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constructordeguitarras -> Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 25 2026 2:27:27)

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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hxwhf72752003 -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 25 2026 8:02:14)

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.[:D]



sol512 -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 25 2026 17:14:12)

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.



constructordeguitarras -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 25 2026 22:00:23)

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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.



silddx -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 26 2026 11:37:03)

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.



constructordeguitarras -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 26 2026 16:45:32)

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I haven't sold on eBay for ages either.


Oh, man, Ebay. I once bought four guitar cases on Ebay from a seller (Yallstore) who promised complete satisfaction and free return shipping. The cases were garbage--made of cardboard. I wanted to return them. Ebay supplied me with four return labels. The Post Office told me that the labels were all the same, so only one of them could be used; and none of them had sufficient postage to ship a guitar case! I tried to contact Ebay about it but I got nowhere. So I contacted CITI CARDS which I had used for the purchase. They said they couldn't help me, to contact Ebay. Finally I found a way to communicate with Ebay. Ebay told me they couldn't help me because I had contacted CITI CARDS. I appealed and appealed to both of them and got nowhere. I gave the cases away. I don't use Ebay anymore. I had an equally bad experience with Paypal, so I don't use them either.

The biggest players in our economy are as corrupt as our psychopathic rulers.



silddx -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 26 2026 17:02:17)

Jeezis what a 'mare.



constructordeguitarras -> RE: Fraud on Reverb.com (Jul. 31 2026 14:59:46)




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