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Paul Wade
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mundelein,ill
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 5:25 am |
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Bitby Turtle
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7:16 AM (1 hour ago)
to me
Hello Paul,
I do have a Fessend D-10 guitar for sale in great condition and ready to use .It's a 2000 model. Has 8 floor pedals and 8 knee levers,4 1/4 scale with BL 710 pu's. Wooden guitar with more body in sound and smoother highs.
he said he wants $1500.00 for it ??? what do you think
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Dennis Detweiler
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Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 5:39 am
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I think scam.
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Roy Carroll
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North of a Round Rock
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 5:39 am
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I certainly would check this guy out. It looks very suspicious to me. If the guy was a player, he would know the value of that guitar. Find out all you can about the seller.
It may be the same scammer that got one of the other members here. Pay only with PayPal, that way if something is wrong you can get your money back.
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 5:47 am scam ???
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i have seen this guitar on the forum before some time ago
he was selling it forgot the name . if any one knows of this guitar let me
know
thanks guys
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Pete McAvity
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St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 6:02 am
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The man's name is Bitby Turtle? I'd give it a wide berth. He has a contact for you- so I'd say if you haven't responded- don't. If you have, then they already know its a current email/account & they think they have you on the hook, so go ahead and ask more questions without divulging any personal info.
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Excel Superb D10, Sarno Black Box or Freeloader, Goodrich L120, Boss DD5, Baby Bloomer, 1965 Super Reverb chopped to a head, feeding a mystery PA cab w/ a K130.
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Pete McAvity
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St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 6:07 am
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OR- get hold of Jerry Fessendon & see if he has any recollection of building for a Mr. Turtle.
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Excel Superb D10, Sarno Black Box or Freeloader, Goodrich L120, Boss DD5, Baby Bloomer, 1965 Super Reverb chopped to a head, feeding a mystery PA cab w/ a K130.
They say "thats how it goes". I say "that ain't the way it stays!" |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 6:18 am
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| I googled the name and NOTHING! Not a good sign, scam... |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 7:08 am
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He couldn't even spell Fessenden correctly! 
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Jim Arnold
From:
Texas USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 7:15 am Run and fast
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 7:40 am
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| You’d think he could have come up with a more convincing name like John Doe or something! |
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Pete McAvity
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St. Louis, Missouri USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 10:02 am
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I totally missed that the initial pic had the forum water mark in the bottom right corner. That in and of itself is a dead giveaway that it was a pilfered image. That's bush league for a con guy.
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Excel Superb D10, Sarno Black Box or Freeloader, Goodrich L120, Boss DD5, Baby Bloomer, 1965 Super Reverb chopped to a head, feeding a mystery PA cab w/ a K130.
They say "thats how it goes". I say "that ain't the way it stays!" |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 12:36 pm
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Heck, there is $1500 worth of knee levers on that thing.
I would also say SCAM!!!!!!!!!!
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 12:45 pm
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Ask him what the "co-dependent" is on it.
Then sit back and laugh.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 1:48 pm Fessy d-10
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Bob
I put my emil address in " wanted to buy:
My. Email address guess. That was wrong
Dumb me yea this guy a scam beware people
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 2:11 pm
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Yeah, that's why we have the "email" button on the forum. The mail is sent from the forum server with your email address as the "Reply-To" address. That way, only people you correspond with can see it. Non-members can't access it at all.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 2:40 pm Re: Fessy d-10
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| Paul Wade wrote: |
Bob
I put my emil address in " wanted to buy:
My. Email address guess. That was wrong
Dumb me yea this guy a scam beware people
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It' NEVER a good idea to put any personal contact info on any public forum for that very reason. That and bots the scour the net looking for that type of info.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 4:08 pm Fessy d-10
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Thanks guys a lot. Learn my lesson today
Paul |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 5:10 pm
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Bit By Turtle
That happens to lots of folks who "noodle" for turtles. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Aug 2022 7:57 pm Re: Fessy d-10
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| Paul Wade wrote: |
Thanks guys a lot. Learn my lesson today
Paul |
But your personal email address is still there on your WTB thread - https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=384005
I strongly recommend that you remove it. Just click the edit button and clear that part of the text. This forces people to reply via PM or forum email, which restricts access to members only.
As stated, putting personal contact information into your threads is an open invitation to scammers - there's nothing stopping anybody in the whole wide world from replying to you. I would only deal with forum members. And even that is no guarantee - there have even been a few scammers bold enough to join the forum to try to perpetrate their scams. The $5 fee is cheap enough if they succeed.
IMO, it has gotten to the point where we even need to vet any member that we don't know reasonably well. And that goes in triplicate or quadriplicate for any new member that comes on to sell something with zero posts. There are some new members that do this that are legitimate. But it takes a careful vetting to be able to tell the difference. |
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Don Poland
From:
Hanover, PA.
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Posted 27 Aug 2022 3:28 am
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| Stupid and lazy scammers. They not only stole the pic online, they also used the description, almost word for word! |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 27 Aug 2022 11:33 am
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Maybe a prankster with a sense of humor. Maybe it's Kentucky's Turtle Man of TV fame. No one in their right mind would expect one not to decipher his moniker used there.
FWIW, I only sell on the forum. I don't even use the email feature unless someone requests pics and other media or information I can't send by Private Messaging.
I prefer and do complete transactions by PMs. I don't understand why some members seem to deny handling sales among forum members by that method. It takes all the mystery out of the person you're doing business with. You can search their history for time here and other information within the forum. It's the safest method around here. |
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Walter Webb
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2022 2:26 pm
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| I got an offer to buy a pristine 1965 Emmons for $200 from a man named Sasquatch... |
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