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Author: Rickwbliss
Date: 2013-03-29 17:11
Hi guys, I was recently hanging aroung on the internet, and this really weird Chinese website popped up with the title "Buffet B16 student clarinet wholesale" in English. So I was really curious, and I searched it up on Google Images, and there are all those Chinese pictures about Brand New Buffet B16 for $2000 Chinese Dollars(around $300) but when I am on the Buffet website I can't find a thing about "Buffet B16s". Is it a Chinese retail only buffet or is all those pictures/websites/dealers selling, and showing a fake Buffet?
P.S Those "B16s" even got a Buffet Hard Case(similar to B10s'), and a Buffet box that looks the same as every other Buffet boxs.
Oh yeah, here is the link so check it out yourself!
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=673&q=buffet+b16&oq=buffet+b16&gs_l=img.3..0i24.2097.4557.0.5150.10.9.0.1.1.0.124.788.8j1.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.7.img.97TUOBo_Jt0
And the links of the clarinets from a pretty big Chinese online shop
http://s.taobao.com/search?q=buffet+b16&keyword=&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&search_type=item&atype=&tracelog=&sourceId=tb.index&rt=1364576953471&source=haiwaigou&pid=mm_14507416_2297358_8935934&unid=
MY QUESTION IS "ARE THOSE CLARINETS AUTHETIC OR NOT?"
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Author: Rickwbliss
Date: 2013-03-29 17:33
That is what I know too, but under the blue fabric case's buffet logo has the word B16 clearly stamped on it.
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Author: Rickwbliss
Date: 2013-03-29 18:12
Well the one with two barrels claims that his B16 is made in France, so it is obviously fake.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2013-03-29 21:17
If you use the Chrome built-in translator on the shop ad it is described at one point as a Buffay B16. They also seem to be offering the E11, B12, Jupiter and Julian Bliss instruments. I wouldn't touch them with a very long pole.
Tony F.
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Author: Steven Ocone
Date: 2013-03-29 21:52
Think about it. Buffet clarinets are made in France and Germany. These ebay sellers are in China.
Steve Ocone
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