Seymour Duncans branded Firebird pickups from China

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Interesting.....no mention of SD in the description.....
 
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There's a solid chance that someone will buy 10pcs for $125 then try to resell them on ebay for, say, $50 a piece, for a ~$375 profit. It's good to look for signs that these are fakes so that they will be identified as such whenever this eventually happens.
 
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Brass plates... not Duncan! Tonally will be very different as the Nickel Silver plates give Duncans their presence.
 
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Yeah, this ain't legal. But it is very hard to regulate overseas sellers. Buyer beware.
 
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Mincer said:
Yeah, this ain't legal. But it is very hard to regulate overseas sellers. Buyer beware.
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Would SD be able to have ebay pull the listing? I'm pretty sure that selling counterfeit merchandise is a violation of ebay's TOS.
 
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Would SD be able to have ebay pull the listing? I'm pretty sure that selling counterfeit merchandise is a violation of ebay's TOS.
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Probably could get eBay to at least pull that pic.

I'm actually surprised it is still up. Couple years ago I had put a newer Charvel headstock (the new Fender headstock) and my ad was pulled by eBay for selling a counterfit Fender neck. I had to explain to several employees that Fender bought out Charvel and that Charvel necks have the Fender style headstock.
 
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I am sure SD HQ has people that regularly look for this sort of thing. I know some sellers that put up auctions as fast as ebay can pull them, so it is an ongoing battle. Guitar pickups are a tiny part of the illegal copy trade out there.
 
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Hey guys, I just bought a bunch of Seymour Dumplin pickups on Ebay!! Gonna put them in my Chibson. I would think Ebay could force them to prove legit or remove the listing. I know China cant be regulated from making them, but Ebay can stop brokering... Especially cuz when sellers make money, so does Fee bay..
 
I recently saw a pair of those in eBay Kleinanzeigen (the German Craigslist). Logo in the back is quite different. The strings in the S are not round but square.
 
This kind of thing is very common, as fakes get better. But right now, we are lucky that fakes are still pretty bad. In the end, if it looks like too good a deal, it is.
 
There are lots of used, genuine SDs for sale all the time on eBay and Reverb. If someone wants an SD pickup at a lower price and is wiling to risk ordering from a sketchy seller in China, they may as well shop used. If anything it will be less of a risk.
 
Nothing made in China is going to be authentic Seymour Duncan.
Shenzhen is the counterfeit manufacturing capital of the world.

No tjust guitars & parts either - this was on display at the 2019 Shanghai auto show:
 
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Just look corbach-store up on eBay. The prices come up in Euro and their items are shipped from China. The SD pickup prices aren't exactly the cheapest, but the shipping cost is low. Thankfully there are few Duncan dealers beating them in price. Buyer beware, as said above.
 
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