So I bought an Epiphone ES-135 from a guy in California. It's 'near mint' with one gash in the body, but no other issues whatsoever (like new!). It arrives like so:
He instantly says I must have dropped it (hasn't happened in 46 years of handling guitars - dumb luck, I know), as his packing was 'immaculate'. So I start looking over the pictures in his ad, all of which carefully avoid that area, except for one (arrows added by me):
I take a picture of my own, trying to mimic his:
I say the damage was prior to shipping and sent him those 2 pictures. He adamantly denies it but quickly offers a 'rebate', then - grudgingly - a refund.
If push came to shove, would the similarities in those 2 pictures be enough to convince Reverb and/or Paypal that the damage was there beforehand (and undisclosed)?
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So I bought an Epiphone ES-135 from a guy in California. It's 'near mint' with one gash in the body, but no other issues whatsoever (like new!). It arrives like so:
He instantly says I must have dropped it (hasn't happened in 46 years of handling guitars - dumb luck, I know), as his packing was 'immaculate'. So I start looking over the pictures in his ad, all of which carefully avoid that area, except for one (arrows added by me):
I take a picture of my own, trying to mimic his:
I say the damage was prior to shipping and sent him those 2 pictures. He adamantly denies it but quickly offers a 'rebate', then - grudgingly - a refund.
If push came to shove, would the similarities in those 2 pictures be enough to convince Reverb and/or Paypal that the damage was there beforehand (and undisclosed)?
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