{"id":23974,"date":"2011-02-24T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T17:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2025-08-09T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:36:46","slug":"a-new-bass-sax-for-under-a-1000-i-dont-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/a-new-bass-sax-for-under-a-1000-i-dont-think-so\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Bass Sax For Under A $1000: I Don’t Think So…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regular readers of my blog might remember the articles I wrote on January 3<\/a> and 4<\/a>, about the fraudulent bass sale that resulted in a blog reader of mine from South America being ripped off his deposit on a bass saxophone that he was supposedly buying from an unscrupulous eBay seller located in Beijing. Luckily PayPal\u2014after investigating the claim\u2014returned his deposit, but many cons don’t turn out so well for the person being scammed.<\/p>\n

Well in Part II\u2014the January 4 post\u2014I mention another seller who popped up immediately after the original con artist (goodmanner010) was booted off eBay. Ah yes, a seller going by the name of zaixiangliuluoguo, was supposedly selling the same type of inventory<\/em> that goodmanner010 was: \u00fcber expensive instruments at a fraction of their true cost.<\/p>\n

zaixiangliuluoguo had been reported in January, and since then I haven’t seen him\/her attempt to sell anymore bass saxophones. That is until yesterday.<\/p>\n

Yesterday on the Woodwind Forum, Pete Hales noted a number of different bass saxophones currently for sale on eBay. Among these basses was this one listed by zaixiangliuluoguo:<\/p>\n

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     Source: eBay.com<\/h6>\n

zaixiangliuluoguo is a man\/woman of few words, and doesn’t provide a description of the instrument… Nor a reason why the neck was so professionally<\/em> removed using a photo editing program. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

The only description is in the auction’s title, which reads:<\/p>\n

bass saxophone sax play well<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the ad text itself, zaixiangliuluoguo simple writes this:<\/p>\n

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Payment Instructions:<\/span><\/p>\n

I accept paypal .<\/p>\n

Shipping cost :<\/span><\/p>\n

120USD to worldwide<\/p>\n

weight : about 19kg , packing material be included.<\/p>\n

Ship this item by Air Mail,will reach in 15-28 days!<\/p>\n

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us,we will reply within 6 hours.<\/p>\n

Return Policy:<\/span><\/p>\n

We are 100% Satisfaction Guarantee to our customers. If you are not satisfied with the item, we offer Full Refund to you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What makes me suspect that zaixiangliuluoguo is either goodmanner010 with another screen name, or connected with that banned eBay seller, is that the 10 items that he\/she has sold, are pretty much the same as what goodmanner010 had: cheap jewelry.<\/p>\n

However, I can’t tell you if it’s exactly the same cheap jewelry, because I wasn’t really paying that close attention to the lovely<\/em> earrings and bracelets that goodmanner010 was flogging. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Yesterday when I first saw the auction, there was 1 bid on this bass saxophone. This morning there are 2. The high bid currently sits at $610.00. Sure… $610 for an Asian-made bass saxophone. Give me a break. This horn would sell for at least 5 to 6 times that amount.<\/p>\n

If eBay doesn’t yank the ad, the auction is supposed to end on March 2. I have reported the auction. I hope you do too.<\/p>\n

If you don’t believe me that this thing is a fraudulent auction, you might want to check out some of this seller’s other auctions. When was the last time you saw a contrabass bassoon for $900?<\/a> Or a contrabass clarinet for $500?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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