Recent content by bunbury

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm very relieved that it worked out well. Although it's tempting to enjoy the thought that the daft idiot is left holding a 'firewood' guitar that he's trashed, I prefer the idea that he was lying and that nobody's smashed a good guitar. I really don't like...

Seems to have two headstocks ...

Paypal have resolved the dispute in my favour and I have beed paid for the guitar. I'm sure Stony Plain, Alberta has loads of honest, upstanding citizens and that one bad apple, possibly an imposter, doesn't detract from the rest of them. The folks who run the local Guitar Centre were very...

Just for the sake of clarity, I should point out that Kroeger :) doesn't come from Stony Plain, Alberta! But my guitar kicker does ... And it's a small place.

I have a development. PayPal have responded: "We've determined that the buyer should receive a refund if they send the merchandise back to you. The merchandise will be in the same condition as when the buyer received it and the buyer is responsible for all postage and packaging costs." The...

OK, thanks for that - I have made a complaint to eBay. The buyer had just two feedback, both positive of course. I failed to check that before shipping and there's a big lesson for me there. All the correspondence was thro' eBay and I crossed the road to be reasonable.

It's clearly a fraud and I have a name and address - although I can't say for sure that either is real. The issue now rests with PayPal who are holding the money. They are aware that the buyer was offered and refused a full refund, that I offered to pay for the return of the guitar, and that...

I've spent plenty of time in Canada and like the place and the people very much. Mrs Bunbury and I often talk about moving to BC (dream on ...). This is the first and, I expect, the last Canada-based douchebag I'll run into. Anyway, all the messages went through eBay. Fingers crossed. IMO...

A new and erudite message from the buyer: "well it was fuked beyond repair" I've escalated this to a dispute. He/she says he's trashed and thrown away the guitar - and has turned down two attempts by me the get it into a nearby major guitar retailer, for either repair or so that I can issue...

At least I know that whoever it is must be limping. No way I'm kicking a guitar across a room

Another email from the buyer: "anyways i got rid of it now,,, firewood" Terrible spelling and grammar and sounding a little anxious and repetitive. Must be a teenager.

OK. My buyer has responded to my offer to pay for any repairs (thought to be negligible) with this explanation for why the guitar cannot be repaired: "i kicked the ******* across the room and threw it out in the trash" Jeez. Am I dealing with a teenager out of their depth in a scam? That's a...

I think I am in the process of being defrauded out of a guitar by an eBay "buyer" in Canada and would appreciate advice pls. I feel all the more foolish because a forum member warned me this might happen. The buyer first threatened to cancel the transaction when the guitar didn't show up on...

Peter - I have TE120 that's very, very similar to Cliff's. I have always thought of it as a 120A. Recently I dug out the paper work that came with it (about 8 yrs ago) and found I have a certificate authenticating it. It says mine is a TE 120NR (rosewood board). Leaving aside the...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-1980-Tokai-TE-120-Breezy-Sound-Tele-Custom-w-Gig-Bag-Abalone-Bound-Ash-Body-/310663247684?pt=Guitar&hash=item4854f8f744 If this is what it claims to be it's a TE120A - which is a very hard guitar to fake. That makes it rare, much more beautiful than the...