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Joined: Jan. 29 2012
From: Seattle, Washington, USA
Fraud on Reverb.com
Someone has or had an account on Reverb.com claiming to be me, Ethan Deutsch, Luthier, with my picture from my website. I tried to let Reverb know but it's hard to communicate with them: Their help box doesn't accept screenshots and their bot says they can't email me. The listing seems to be gone now. From the pictures, I deduced that the guitar is one I built in 2015.
I had an experience with Reverb years ago. Someone bought a guitar from me, then returned it due to "scratches" that weren't there when I sent it to them. I haven't used them since.
Beware of scams.
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Reverb is weird. I created two accounts, but Reverb froze them for no reason. Those fake accounts and scams are wild, but those good people's accounts are blocked.
Alot of unscrupulous buyers on Reverb abuse the buyer protection policies and return guitars they bought for fake reasons.
Once I tried to sell a Devoe that had a scratch on the top (not a crack) and a would-be buyer told me he will pour water on the top all around that line and if the water went through the wood then he would know if it was a crack or not and in that case he would return it!!
I would never sell a guitar on that website.
I don't understand why someone would create a fake account though as the payment is in escrow until the guitar is delivered, so technically the seller cannot access the money until there is a delivery confirmation.
I don't understand why someone would create a fake account though as the payment is in escrow until the guitar is delivered, so technically the seller cannot access the money until there is a delivery confirmation.
They could send a box of used cat litter and get a delivery confirmation for it.
I think selling is getting more and more risky. I don't trust Reverb now unless I know the seller. I haven't sold on eBay for ages either. But seeing a fake account in your name must be disconcerting.
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