Campellone 18" Deluxe was real

[Jabberwocky]

I can confirm it was indeed real. It was delivered this morning. It's in perfect condition, practically unplayed. Here it is with is Campellone brethren.


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Nice trio, Andrew. Happy it worked out well for ya. I am more interested in your full-bodied Charlie-Christian Campy with the Super 400 tailpiece. How did this come about?

If your listing looks like a scam you will be treated like a scammer. No one need apologise for bashing you up. You are asking for someone to part with his/her money, after all. And money is dearer than decency towards your fellow men who may just turn out to be scammers. Happily, in Andrew's case, the seller is not one. But that is no reason to be kind. The next scammer is just waiting around the corner. People get scammed because nobody questioned the honesty of an ad. Scams are successful because the scam looked honest. How do you know that an ad is honest until after the fact? Assume ads are honest until they are not? That is freaking näive. Note that nobody bashes ads by members/posters here of good standing.

Weak stick feckers who can't take the heat can kindly feck off. And fudge packers who join up just to sell goods without first giving back to the community can also kindly feck off. Please find out how the For Sale section first came about.

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... If your listing looks like a scam you will be treated like a scammer. ... <-> ... Scams are successful because the scam looked honest. ...

Doesn't that somehow indicate that a real scam does not look like a scam (i.e. may not identified easily) . IME one should always be observant when buying second hand. Both for technical/functional issues but also for provenance. Even if the sellers name is "Honest John"

I don't live my life in the "For sale" section, but I would expect most sellers to start reading the fairly clear (and yet polite) instructional write-up by mr. beaumont. I don't know if it is "official" but it has been stickied, so I would consider it so. Just as I would also expect potential buyers with a legitimate interest in the advertized item to request additional information if so required.

Maybe some of those which are specialists in spotting scammers could collect the wisdom in a corresponding (and stickied) "Advise for buyers" thread.

Private sales have no protection for buyers (or sellers).

[andrew]

I am more interested in your full-bodied Charlie-Christian Campy with the Super 400 tailpiece. How did this come about?

It was a custom build I commissioned Mark to do in 2024. It's based on the original Gibson ES-250. Mark was a little apprehensive about doing it at first, but I twisted his arm and he graciously agreed. He then came to really enjoy the project. It turned out great and is a really special guitar. I did a NGD post about it here:

NGD - Mark Campellone Custom CS-250