eBay horror guitar

[ryan morris]

So, I just bought this guitar..
Epiphone XL Custom WildKat Original Certified Epiphone $350.00 OBO. Final Day MO | eBay

Looked like this:

And was described like this:
This beautiful work of art plays like a dream and Sure to turn heads and bend ears wherever you go. Perhaps the finest Guitar I have ever played. A real joy to play. Action is so smooth. And the frets are perfect. The whole guitar is perfect with out any issues. Super Nice. And Sharp.

I've owned a Wildkat before. I thought I knew what I was getting..

What I got:

And the most disgusting poopie covered case and terrible ashtray smells ever. I can't even store this train wreck in my house tonight. It has to be in the basement. It nearly made me puke!

So, off to Reverb to find a better Wildkat.. unless someone here has one they want to part with.. ha.

 

[LBS-bass]

Well, the lack of good frontal pics would have been the first clue.

I don't know what these sell like normally. I'd attempt to return it as "not as advertised" but the use of weasel words to describe ethereal qualities and not physical condition might not work in your favor.

Sorry this happened and I hate that people are so dishonest.

 

[ryan morris]

I put in for a return, it was approved. I'll take a lot more photos (like all of the f holes are full of gunk/puke/grossness). It was also shipped in a box with no padding but a rolled up newspaper at the bottom. Absolutely wild. THE WORST purchase in over 20 years of buying guitars/basses online.

But yeah, definitely didn't use the real guitar in the first photo.. and I didn't think much of it.. Hindsight.

 

[Lo-E]

Oh, dear. Definitely not the guitar in the photos.

Return immediately and report this seller to ebay ASAP.

 

[fu22ba55]

The god of bass punishes you for buying a not bass.

(but seriously, that sucks).

 

[Wood and Wire]

So, I just bought this guitar..
Epiphone XL Custom WildKat Original Certified Epiphone $350.00 OBO. Final Day MO | eBay

Looked like this:
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And was described like this:
This beautiful work of art plays like a dream and Sure to turn heads and bend ears wherever you go. Perhaps the finest Guitar I have ever played. A real joy to play. Action is so smooth. And the frets are perfect. The whole guitar is perfect with out any issues. Super Nice. And Sharp.

I've owned a Wildkat before. I thought I knew what I was getting..

What I got:
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And the most disgusting poopie covered case and terrible ashtray smells ever. I can't even store this train wreck in my house tonight. It has to be in the basement. It nearly made me puke!

So, off to Reverb to find a better Wildkat.. unless someone here has one they want to part with.. ha.

I've heard of items get damaged in shipping, but I've never heard of the ship sinking, the item being recovered from the bottom of the sea, and then delivered.

 

[ddnidd1]

Be sure to give them feedback he deserves. He only has 80% positive with 5 sales. Get him down to 66% where he deserves to be.

 

[mongo2]

I used to play a Wildcat. It's a good solid P90 guitar but mine was bought new.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

We ain't got Smell-A-Vision.

 

[mongo2]

We ain't got Smell-A-Vision.

Thank goodness for that.

 

[Killing Floor]

100% a different guitar than listed. File a complaint and copy all the pictures.

 

[Reedt2000]

Oh, dear. Definitely not the guitar in the photos.

Return immediately and report this seller to ebay ASAP.

Yes, this ^

Don't get stuck with that mess and don't let the seller get away with that kinda BS.

 

[DirtDog]

Brutal!

 

[HardNHeavy]

yikes!!... well imo i dont buy from anyone on that site with just 5 transactions, and no feedback whatsoever. Was that the only photo for the listing?....

i see the sellers name as "michaeblankenshi0".... just replace that last letter with a "T"

sorry ya got conned on that one..that's lame of them!

 

[ryan morris]

There were quite a few more photos if you check the link to the listing.. several of the front.. some of which clearly are not this guitar, and now I can see how some of them were selectively shot.. ha. It's wild that a person would even try to get away this this. Ebay/Paypal is going to have to return my money.. part of the whole buyer protection thing.. so I don't know why the seller would even try it.

I usually don't ever buy from eBay in general, especially from such low reviews.. but he had 100% when I bought it.. that negative came right after I bought the guitar. Also weird because it took him a week to ship. I was like, "Hey man, what's up with the shipping on this? Why hasn't it gone out yet?!" He apologized ("Dear sir, sorry..") and sent me a photo of it at USPS a day later.. Super weird. Before I ship it tomorrow I'll take a few additional photos and put them here for anyone curious about how gross this was.. but those eBay photos make so much more sense now.

 

[Baloo Pasquariello]

People pay good moneys for relicing like this!

 

[othefool]

Well, the lack of good frontal pics would have been the first clue.

The main photo is a gorgeous frontal pic, and also obviously not the guitar the buyer received

 

[othefool]

It's ok to buy a guitar, Ryan! Really any instrument is acceptable, except the harmonica.

 

[Johnny Fingers]

Likely used the f hole as an ashtray…………for a cigar.

 

[2tonic]

It's ok to buy a guitar, Ryan! Really any instrument is acceptable, except the harmonica, accordion, banjo, trombone, melodica, pan flute, keytar, digeridoo,.........

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