Ebay alert:Dishonest Namm Esquire auction

Masterbuilt · February 6th, 2006, 04:12 AM

Check out the two descriptions below of the same guitar.Nice to see how the winner of the earlier auction has now chosen to omit the details of the cosmetic work done to the guitar in the current sale.
Buyer beware!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7364383313

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Custom-Sh...QQcmdZViewItem

cowboytwang · February 6th, 2006, 05:43 AM

He did leave out the part about "There are a few nicks on the body. One on the lower edge of the bridge, one on the face where your arm rests, and one on the lower bout. all have been touched up and are hardly visible."

He also make it sound like he has had the guitar for years, when he just won the auction 3 months ago.

One thing in his credit is that comparing the two auctions you can see the benefits of good pictures.
The first auction had detailed text and not much in the way of photography, it ended at $1,775.
The latest auction has big clear pictures and with five days left it's already at $2,225.

Looking at the pics from the current auction, I think, it's beautiful even with the nicks. I wouldn't pay that much for it, but I do like it.

RichardL · February 6th, 2006, 10:09 AM

The guitar seems to have gained some weight between the auctions. In the first auction it was listed as 6.5 lbs. In the current auction, 7.3 lbs.

Masterbuilt · February 6th, 2006, 10:14 AM

You gotta love ebay!I read also that the virgin '55 Strat that Tune-o-matic bought for $74k had been refinished!!

freshmattyp · February 6th, 2006, 10:24 AM

Do you have a link for that?

Masterbuilt · February 6th, 2006, 04:45 PM

Here it is and it was $76k!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1955-Fender-Stra...QQcmdZViewItem

February 6th, 2006, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Masterbuilt Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London,UK Posts: 317	Ebay alert:Dishonest Namm Esquire auction Check out the two descriptions below of the same guitar.Nice to see how the winner of the earlier auction has now chosen to omit the details of the cosmetic work done to the guitar in the current sale. Buyer beware! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=7364383313 http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Custom-Sh...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Did Leo make another guitar?

February 6th, 2006, 05:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
cowboytwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: mojave desert Posts: 1,583 14 Photos	He did leave out the part about "There are a few nicks on the body. One on the lower edge of the bridge, one on the face where your arm rests, and one on the lower bout. all have been touched up and are hardly visible." He also make it sound like he has had the guitar for years, when he just won the auction 3 months ago. One thing in his credit is that comparing the two auctions you can see the benefits of good pictures. The first auction had detailed text and not much in the way of photography, it ended at $1,775. The latest auction has big clear pictures and with five days left it's already at $2,225. Looking at the pics from the current auction, I think, it's beautiful even with the nicks. I wouldn't pay that much for it, but I do like it. __________________ Alvin http://www.myspace.com/alvinblaine http://www.oldbluesound.com/about.htm _________________________ Originality is just undetected Plagiarism!

February 6th, 2006, 10:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
RichardL Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Anaheim Hills, CA Posts: 897 3 Photos	Extra weight? The guitar seems to have gained some weight between the auctions. In the first auction it was listed as 6.5 lbs. In the current auction, 7.3 lbs.

February 6th, 2006, 10:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Masterbuilt Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London,UK Posts: 317	You gotta love ebay!I read also that the virgin '55 Strat that Tune-o-matic bought for $74k had been refinished!! __________________ Did Leo make another guitar?

February 6th, 2006, 04:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
Masterbuilt Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London,UK Posts: 317	Here it is and it was $76k! http://cgi.ebay.com/1955-Fender-Stra...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Did Leo make another guitar?

February 6th, 2006, 10:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
freshmattyp Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kansas City Age: 42 Posts: 960 18 Photos	Do you have a link for that?