ebay purchase, feel a little misled

[Smooth_bass88]

nothing’s misleading about that eBay listing

it’s a guitar anyway

 

[Laurent]

A few thoughts here:
1. Communicate with the seller, maybe if you pickup shipping and a restocking fee, he or she is willing to take the instrument back. Note however that with a relatively inexpensive instrument it's a bit of a moot point.
2. There was plenty of pictures and some giving an indication of the size of the instrument. The picture in front of the door in particular. I think it's hard to argue you were mislead. You also had the opportunity to ask questions before the sale. Is it buyer's remorse?
3. Read Ebay's policy, they have extremely detailed notes on pretty much any situation. Including buyer's remorse.
4. Most instruments have interesting aspects/tone to them. Is it really an instrument you won't enjoy?
Good luck to you, sorry to read you are disappointed.

 

[KellyC]

Not to make light of your situation, but I can't help but think of this:

 

[JIO]

Paging @JIO .

Not much to add - it's a '60s vintage Japanese "Prestige" (Kawai/Sakai Mokko Co Ltd) branded 6-string guitar with all original parts in relatively good condition.

 

[r_bnks]

If you received the exact guitar what's on the photo, then nothing to say.
No misleading here.

 

[blastoff]

cool guitar.

 

[Five or Six]

I will just say this. When I see the headstock look about half the size of the guitar, it should be pretty obvious what it is.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I looked again at the listing and it was $131 for shipping, I assume that was for me in Maryland. Since OP is in Florida and the guitar is shipping from Oregon, that's probably about what you paid for shipping. Shipping it back, then deducting shipping costs will be more than the item was worth originally. Your only option is to enjoy it or sell it locally on FB Marketplace or Craigslist.

 

[sikamikanico]

Agreed. Move on, learn from the experience. And more importantly, just play the thing! Make it work, make it look cool. You can fake wanting to play an undersized instrument, no one will know or care

Go for this look

 

[wintremute]

Too bad the seller didn't use a banana for scale in the pics.

 

[micguy]

I think the picture kinda says it, but in addition, the "vintage" japanese guitars of that era (we called them "cheap" guitars when I was a kid) are well known to be small bodied, toy-ish instruments - that is their "thing", and has been for 60 plus years. They were made for kids, not adults - adults of that era bought Fenders and Gibsons, the Japanese stuff was literally made for beginner kids - you weren't certain whether or not they would take to the guitar, so you bought them something cheap to start with.

Now, somehow....they're 'vintage". Not sure how that happened.

 

[Jeff Hughes]

I have seen guitars and basses for sale where they play with the angle to make it look like the body is large and the neck smaller. But this pic is pretty honest in my opinion.

Guitarists have a sense of the size of the bridge and sting spacing, so they probably assumed that you did as well.

 

[Gorn]

You seem to think it's an oddly shaped guitar, and it is, but what's misleading?

 

[Ryan X Decent]

My girlfriend often buys things without verifying the dimensions, which often results in me doing things like taking a Sawzall to a counter top to make a new dishwasher fit.

I always verify dimensions and specs before spending money on something.

 

[murmur70]

I feel a little misled by this thread.

 

[Zooberwerx]

My girlfriend often buys things without verifying the dimensions, which often results in me doing things like taking a Sawzall to a counter top to make a new dishwasher fit.

I always verify dimensions and specs before spending money on something.

I look for every possible opportunity to pull out my DeWalt Sawz-all. I keep it loaded with a demolition blade…I make my own dimensions.

Riis

 

[perfektspace6]

I understand your frustration OP. Years ago I bought what I thought was a full size lacrosse head on ebay. The pics were close ups and didn't provide much in the way of scale and I assumed it was a normal lacrosse head. It was not and was smaller. Felt mislead but it wasn't very expensive and I just chalked it up to a lesson learned. Hope this did not cost you much.

 

[Lowbrow]

Sorry, but this is all on you.

 

[JIO]

I will just say this. When I see the headstock look about half the size of the guitar, it should be pretty obvious what it is.

 

[jnuts1]

the tiesco tulip may be the smallest body you could fit a neck on. they were tiny