Members jairic Posted December 1, 2011 Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 I don't know what you'd put instead of Hamer if you're selling an import Hamer, the bad version would be "Hamer (not USA)", which would still only be half as bad as "Gibson strings" on some random guitar.I'm fine with sales pitches, I find it more irritating when there's a thousand words of boilerplate and a twelve word description of the item with one small picture.Also IMO "lawsuit" is fine for any 70s MIJ guitar that's a carbon copy, I think that's well understood, no need to get too literal about it. I wouldn't use it as a search term but someone might. I don't disagree, but I do think that people get the wrong impression; as stated here: http://www.guitarattack.com/destroyer/lawsuit.htmThese lawsuit guitars (speaking, in this case, about Ibanez) aren't necessarily great guitars, they just look like recognizable guitars. I have always wondered why a person would drop $500 on an Ibanez Lawsuit LP copy instead of heading to ebay and picking up a Gibson LP (Faded, VM, whatever) for about the same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chad Posted December 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 ...I find it more irritating when there's a thousand words of boilerplate and a twelve word description of the item with one small picture.. Yes! I can't stand that. When selling on Ebay, I NEVER use the "product details" part of Ebay's listing options. I mostly buy used items and am fully aware of what I'm looking for. What I want in a listing is detailed info and pics on the specific item in the listing. I can look up specs and stock pics in other areas of the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted December 1, 2011 Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 I really hate adds that are written like.... wal-mart brand plywood guitar with GIBSON strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 Sellers who claim ignorance. I'm not a player and really know nothing about guitars......... Big red flag. Stay away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 What I'm saying is that there has to be a reason for the return. They have to point out something that contradicts the description and/or pictures. I am extremely anal with my listings, but at the same time I am human and not perfect. In the unlikely incident that I DID overlook something, that's where the return policy comes in to play. It doesn't take much. Prime example, I sold a pair of black jeans on Ebay. The tag said black, from the manufacturer. The listing was all information from the manufacturer's website, which said black. The buyer got them and said they "weren't black enough." Ebay forced me to give him a refund and he still left me negative feedback (which he later removed after I begged him). I assume, with such a complaint, he loved Burzum. Even a customer mistaking a product for something else can occasionally be considered "not as described," because it's not what THEY thought you were describing it as, no matter how well you did s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 I hate seeing homemade relics. I think I've seen one guitar that was home-relic'd and impressed me, and that was in the forum (somewhere in the Guitar Pictures. thread that GreatDane posted in often.) "I 'modified' this guitar by dragging the body (without the neck and hardware obviously) down my driveway behind my 66 Mustang and then I set it on fire for a while." Was there a Whoville apartment fire in the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 I have always wondered why a person would drop $500 on an Ibanez Lawsuit LP copy instead of heading to ebay and picking up a Gibson LP (Faded, VM, whatever) for about the same price. Actually, the Ibanez copies are pretty good. $300, maybe, but $500, no. I'd say the Explorers going for the amounts they do is EVH's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 I hate this {censored}. No information on the product itself, some vague claim to it being an "upgrade" but no idea what make it is, and then a {censored}load of general auction information that's in all of their auctions and a bunch of self advertising. Tell me what the {censored} it is first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 I hate that too. L@@K or LQQK push me away, although I have done that as a joke in the spam thread. +1. Nothing makes me look away from an auction quite like a desperate plea for attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 Seems like the new thing to do on our local Craig's List is to not post a price or pictures. I don't know how that helps the seller. Good pictures are everything in advertising. Good pictures without feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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