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Re: So many R13s on eBay with the seller in Japan

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2022-06-30 04:34

I agree that the fraud level on FB is extreme. I'm in the market for a symphony-level violin, and the FB ads astonish me. Some grungy old thing said to be an antique Italian made violin, and it does not have the obvious things that would have to have been done to modernize that instrument; in the pictures I asked for, it actually looked beat up. AND a price tag of something like $18,000. I mean, WOW. A fool born every minute?

I bought my pro level oboe off of ebay at a very good price, after corresponding with the seller (In Michigan) and deciding he/it was legit; they either know what they are talking about or they don't. I also got my euphonium off of ebay quite a few years ago, at a very good price because the bell had been creased (which doesn't affect how it plays once fixed, just the appearance.) So far I have not been ripped off on ebay but I also think I'm reasonably wary. Nowadays, you better know your seller personally, or know someone who does know them personally.

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