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I believe I got scammed but it sure seems an elaborate scam if I did. What do you think? I was browsing eBay looking for a good neck pickup to pair with my JB. I have a Pearly Gates Bridge model that I have in there now but was looking at something more traditional. I was getting very frustrated at the used pickups selling for the same or more than new ones. Then I saw a set. It was a JB trembucker and a Jazz for the neck (zebra which I didn’t want but was considering coving them anyway). It seemed like a reasonable price for a used set. So, I ordered it. Next thing I know I get an email that my Humbuckers had a tracking number and they were coming from China! Oops, I guess I didn’t read the page too well. To my eye everything looked OK but they were supposed to be used and the only “used” indicator is that the Jazz had been tapped for a larger screw. Which I know is possible if someone used a direct mount setup rather than ring mount. I started looking a bit closer and noticed the font on the front looked a little off and the last N in Duncan seemed a bit spaced on both. The Trembucker was reading 15.5k which is a bit low but possible. Seems weird to me that so much is correct to have messed up the part I think would be fairly easy to get right if it were a knock-off. Anyway, what do you think?
I believe I got scammed but it sure seems an elaborate scam if I did. What do you think? I was browsing eBay looking for a good neck pickup to pair with my JB. I have a Pearly Gates Bridge model that I have in there now but was looking at something more traditional. I was getting very frustrated at the used pickups selling for the same or more than new ones. Then I saw a set. It was a JB trembucker and a Jazz for the neck (zebra which I didn’t want but was considering coving them anyway). It seemed like a reasonable price for a used set. So, I ordered it. Next thing I know I get an email that my Humbuckers had a tracking number and they were coming from China! Oops, I guess I didn’t read the page too well. To my eye everything looked OK but they were supposed to be used and the only “used” indicator is that the Jazz had been tapped for a larger screw. Which I know is possible if someone used a direct mount setup rather than ring mount. I started looking a bit closer and noticed the font on the front looked a little off and the last N in Duncan seemed a bit spaced on both. The Trembucker was reading 15.5k which is a bit low but possible. Seems weird to me that so much is correct to have messed up the part I think would be fairly easy to get right if it were a knock-off. Anyway, what do you think?
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