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10-27-2011, 03:04 PM
|  | Jammin for the Lamb! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chicago - NW Burbs | | | "fake" Lakland necks on Ebay
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Mods....please move this if I have posted in the wrong forum...
There is a seller on Ebay (in Malaysia) who is supposedly selling "new" bass necks.
Brian from Lakland says the Skyline Lakland necks are not legit necks and the company is taking action to stop the seller....
just did not want someone to get burned!
peace:
Doug
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10-27-2011, 03:07 PM
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the single greatest thing about a Lakland bass IMO (and admittedly, there are a lot of great things about them) IS that beautiful neck.
i hope they get the guy stopped before people buy them and get disillusioned with Lakland. 
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10-27-2011, 03:33 PM
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10-27-2011, 04:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | What would a bunch of consecutive SN American made necks be doing in Malaysia... hah!
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10-28-2011, 11:56 PM
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10-28-2011, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X  | so , is an employee sneaking some stuff and running his own business? |
10-29-2011, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by pedroims so , is an employee sneaking some stuff and running his own business? | I was wondering if that is what he was implying as well but was unsure. They sure look accurate and if they were going to fake necks wouldn't it make more sense to fake a Fender style neck? More people look for those and Lakland necks aren't compatible with Fender bodies.
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10-29-2011, 07:15 AM
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ebay seller bassrocker32,bassist/guitarist for Glory Bound & sessions | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hudson Valley,NY | | | Chances are that they are knockoffs, Are the fake ones going for alot of money? Are they at least decent necks?
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10-29-2011, 07:22 AM
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ebay seller bassrocker32,bassist/guitarist for Glory Bound & sessions | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hudson Valley,NY | | | I just looked it up, he is selling them for 140 bucks, thats about twenty dollars less than a what a Carvin bass neck would cost you. I been buying and selling on Ebay for about 5 years, my rule of thumb with Ebay is if it seems questionable, see what info you can get from the seller and if it still seems fishy, report it to Ebay, they are pretty good about taking care of fraud.
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10-29-2011, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Singapore | | | The proverbial "fell off the back of a truck" stock, more likely.
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10-29-2011, 08:00 AM
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Records of Existence/PyrE owner | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: wes virginny | | | they even say "original made in indonesia" in the listing...???????
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10-29-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by KramerBassFan What would a bunch of consecutive SN American made necks be doing in Malaysia... hah! | the headstock clearly says Skyline Series so shouldn't be any American made confusion
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10-29-2011, 08:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: under the stairs | | | They look pretty legit to me... Even the inlays are the correct size. I suspect they are real but stolen possibly from the factory? |
10-29-2011, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by arsie The proverbial "fell off the back of a truck" stock, more likely. | sure seems that way - who would go to the effort to fake a (outside of the TB/forum/pro world) relatively unknown brand like Lakland Skyline - likely stuff going out the back door or seconds....when Epiphones were still made in Korea you could find them for sale all over Nakwon Arcade despite the fact that there wasn't an authorized dealer in the country - also you could find certain Skylines and G&L Tributes not from authorized dealers - seems like a similar situation...just more public.
I would be they are real, just not authorized
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10-29-2011, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DeliriumTremens They look pretty legit to me... Even the inlays are the correct size. I suspect they are real but stolen possibly from the factory? | Exactly. Who would counterfit an Indonesian Skyline neck? While they are great necks, if I was going to counterfeit I'd go for a better known American manufacturer.
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10-29-2011, 12:47 PM
| | Jammin for the Lamb! | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chicago - NW Burbs | | | more details...these are "real" just not authorized.....they are from someone absconding with them from the factory....
either way....the seller is not selling authorized goods.....
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10-29-2011, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by basspraiser either way....the seller is not selling authorized goods..... | Yes, but unauthorized goods poses a different moral dilemma on then buyers than faked goods.
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10-29-2011, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saint Mary's, GA | | | I just try to avoid buying anything from asia (or pretty much anything overseas) online. Best case, it's a knock off. Worst case, you never receive your item and your money is lost and then what do you do? Report them? If you're lucky you might get your money back after some time. Usually, they just close up that user name and sell under another. |
10-29-2011, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by beatdatthang I just try to avoid buying anything from asia (or pretty much anything overseas) online. Best case, it's a knock off. Worst case, you never receive your item and your money is lost and then what do you do? Report them? If you're lucky you might get your money back after some time. Usually, they just close up that user name and sell under another. | This is on eBay, and if you're paying with PayPal you get the usual buyer protection. You make a lot of claims of "best case" "if you are lucky" and "usually", how many times have you been ripped off to observe this trend?
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