fender serial numbers

[mindflow]

i was curious, does anyone know why a lot of people on ebay dont put full serial numbers on their auctions? like theyll put the first four numbers and then leave xx for the last two? what kind of harm could someone do knowing the serial number? thanks

 

[pyrohr]

i was curious, does anyone know why a lot of people on ebay dont put full serial numbers on their auctions? like theyll put the first four numbers and then leave xx for the last two? what kind of harm could someone do knowing the serial number? thanks

Because the possibillity of fraud exist. Whats to stop someone from making a police report with that serial # and then pointing to e-bay and saying that that is their instrument. It disrupts the auction. all you need to know with the serial #'s is the first few digits, those will tell you the year.

 

[hands5]

Because the possibillity of fraud exist. Whats to stop someone from making a police report with that serial # and then pointing to e-bay and saying that that is their instrument. It disrupts the auction. all you need to know with the serial #'s is the first few digits, those will tell you the year.

EXACTLY !

 

[mindflow]

that makes perfect sense, thank you