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Please someone outbid me...

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TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
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It seemed like a good idea at the time - it’s only 200-odd quid but that’s 200-odd I don’t have and Mrs O will have my nuts for a necklace.

43 mins and counting ... 
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    no linky, but can't you retract a bid on ebay?

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5820
    A link really would help on this! 
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Fuck it - I’m going to ride it out! (I am conflicted)

    I’m £40 ahead with 29m to go :-/ 

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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    what is it?  i cant bear the tension of not knowing:)
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282729736027
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Oooh, but that is nice, though. If it was a folk size not a Dread I'd be all over it.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    erm, liverpool is a bit of a trek to pick it up. 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    You may have a get-out even if you win - that cracking around the binding below the endpin is not an 'age-related mark', it's had a bump and is more serious damage, the joint has probably separated slightly and the wood to the left of the centre seam has split by the look of it.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    You could email the seller right now and say you've spotted those issues and ask for more pictures, and you may have to pull out if it's not as described. 
    Paul_C said: People never read the signature bit.
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  • lustycourtierlustycourtier Frets: 3115
    Is it an old one? 
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    I pinged him around the time I posted to say I’d made a mistake and could he cancel my bid - if he’d ignored that I’d have done the honourable thing.

    Just looked and he has done so, so that’s cool.

    The main reason I decided to pull out was my confusion over the model name. It’s an old Korean one - it seems back then “S” meant solid top, whereas the same model
    name exists in the current range and means ALL solid - which I thought this was.

    Anyway, I got out, hopefully the 2nd placed guy buys it from him
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    Didn't sell, it's been relisted. He's still not being honest about the cracks near the end pin, it does look more serious than just marks in the lacquer. 
    My trading feedback  http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57616/
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    Don't re-bid - I had a Sigma - the neck was like a rollercoaster, really badly warped. Didn't sound that good either.
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

    Feedback
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 8909
    Looks like it sold to me? 

    I think I can see a crack in the top as well.
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    No I’m not going to - I shouldn’t have in he first place - feel bad for gaffing him about, lesson learned 
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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    As I learned the other day... just buy it, don't pay, you can't leave negative feedback as a seller :) But I do get to put him on my blocked list... bet he has sleepless nights over that.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    thermionic said:
    Looks like it sold to me? 

    I think I can see a crack in the top as well.
    Looks like the buyer pulled out.

    I think the one in the top is just in the lacquer - it doesn't follow the wood grain at the bridge end, and even though it does further down I can't see any evidence of separation.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30023
    TimmyO said:
    No I’m not going to - I shouldn’t have in he first place - feel bad for gaffing him about, lesson learned 
    You've wasted everybody's time according to the seller.
    I want you to go away and think about what you've done.
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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    Sassafras said:
    TimmyO said:
    No I’m not going to - I shouldn’t have in he first place - feel bad for gaffing him about, lesson learned 
    You've wasted everybody's time according to the seller.
    I want you to go away and think about what you've done.
    Technically he's correct, I accept that.

    He's also aware that the model name means something different now than it did - would take him 5 seconds to clarify that in the listing.

    You used to be able to offer it to next highest bidder's bid - perhaps if he's not done that then he wasn't happy with what it would have got to without my bid? If that's the case I've done him a favour in a roundabout sort of way :-) 

    (But yeah, I get that it was my bad - lesson learned)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    TimmyO said:

    Technically he's correct, I accept that.

    He's also aware that the model name means something different now than it did - would take him 5 seconds to clarify that in the listing.

    You used to be able to offer it to next highest bidder's bid - perhaps if he's not done that then he wasn't happy with what it would have got to without my bid? If that's the case I've done him a favour in a roundabout sort of way :-) 

    (But yeah, I get that it was my bad - lesson learned)
    I disagree - although he did supply one blurred picture showing the damage, his description of 'age related marks' is misleading. You had every right to cancel your bid.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    well, I include myself in the "everyone" category and frankly I'm steaming. In that time that Tim wasted I had planned to cure cancer, but now I can't. 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • TimmyOTimmyO Frets: 6976
    ICBM said:
    TimmyO said:

    Technically he's correct, I accept that.

    He's also aware that the model name means something different now than it did - would take him 5 seconds to clarify that in the listing.

    You used to be able to offer it to next highest bidder's bid - perhaps if he's not done that then he wasn't happy with what it would have got to without my bid? If that's the case I've done him a favour in a roundabout sort of way :-) 

    (But yeah, I get that it was my bad - lesson learned)
    I disagree - although he did supply one blurred picture showing the damage, his description of 'age related marks' is misleading. You had every right to cancel your bid.
    You are doubtless correct - I'd looked at it and thought it probably (but as I say, probably wrongly) ok so was at least aware of it
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