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Post by spindrift on Jun 14, 2022 21:25:03 GMT -6
Come on guys, zero feedback, outside the USA, too good to be true price = SCAM every time. I can’t think that Reverb releases funds to these guys unless positive feedback is given. It would be stupid of them to do so for a zero feedback account.
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Post by Chad on Jun 14, 2022 21:36:54 GMT -6
Well a reverse image search from Tineye doesn't indicate that these pics were copied from somewhere else, so at least they seem to be pics taken by the seller. TinEye no longer seems to be useful as a tool for figuring out scams lately. I used to use that all the time as well. Google Reverse Image is a little handier. I report as many of these scams as I see each week. Tell tale signs: - Mexico, Italy, Germany, Australia - Absolutely zero feedback - Paragraph of Content copy pasted from somewhere else on the Internet - Also, old feedback (2017, 2018), meaning, somebody figured out a former reverb account user’s password and hacked into it
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Post by spindrift on Jun 14, 2022 21:46:11 GMT -6
Well a reverse image search from Tineye doesn't indicate that these pics were copied from somewhere else, so at least they seem to be pics taken by the seller. TinEye no longer seems to be useful as a tool for figuring out scams lately. I used to use that all the time as well. Google Reverse Image is a little handier. I report as many of these scams as I see each week. Tell tale signs: - Mexico, Italy, Germany, Australia - Absolutely zero feedback - Paragraph of Content copy pasted from somewhere else on the Internet - Also, old feedback (2017, 2018), meaning, somebody figured out a former reverb account user’s password and hacked into it Yes, I see that hacked account scam especially on eBay. Some big seller with a high feedback rating who specializes in trinkets and garage sale junk gets their account hacked and then suddenly there’s every piece of top shelf vintage gear listed on their account with an image in the description asking you to contact them outside the site to complete the deal. It’s like clicking web ads (for those of you who don’t have a pi-hole), falling for obvious scams etc….the scammers do it because there are people who fall for it. I do think our OP is covered though by Reverb and Paypal so no worries there. I have gotten some great deals on eBay/Reverb over the past many years and I know for sure our friend Chad has too. You just have to watch and do the rapid but thorough due diligence on the deal before someone else does. All told, it does seem like the crazy deals of yesteryear are a lot more rare.
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Post by Chad on Jun 14, 2022 21:53:40 GMT -6
TinEye no longer seems to be useful as a tool for figuring out scams lately. I used to use that all the time as well. Google Reverse Image is a little handier. I report as many of these scams as I see each week. Tell tale signs: - Mexico, Italy, Germany, Australia - Absolutely zero feedback - Paragraph of Content copy pasted from somewhere else on the Internet - Also, old feedback (2017, 2018), meaning, somebody figured out a former reverb account user’s password and hacked into it Yes, I see that hacked account scam especially on eBay. Some big seller with a high feedback rating who specializes in trinkets and garage sale junk gets their account hacked and then suddenly there’s every piece of top shelf vintage gear listed on their account with an image in the description asking you to contact them outside the site to complete the deal. It’s like clicking web ads (for those of you who don’t have a pi-hole), falling for obvious scams etc….the scammers do it because there are people who fall for it. I do think our OP is covered though by Reverb and Paypal so no worries there. I have gotten some great deals on eBay/Reverb over the past many years and I know for sure our friend Chad has too. You just have to watch and do the rapid but thorough due diligence on the deal before someone else does. All told, it does seem like the crazy deals of yesteryear are a lot more rare. 😉 😂
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Post by Quint on Jun 14, 2022 22:11:14 GMT -6
Well a reverse image search from Tineye doesn't indicate that these pics were copied from somewhere else, so at least they seem to be pics taken by the seller. TinEye no longer seems to be useful as a tool for figuring out scams lately. I used to use that all the time as well. Google Reverse Image is a little handier. I report as many of these scams as I see each week. Tell tale signs: - Mexico, Italy, Germany, Australia - Absolutely zero feedback - Paragraph of Content copy pasted from somewhere else on the Internet - Also, old feedback (2017, 2018), meaning, somebody figured out a former reverb account user’s password and hacked into it I've definitely seen the old feedback hacked account thing. It's a dead giveaway every time.
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Post by hadaja on Jun 15, 2022 0:45:40 GMT -6
Well a reverse image search from Tineye doesn't indicate that these pics were copied from somewhere else, so at least they seem to be pics taken by the seller. TinEye no longer seems to be useful as a tool for figuring out scams lately. I used to use that all the time as well. Google Reverse Image is a little handier. I report as many of these scams as I see each week. Tell tale signs: - Mexico, Italy, Germany, Australia- Absolutely zero feedback - Paragraph of Content copy pasted from somewhere else on the Internet - Also, old feedback (2017, 2018), meaning, somebody figured out a former reverb account user’s password and hacked into it What Australia !!! And here I had thought we had put our convict ways behind in the last century.
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Post by thehightenor on Jun 15, 2022 0:51:20 GMT -6
Was it a scam?
Did the OP get his money back?
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Post by nick8801 on Jun 15, 2022 5:17:30 GMT -6
Was it a scam? Did the OP get his money back? I opened a case with PayPal. I’ll get it back. Definitely a scam. I’ll explain why I jumped at it so quick. A few months ago a guy was selling a beautiful custom built guitar with an entire pedal collection for what seemed to be a too good to be true price. I made a lowball offer and they took it. Took them a while to ship, but they did and I got a ton of nice stuff that I was able to flip for a nice profit. So it does happen every once in a while. Saw this deal, and thought I hit the jackpot again lol. I didn’t check feedback or anything. It was a knee jerk reaction.
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Post by mike on Jun 15, 2022 7:36:04 GMT -6
Was it a scam? Did the OP get his money back? I opened a case with PayPal. I’ll get it back. Definitely a scam. I’ll explain why I jumped at it so quick. A few months ago a guy was selling a beautiful custom built guitar with an entire pedal collection for what seemed to be a too good to be true price. I made a lowball offer and they took it. Took them a while to ship, but they did and I got a ton of nice stuff that I was able to flip for a nice profit. So it does happen every once in a while. Saw this deal, and thought I hit the jackpot again lol. I didn’t check feedback or anything. It was a knee jerk reaction. I appreciate the thread and you sharing your experience with us Nick, which served as a good reminder of multiple things for me. Thank you, Mike
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