fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
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TX, I remember that (multiple) listing for the Starfire II Bass, because it was owned by a friend of mine, and even had a picture of the receipt form Fixit when he did some work on it. Turned up in listings from Montreal, and a few other places IIRC, and they were usually deleted pretty quickly.
I remember that but I also remember the 90's reissue maple SF II with Dark Stars that was legitimately auctioned once by Justin Meldal-Johnesn (or someone connected to him). The scammers just kept reusing the pics from the original auction.
Anyways the scammer actually shipped them a piece of paper and had gone as far as sending them a tracking number for it instead of shipping the guitar so it would appear to Ebay that the item was actually shipped. Didn't find out how this one turned out but I hope they got there money back. Was the first time I had heard of someone actually shipping something to fool the Ebay system instead of shipping the item purchased.
Not quite the same kind of scam but there was a time when people in the Greater New England area who wanted better quality band and orchestra instruments than what the local shop carried would go to NYC. New York State had a sales tax and NYC added on a couple more points. People would go to a shop, play several instruments, pay for their choice and leave with it. The dealer would ship an empty box to New Jersey so there was a record of an out of state sale, not subject to tax.