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Topic: $2,000 Lap Steel in London. This one takes the cake . . . |
Steve Green
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Gulfport, MS, USA
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 3 May 2015 7:27 am |
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I'll put my little $79 Rogue up against a $2000 Revelation any day............... 
I installed a humbucker and made a steel nut and bridge for it too.
Anyone be interested in mine for $3500? 
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dave Rodgers
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 May 2015 12:27 pm
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It would appear that he has sold 18 of them already ???  !!! |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 3 May 2015 1:06 pm lap steel
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| I think the old saying applies here..."There's one born every minute." Lee |
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Bosse Engzell
From:
�ppelbo, SWEDEN
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Posted 3 May 2015 1:46 pm
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I have a black of this things, comes from Tohmman in Germany. Invest in this instead to buils me one more, save time. Always play it with a tube preamp to get it sound maybe disent.
Bosse in Sweden |
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 4 May 2015 7:28 am
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Nope its a lie about how many he sold. I noticed the number of items sold increased and decreased within a short space of time to trick people into thinking an idiot actually bought it.
The seller is dishonest and I reported it to eBay last time and he has now reposted under a different name.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 4 May 2015 7:39 am
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Some Investigating exposed this:
I check the feedback of some of the purchases from "genuine customers" and WHOA guess what happened.
The user feedback was also a match for the product title.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Martin-Acoustic-Guitar-Strings-12-String-Set-Light-Cheapest-On-Ebay-LOOK-/290746049382
from the same Company??? How is this possible?
BEWARE
The company is a manufacturer in CHINA who produce, Distribute and Review their own products. To deceive people.
I know no one on the forum will fall for it but pass the message on in case a potential Lap Steel Guitar newbie you know has more dollars than cents.
ALSO eBay review have become tainted over the recent years with companies fronting as legitimate customers buying their own product. Some even go as far as creating fake profiles just to review their own items. Not the first to do it but just beware.
I will repost on my Blog.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 4 May 2015 12:22 pm
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Keep reporting people like this directly to eBay. That's the only way this sort of thing will go away.
I pity any unsuspecting person who thinks they're getting some sort of deal. It only takes one.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 May 2015 8:03 pm
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I believe there i more than one, "born every minute"
in these modern times Too bad too...no real way to stop Chinese junk...( not the boat !) |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 5 May 2015 8:47 am
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this is the beauty of the internet and a world relying on soulless electronic communication.
you can offer any piece of junk for sale at an outrageous price. chances are you may find someone stupid enough to buy it. it's a capitalists dream! |
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steve takacs
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beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 9 May 2015 1:40 pm
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Steve and Stefan, thanks for posting this information. Stefan, very cool investigative work.
Bill, sorry but not everything made in China is junk. If you've never tried an Eastman guitar made in Beijing you might be pleasantly surprised about the quality given the price. They are sold in the US. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 9 May 2015 5:01 pm
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and goldtone dobros and classic vibe squire teles...
some good affordable instruments. |
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Colin Bolton
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 10 May 2015 4:57 am
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| Brad Bechtel wrote: |
Keep reporting people like this directly to eBay. That's the only way this sort of thing will go away.
I pity any unsuspecting person who thinks they're getting some sort of deal. It only takes one. |
Unsuspecting is the word Brad, there are though individuals who are starting out with steel guitar, and know little about them, and as is the case here there is a duty for those who do know to highlight and protect such individuals if they can, this sort of thing happens all the time with rip off uk. where Rickenbacker Bakelite Steels on offer for over £4.000
and you can then add a large postage cost, in this
country it happens all the time, there are no bargains here, I watched an old Dobro here in a Plymouth second hand shop it was a Michican Dobro being sold for £70, I mentioned this to a few friends
who popped around to check the guitar (it was not very good) two weeks later with the interest shown it
was on offer for £700, the only bargains that show are from the US,and then it will still cost an arm and a leg to get it to England after shipping, handling, VAT, delivery. we are on a hammering to nothing. I cant count the amount of guitars I would
loved to have purchased from the USA if it were not for the added costs, that's the real world I'm afraid. |
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Colin Bolton
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 10 May 2015 5:01 am
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| steve takacs wrote: |
Steve and Stefan, thanks for posting this information. Stefan, very cool investigative work.
Bill, sorry but not everything made in China is junk. If you've never tried an Eastman guitar made in Beijing you might be pleasantly surprised about the quality given the price. They are sold in the US. |
I have to agree with this as I have heard a Eastman
12 string guitar and it sounded excellent. |
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