Les Paul on CL - scam or scoop?

[xtian]

http://chico.craigslist.org/msg/4297873461.html

He's asking $700. Beware, right? Should I check it out?

[Colossal]

If that's legit, well, wow...but gotta say my spider sense is tingling

[xtian]

Guy just replied to me:

Someone just bought this from me, but I can tell you where I got it from.
I just picked up 3 of these from www.allproductforsell.com and I resold them on here for some extra money.

The trick is to watch for bidding to slow down and then put in a bid. That's what I do and I win all the time.

[Colossal]

Hmm, smells Chinese. When you click the link there's a few redirects before you get to Quibids Holdings LLC. Googling Quibids, there's a lot of skepticism out there. I'm wondering if that is a Chibson counterfeit.

[BTF]

There's a thread going on the Acoustic Guitar Forum where two posters have answered CL ads for Gibson guitars, only to be redirected to Quibids.

Hope this helps! Bill.

[NickC]

Sounds like a scam to me.

[Cantplay]

Quibids makes money off of bidders. You have to buy bids to bid on an item, and can only bid in penny increments.

Both winning and losing bidders pay for each bid they put in. So, for an item to reach $5, It will take 500 bids.

john

[xtian]

Scammy scammy bastids.