Leading on from the Irish music being labelled as British saga... I recently came across some eejit on ebay trying to sell those horrible plastic Uilleann pipes from Pakistan. The eejit didn't have a clue what he was selling and thus stated that these pipes are also known as Northumbrian small pipes. The half wit also claimed that they had once been outlawed in Britain by the crown. He was obviuosly getting confused with the GHB, once outlawed in Scotland.
Why, why, why do these people get involved in trying to flog stuff to would be musicians if they have no understanding of what they are trying to sell? They can't even be bothered to read up on the instruments they have.
It's not just eBay. I was checking out a piano accordion in a local junk shop, but it sold before I came back to put in an offer. No great loss - half a dozen of the chords had failed and it was pretty crappy.
On the way home from the shop - in fact, just around the corner - we stopped in to an 'antiques emporium' and blow me; there was the self same accordion. Still not fixed, but nearly twice the price. With a hand written sign on it saying "1940's Italian". I still wonder wether the person who bought it ever turned it over and read the maker's plate that clearly stated "Beijing, China"? And did the 'antiques expert' running the shop realise the sale was fraudulent or did they just not care?
I've just been bitten on ebay - item significantly not as described. It arrived yesterday, described as "no chips or cracks", but actually with an obvious 4.5 cm crack and other unstated problems. Total rubbish. I am livid. So I've contacted the seller and told him unless he gives me my money back I will instigate an item significantly not as described dispute with ebay and I'll leave a negative comment in his feedback. Dodgy!
When I lived in student lodgings, I threw a dead 120 bass PA in the bin. It had no reeds in it; I'd removed them to rebuild another PA. Nearly 3 months later, I saw the same PA on a stall at a boot sale. They wanted 75 quid for it!
clear drops, I had a similar experience, and the seller refused to communicate until I took it to PayPal. Then he refunded me but made the ridiculous claim that it had been "damaged in transit" when it was clearly never new in the first place, so I left a negative feedback detailing this.
He responded with a fictitious nasty negative feedback on me, then offered to drop it if I dropped mine against him. I refused since I don't care about my eBay rep and he got increasingly hysterical in emails and messages, making himself look like an even bigger prat.
I'm a box repairer and I regularly get people bringing me their ebay purchases that "just need a couple of notes re-tuning" usually what is needed is a full reed overhaul, keyboard rebuild, new pallet facings, bass machine rebuild, and then some work on the bellows, and maybe the casing is a bit rought too and the shoulder straps have had it. In many cases the sellers aren't corrupt, they just don't know what they are sellling. Buyer beware!
Careful folks, more lemons than oranges can be sold across sites like eBay (not their fault of course) and there's a lot of old bug-ridden rubbish out there!
Thanks for your interesting replies guys. All, except Spoon, who for some odd reason does not understand the significance of pipes in traditional music. What an ignormaous.
Dodgy ebay sellers
Dodgy ebay sellers
Leading on from the Irish music being labelled as British saga... I recently came across some eejit on ebay trying to sell those horrible plastic Uilleann pipes from Pakistan. The eejit didn't have a clue what he was selling and thus stated that these pipes are also known as Northumbrian small pipes. The half wit also claimed that they had once been outlawed in Britain by the crown. He was obviuosly getting confused with the GHB, once outlawed in Scotland.
Why, why, why do these people get involved in trying to flog stuff to would be musicians if they have no understanding of what they are trying to sell? They can't even be bothered to read up on the instruments they have.
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by Aberandy
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
There all the same really, pipes. They're just goats with hollow legs. And they should be outlawed everywhere - all of them.
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by ragaman
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
It's not just eBay. I was checking out a piano accordion in a local junk shop, but it sold before I came back to put in an offer. No great loss - half a dozen of the chords had failed and it was pretty crappy.
On the way home from the shop - in fact, just around the corner - we stopped in to an 'antiques emporium' and blow me; there was the self same accordion. Still not fixed, but nearly twice the price. With a hand written sign on it saying "1940's Italian". I still wonder wether the person who bought it ever turned it over and read the maker's plate that clearly stated "Beijing, China"? And did the 'antiques expert' running the shop realise the sale was fraudulent or did they just not care?
Caveat emptor.
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by bc_box_player
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I've just been bitten on ebay - item significantly not as described. It arrived yesterday, described as "no chips or cracks", but actually with an obvious 4.5 cm crack and other unstated problems. Total rubbish. I am livid. So I've contacted the seller and told him unless he gives me my money back I will instigate an item significantly not as described dispute with ebay and I'll leave a negative comment in his feedback. Dodgy!
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by Clear Drops
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
When I lived in student lodgings, I threw a dead 120 bass PA in the bin. It had no reeds in it; I'd removed them to rebuild another PA. Nearly 3 months later, I saw the same PA on a stall at a boot sale. They wanted 75 quid for it!
Gotta larf sometimes...
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by Wurzel
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
Go you clear drops, that'l show him. the bastard
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by session savage
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clear drops, I had a similar experience, and the seller refused to communicate until I took it to PayPal. Then he refunded me but made the ridiculous claim that it had been "damaged in transit" when it was clearly never new in the first place, so I left a negative feedback detailing this.
He responded with a fictitious nasty negative feedback on me, then offered to drop it if I dropped mine against him. I refused since I don't care about my eBay rep and he got increasingly hysterical in emails and messages, making himself look like an even bigger prat.
It's a jungle out there, I tell you
# Posted on May 29th 2007 by Bren
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
I'm a box repairer and I regularly get people bringing me their ebay purchases that "just need a couple of notes re-tuning" usually what is needed is a full reed overhaul, keyboard rebuild, new pallet facings, bass machine rebuild, and then some work on the bellows, and maybe the casing is a bit rought too and the shoulder straps have had it. In many cases the sellers aren't corrupt, they just don't know what they are sellling. Buyer beware!
# Posted on May 30th 2007 by Theo Gibb
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
Careful folks, more lemons than oranges can be sold across sites like eBay (not their fault of course) and there's a lot of old bug-ridden rubbish out there!
# Posted on May 30th 2007 by ourmusicalislands
Re: Dodgy ebay sellers
Thanks for your interesting replies guys. All, except Spoon, who for some odd reason does not understand the significance of pipes in traditional music. What an ignormaous.
Andy.
# Posted on May 31st 2007 by Aberandy