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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    read again there. see the quotes? okay, these * " * things...
    and you fail to quote the parts where i say BOTH sides are wrong in my opinion.
    it does me no good to rip someone off. i'd rather be...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    [QUOTE=journeybear;676905]That's from the OP. If you want to advocate such devilry as "selling a decent quality fake" you should understand you will get a lot of heat from people who believe in...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    excuse you. you mean ebayers. pawn shops aren't the main culprits in the imposter market, thank you.
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    even the experts get stumped by some of the oddities, such as the lump scroll i was talking about. i was fairly certain it was real. especially after talking to a few experts. i was just trying to...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    issue 1: if there wasn't a market there wouldn't be people selling them. and pawn shops are the least of the imposter problem. you need to travel much further east to get to the source. trust me, it...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    if it says "gibson" what am i supposed to do? i'm smart enough to tell the difference and i'm honest but a less educated pawn shop employee may not. and their "lies" are just regenerations of the...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    and did you answer my question? has anybody told me what i can look for to make certain it's a Gibson? thanks.
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    CES,
    That's what I'm saying. I just feel "imports", "pawn" and "ebay" all get maligned for all the wrong reasons. And some do some shady things but some are just ignorant and wouldn't know a Gibson...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    I didn't say it was okay. to rip people off. That's why I'm here asking questions. But I have seen pleanty of #### Gibsons (guitars, I should specify) granted, the ratio is less than some other...
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    Re: Another you won't believe fake Gibson

    I work at a pawn shop. We purchased a 70's Gibson "A-5" at the shop. It looks like the real deal (given the state of Gibson in the mid 70's.) But the scroll (on an "A" ??) has no carving and the...
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