432.html
edit: flagged and now it's been removed
The picture is a Collings (obviously lifed off of Mandolin Bros) with a price of $500. #I figure it's a straight scam since there is essentially no way to get that picture without knowing that the mandolin is worth a few grand. #Here's the text of my email correspondance for your entertainment:
ME: I'm very interested in the mandolin. #I can't read the name on the headstock from the picture. #What's the brand, model, and serial number? #You should be able to see all of these on the label through one of the f-holes. Thanks
HE: Hey.that picture isnt my mandolin..i just got that one from the internet...mine isnt even the same model.....i just wanted people to know what a mandolin looks like in general...My mandolin is a Johnson Oval hole MA 100 B...please email back..thanks
ME: Why are you attempting to sell a $70 mandolin for $500 using a picture of a $2200 mandolin?
HE: i bought this mandolin for $640 dollars
ME: I'm sorry to hear that. # <here I provided links to the Google products pages for the Johnson MA-100 (f-hole) and Johnson MA-110 (oval hole) each retailing for ~$70)>
HE: why
ME: I could be missing something, but all of the Johnson MA-1XX mandolins that I have seen (see the links) sell for well under $100.
HE: not true. this is a genuine black mandolin in a condition thats worth more than 500 bucks
At that point I told him to take care and dropped it. #I flagged the ad as prohibited given that it used a misleading picture of another product, but I think it takes a few flags to do anything. #I see warning posts occasionally on craigslist where someone calls out a previous post on an inflated price or misrepresentation. #Should I follow up with one?