Three13
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Given the proliferation of threads about fakes, I have a pertinent question for the people here who have ACTUALLY bought and sold more than FIVE (5) bursts in their lives.
How many of you believe that the problem of replicas and conversions being sold as bursts has become a major issue in deals involving EXPERIENCED buyers and sellers of vintage Les Pauls?
To clarify, if you get rid of the too-good-to-be-true deals that crop up involving BS stories and naïve/unschooled buyers, is this a significant issue in arm’s-length deals involving top-tier professionals?
If the consensus is no, we all need to take a deep breath and realize that we're behaving like idiots; there will always be gullible, greedy people who get ripped off because they refuse to do their due diligence (not just with bursts or collectibles, but with anything that costs a lot of money).
While this reality is unfortunate, there are plenty of experts out there who are fairly easy to locate with a simple internet search – these forums have certainly made it possible to find a few respected individuals. In most cases, I suspect that the top-tier professionals can identify the real article in person, and if this is true, there’s really no excuse to get taken in by the fakes that seem to be getting everyone’s panties in a bunch around here.
Looking at the boards lately, I feel like all I can see is a bunch of screeching old ladies, convinced that the end is nigh. At the same time, I don’t see a lot of real aficionados getting burned.
I know it’s important to get the word out that there are deceptive fakes making the rounds, but we seem to be focused on the fraudulent offerings and ignoring the fact that the fakes that have been identified were actually IDENTIFIED. Experts - often on this forum - have been able to ascertain that there was something wrong them.
True, every time a fake gets offered as genuine, it is bad for the business, but the fact that so many have been outed is really an argument that things are working.
PLEASE – IF YOU HAVEN’T ACTUALLY HANDLED SEVERAL GENUINE BURST TRANSACTIONS, JUST READ THE THREAD – I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD BENEFIT FROM REAL EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKING.
I haven't done the requisite amount of trading, so I will now shut my mouth and hope to learn something.
How many of you believe that the problem of replicas and conversions being sold as bursts has become a major issue in deals involving EXPERIENCED buyers and sellers of vintage Les Pauls?
To clarify, if you get rid of the too-good-to-be-true deals that crop up involving BS stories and naïve/unschooled buyers, is this a significant issue in arm’s-length deals involving top-tier professionals?
If the consensus is no, we all need to take a deep breath and realize that we're behaving like idiots; there will always be gullible, greedy people who get ripped off because they refuse to do their due diligence (not just with bursts or collectibles, but with anything that costs a lot of money).
While this reality is unfortunate, there are plenty of experts out there who are fairly easy to locate with a simple internet search – these forums have certainly made it possible to find a few respected individuals. In most cases, I suspect that the top-tier professionals can identify the real article in person, and if this is true, there’s really no excuse to get taken in by the fakes that seem to be getting everyone’s panties in a bunch around here.
Looking at the boards lately, I feel like all I can see is a bunch of screeching old ladies, convinced that the end is nigh. At the same time, I don’t see a lot of real aficionados getting burned.
I know it’s important to get the word out that there are deceptive fakes making the rounds, but we seem to be focused on the fraudulent offerings and ignoring the fact that the fakes that have been identified were actually IDENTIFIED. Experts - often on this forum - have been able to ascertain that there was something wrong them.
True, every time a fake gets offered as genuine, it is bad for the business, but the fact that so many have been outed is really an argument that things are working.
PLEASE – IF YOU HAVEN’T ACTUALLY HANDLED SEVERAL GENUINE BURST TRANSACTIONS, JUST READ THE THREAD – I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD BENEFIT FROM REAL EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKING.
I haven't done the requisite amount of trading, so I will now shut my mouth and hope to learn something.
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