Could be a fraud - Maybe the seller and a few of his friends were
bidding up the guitar
Could be that the seller has more than 1 Les Paul for sale
Could be that the high bidder backed-out or those ahead of him backed-out
My recommendation about ebay sellers is when-in-doubt, communicate with
the seller and see what his attitude is, because this is the person you
might have to deal with further if there is a problem. If the seller is
sarcastic, evasive, or rude, even slightly, I walk.
As an example, I was interested in a Hegner saw recently on ebay. After
the auction received a number of healthy bids, I contacted the seller
with a question. He was flip and sarcastic and I decided it wasn't worth
dealing with him. (Remember these are manufactured items. Others will
come up for sale/auction.) Turns out the high bidder of the saw, left a
negative feedback because it was improperly packed and damaged in
shipping, and the seller apparently told him/her to take a hike.
As ebay says: Caveat Emptor.
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jay fishbein
wallingford, ct
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/13/2005 7:26:10 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
>dbristow5@comcast.net writes:
>
>_http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7328446770_
>(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7328446770)
>
>OK, I know you folks have some expertise in Ebay, and perhaps guitars. My
>cousin Don was bidding on the above Les Paul. After bidding ended, he got a
>"second chance" email, to buy the guitar at the highest bid he had made.
>
>He questions this because he was the eighth highest bidder at a little over
>$800, and the over $1000.00 bid had not met the reserve.
>
>Scam? Fraud?
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