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Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« on: September 01, 2014, 06:09:57 AM »
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2014, 07:51:51 AM »

 That and some say Gibson on the TRC. Craptacular.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2014, 08:43:46 AM »
They probably sound as good as they look  :rolleyes:

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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 09:40:42 AM »
"if you need a guitar Headstock pictures, please contact us"

Riiight! :o
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 10:08:10 AM »
Vely fline blasses, allel of them! Not buying now, savel you lotsa money!
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2014, 01:18:19 PM »
Oh dear, how were these designed - verbal description over the phone?
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2014, 01:52:08 PM »
These have been around for years now.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2014, 02:43:23 PM »
I believe that the Alibaba e-commerce company is scheduled to go public and pop at $20B+ USD some time in the next week or so.
Not sure if this has relevance at all - I'm just hoping that more and more people don't fall victim to these cheap (and mostly illegal) knock-offs.  I have a feeling that any (if there are any) current international shipping restrictions might be...less than stringently enforced once these guys go public.

It's pretty easy for most musicians to take one glance at a bad picture from a Chinese e-Commerce site and start counting flaws, but can imagine what happens when US marketing specialists (and lawyers) get a crack at making millions by selling dog poo to strangers?

Imagine some uninformed aunt/uncle unwittingly buying a Gibsun LP on Amazon for $138 - thinking they're doing a great thing for their niece/nephew...

I weep for the future.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2014, 03:01:23 PM »
Alibaba is HUGE in China - makes Ebay look like a junior brother.  It's a primary means of commerce there.  You can just imagine that every fake and knock-off created in China is available there. 

I haven't reviewed it to see if there are any safeguards for buyers, but I wouldn't believe it even if I read that there were.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2014, 03:37:29 PM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on September 01, 2014, 03:01:23 PM
Alibaba is HUGE in China - makes Ebay look like a junior brother.  It's a primary means of commerce there.  You can just imagine that every fake and knock-off created in China is available there. 

I haven't reviewed it to see if there are any safeguards for buyers, but I wouldn't believe it even if I read that there were.

Our fellow Outposter John Schoen ordered a Rickenfaker a while ago and he posted his ideas on the bass in the Rickenbacker corner.

http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=8898.0
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2014, 03:56:40 PM »
That's an appallingly limited colour range.  If they had some cool custom colours they might actually sell a few.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2014, 03:57:42 PM »
Those still look better than Nikki's Schecter.
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2014, 06:06:30 PM »

 ROLF!

So true!
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2014, 09:48:17 PM »
Ya got that right, G. Nikki's schector looks Like dog poop!
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Re: Look at these cheap Chinese T Birds!!!!
« Reply #14 on: September 02, 2014, 04:08:05 AM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on September 01, 2014, 03:01:23 PM
Alibaba is HUGE in China - makes Ebay look like a junior brother.  It's a primary means of commerce there.  You can just imagine that every fake and knock-off created in China is available there. 

I haven't reviewed it to see if there are any safeguards for buyers, but I wouldn't believe it even if I read that there were.
Quote from: Basvarken on September 01, 2014, 03:37:29 PM
Our fellow Outposter John Schoen ordered a Rickenfaker a while ago and he posted his ideas on the bass in the Rickenbacker corner.

http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=8898.0
I bought my Rickenfaker on DHgate, Alibabas smaller cousin, because they have a system where you pay DHgate for the goods and DHgate releases the payment to the seller when you indicate that you have received the goods and there is nothing wrong with them. Didn't have to try to get a refund because I am very happy with my Lemmy faker.
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