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Lowest Priced New Basses Ever??

Does anyone have an actual address (or identifiable location) for their delivery? I'd be curious to try to contact them and see if they respond with what they received. I am 100% it is not a bass or guitar. Just curious if there is a connection of any kind. Or just curious. I never said I was normal :p
I got this address from USPS:
1810 Wadsworth Way
Baltimore, MD 21239
 
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Mail Fraud does not apply if nothing was actually shipped thru USPS. They used bogus or stolen tracking numbers.

Yeah, my guess is robhe bought or stole legit tracking numbers from completely unrelated shipments and attached them to his fraudulent transactions.
So, yes something was shipped to an address using a USPS tracking number associated with a purchase I made from eBay. Yes, that is mail fraud as the USPS says, and a case can be made.
 
While I agree with the general sentiment that the basses aren't coming, everything @pcake says is true and none of the tracking info in that post is evidence that it is a scam. The seller doesn't control the shipping delays and the USPS tracking is frequently unreliable.

So, not so much positive thinking than critical thinking. Just supporting pcake's good thinking. : )
Yes, you are right. I was right there too. She could be at this point, the only one that gets a bass. After most who got a tracking number and saw it was moving through the system, right up thought the out for delivery notice like, me as well. Only to find out at the last that it was delivered to another address in Baltimore MD instead of Portland OR and it weight 0.04 lbs instead of 10 lbs. So yes...
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But at some point...
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Having said that:
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PCAKE!!!
 
Yes, you are right. I was right there too. She could be at this point, the only one that gets a bass. After most who got a tracking number and saw it was moving through the system, right up thought the out for delivery notice like, me as well. Only to find out at the last that it was delivered to another address in Baltimore MD instead of Portland OR and it weight 0.04 lbs instead of 10 lbs. So yes...
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We gonna have ninety pages by surprise Saturday!!! Lol ! :-)
 
So, yes something was shipped to an address using a USPS tracking number associated with a purchase I made from eBay. Yes, that is mail fraud as the USPS says, and a case can be made.
Only if They Actually Shipped something. If they just gave a bogus or someone else's tracking number, they did not use USPS. Mail Fraud only applies if actually using the mail system. Tracking numbers belonging to someone else is not actually using the mail system.
 
We gonna have ninety pages by surprise Saturday!!! Lol ! :)
Yep.
I still have the black bass and amp combo out there :D
Couldn't start a case on that one because it had "shipped" but hadn't arrived yet. Have to wait until Surprise Saturday, March 14th to see if I get a shipment. Maybe back to the Baltimore address :)

I'm still with you, pcake!

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Estimated delivery Friday, Mar 6, 2020 - Saturday, Mar 14, 2020
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New GP Glarry Electric Bass Guitar Bass w/ 20W AMP Black
Item price USD 17.99
Quantity 1
Item number 37XXXXXXXXXX
Shipping service USPS Retail Ground
No tracking number.
 
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Only if They Actually Shipped something. If they just gave a bogus or someone else's tracking number, they did not use USPS. Mail Fraud only applies if actually using the mail system. Tracking numbers belonging to someone else is not actually using the mail system.
Yep USPS said something was shipped with my tracking number in the mail. They gave me the delivery address, the package weight. I got that info from a phone interview I had with USPS this morning :)
 
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She could be at this point, the only one that gets a bass. After most who got a tracking number and saw it was moving through the system, right up thought the out for delivery notice like, me as well.
"Out for delivery" is only valid if it's already been delivered to your local area, which should be listed in the tracking details. If tracking says it's in another part of the country and then says "out for delivery" it's not coming to you.
 
I've been following this thread and have decided to only pay upwards of $50 for a bass... ;)

I love it. : )

You're right, if we want a cheap but decent bass, a bunch of colors to choose from, $54 dollars or so will do it. I'm actually re-tempted. I have to wait to see how my robhe order goes down beforehand.

I ordered my Glarry Burlywood Jazz directly through Glarry and at this point that's the only route I'll choose. Might be more than $54 but it's going to be the Kia of basses-- solid and uneventful.
 
"Out for delivery" is only valid if it's already been delivered to your local area, which should be listed in the tracking details. If tracking says it's in another part of the country and then says "out for delivery" it's not coming to you.
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I figured that out when it had said:
March 6, 2020, 3:23 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Then:
March 7, 2020
In Transit to Next Facility

March 8, 2020, 5:34 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
BALTIMORE MD DISTRIBUTION CENTER

It was supposed to deliver at my door March 9th in Portland OR

Then when I got this, I knew for sure I'd been had:

March 9, 2020, 6:52 am
Arrived at Unit
BALTIMORE, MD 21239

March 9, 2020, 7:10 am
Out for Delivery
BALTIMORE, MD 21239

And finally the coup de grace:

March 9, 2020, 7:34 pm
Delivered, In/At Mailbox
BALTIMORE, MD 21239
Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 7:34 pm on March 9, 2020 in BALTIMORE, MD 21239.
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Yep USPS said something was shipped with my tracking number in the mail. They gave me the delivery address, the package weight. I got that info from a phone interview I had with USPS this morning :)
That only means you got a Tracking Number. Not that Robhe actually shipped anything. Again the distinction is whether Robhe (or whatever seller we are referring to) actually sent a package thru USPS. If they only are giving out Tracking numbers that belong to another shipper or buyer than they did not use USPS.

*If Robhe Shipped something it is mail fraud.

*I Robhe DID NOT ship something, it is NOT Mail fraud.


NOTE: That Receiving something thru USPS that is fraudelant is also Mail Fraud, if it actually passed thru USPS.
 
That only means you got a Tracking Number. Not that Robhe actually shipped anything. Again the distinction is whether Robhe (or whatever seller we are referring to) actually sent a package thru USPS. If they only are giving out Tracking numbers that belong to another shipper or buyer than they did not use USPS.

*If Robhe Shipped something it is mail fraud.

*I Robhe DID NOT ship something, it is NOT Mail fraud.


NOTE: That Receiving something thru USPS that is fraudelant is also Mail Fraud, if it actually passed thru USPS.
I guess I'm not following you.

USPS said an item was shipped to that address using that tracking number and even had the weight of the package. Regardless if Robhe did or didn't physically ship it himself. I still don't have the bass from him that
he is supposed to ship to me. That tracking number came from his eBay store, it came from him.

On top of that, IF it was something fraudulent pulled on him. One would expect he would want to remedy it, clear his good name and communicate with his customers. He has stopped responding to emails inquiries as to what is going on.
 
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USPS said an item was shipped to that address using that tracking number and even had the weight of the package. Regardless if Robhe did or didn't physically ship it himself. I still don't have the bass from him that
he is supposed to ship to me. That tracking number came from his eBay store, it came from him.
One last time.
USPS said an item was shipped with that tracking number. That does not mean Robhe actually shipped something. If he did not actual ship an item it is not Mail fraud.
I ordered from the Daco seller who gave me a Tracking number. That tracking number showed Amazon as the original shipper & it went to another state than mine. So Daco did not actually ship anything. Only used someone else's tracking number. So that is not Mail Fraud. He Did not use USPS.
 
One last time.
USPS said an item was shipped with that tracking number. That does not mean Robhe actually shipped something. If he did not actual ship an item it is not Mail fraud.
I ordered from the Daco seller who gave me a Tracking number. That tracking number showed Amazon as the original shipper & it went to another state than mine. So Daco did not actually ship anything. Only used someone else's tracking number. So that is not Mail Fraud. He Did not use USPS.
And regardless of him not actually shipping anything. He was found to be fraudulent.

OK, now if it shows his shipping address and company name, what say you then :)

Plus that doesn't negate the fact that he didn't ship the bass and he doesn't respond to emails to clear this up.
I get the technical banter you're putting down. I just think his hands aren't clean on this deal at all, regardless :)
 
And regardless of him not actually shipping anything. He was found to be fraudulent.

OK, now if it shows his shipping address and company name, what say you then :)

Plus that doesn't negate the fact that he didn't ship the bass and he doesn't respond to emails to clear this up.
I get the technical banter you're putting down. I just think his hands aren't clean on this deal at all, regardless :)

It's fraud, but not mail fraud. There's a distinction.
 
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While I agree with the general sentiment that the basses aren't coming, everything @pcake says is true and none of the tracking info in that post is evidence that it is a scam. The seller doesn't control the shipping delays and the USPS tracking is frequently unreliable.

So, not so much positive thinking than critical thinking. Just supporting pcake's good thinking. : )
I'm pretty much with you. I've found the USPS tracking system is really flawed. The last item I ordered arrived two days before its delivery estimate.

And I don't know why this is occurring, why nobody is getting a guitar or a bass. But the fact that I've read at least four accounts ... on two separate forums ... of people getting delivery notices of an item being delivered hundreds, if not thousands of miles away, certainly sounds
That only means you got a Tracking Number. Not that Robhe actually shipped anything. Again the distinction is whether Robhe (or whatever seller we are referring to) actually sent a package thru USPS. If they only are giving out Tracking numbers that belong to another shipper or buyer than they did not use USPS.

*If Robhe Shipped something it is mail fraud.

*I Robhe DID NOT ship something, it is NOT Mail fraud.


NOTE: That Receiving something thru USPS that is fraudelant is also Mail Fraud, if it actually passed thru USPS.


I am also lost. The seller DID send something to DJ Bebop, something that weighs 0.4 ounce, a letter or something else that qualified as Small Packet. So would that not be considered mail fraud? Something has been received as there is a USPS note of it.
 
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