Ridiculous picture disc scam on eBay

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  1. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    This may have already been brought to the forum's attention, but...

    Some guy in Israel is trying to sell nonexistent 12" picture discs for 300 dollars each. They're all quite obviously nothing more than images superimposed on a turntable. Better yet, the pictures are often warped or stretched to fit in the circular space. It's good for a laugh.

    (No returns, of course!)

    Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble-Give back My Wig Rare 12" Picture Disc LP | eBay

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    Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Hits!) Mega Rare 12" Picture Disc Promo Single LP | eBay

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    My favourite is this Everly Brothers record in which the picture has been superimposed over his thumb:

    The Everly Brothers - Roving Gambler Rare 12" Uncut Picture Disc Single LP | eBay

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  2. BIGGER Dave

    BIGGER Dave Forum Resident

    And yet he/she has over 100 positive feedbacks, no negative feedbacks, and many of the feedbacks for picture discs. How is that possible? (Not arguing with you, just curious).
     
  3. Not only a thief, but a very stupid one too! Cant stand folk like that!!
     
  4. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    I considered mentioning that in the post. There must be ways to fabricate positive feedback. Perhaps he bought a bunch of hacked accounts.
     
  5. Vaughan

    Vaughan Forum Resident

    Location:
    Essex, UK
    So what's going on here? The listing says they are "single sided". So is he gluing a picture on one side, or what?
     
  6. Beats me. I wont be parting with my hard earned cash though!
     
  7. dance_hall_keeper

    dance_hall_keeper Forum Resident

    Has it been reported?

    I hate eBay Inc.
     
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  8. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    He takes a picture of either an empty turntable or a clear record and uses Photoshop or some similar software to add in a picture. The product does not exist. Would anyone care to buy this none-of-a-kind "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" picture disc I just created in Microsoft Paint in under ten minutes?

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  9. nosliw

    nosliw Delivering parcels throughout Teyvat! Meow~!

    Location:
    Ottawa, ON, Canada
    There's another Israeli seller (possibly the same person) doing the exact same thing, doing fake picture disk pressings of Cannibal Corpse, Ozzy Osbourne, Manowar, George Michael, The Clash, Hypocrisy, Savage Grace, etc.

    The seller's name is ad_2s9efxcrl (ad_2s9efxcrl | eBay )
     
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  10. MGSeveral

    MGSeveral Augm

    They are odd things. Do they exist? Well, for £300 or whatever, I could get one made, send it to the buyer, and have a 50% profit at least.
     
  11. joefont

    joefont Senior Member

    That's pretty funny! :laugh:
     
  12. Wally Swift

    Wally Swift Yo-Yoing where I will...

    Location:
    Brooklyn New York
    I've seen these, they have a couple of Runaways picture discs for sale. I just figured they were bootlegs.
     
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  13. Wally Swift

    Wally Swift Yo-Yoing where I will...

    Location:
    Brooklyn New York
  14. Dave

    Dave Esoteric Audio Research Specialist™

    Location:
    B.C.
    PC on this one! :goodie:

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    :laugh:
     
  15. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    Either it's the same person with another account because they keep getting shut down, or multiple people are in on this. Even the template turntable pictures are identical. Sure hope no one is falling for this.
     
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  16. tmtomh

    tmtomh Forum Resident

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  17. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

  18. SixOClockBoos

    SixOClockBoos The Man On The Flaming Pie

    Some idiots out there really are buying these thinking its genuine. Hate seeing his items in my search results.
     
  19. eddiel

    eddiel Senior Member

    Location:
    Toronto, Canada
    There are other sellers, who are probably connected to the seller linked to above, on eBay selling these and I remember seeing them ages ago as well.

    Just add it to the junk pile. There are people out there who create fakes but at least they put the effort in. On the other hand, you got to give this guy credit; he's not even trying and he's still managing to make money!
     
  20. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Ontario, Canada
  21. Utopia is here

    Utopia is here New Member

    Location:
    Orlando,Florida
    I have had the screen freeze after I bid with a couple seconds left and when it finally came back up I had lost the bid by a 62 seconds! Sniper program that I had heard about has happened several times lately and there isn't anything you can do about that either. Lots of fraud and scamming going on and I find it hard to believe EBay doesn't know this is happening!
     
  22. CowboyBill

    CowboyBill Forum Resident

    Location:
    Utah
    I see shirts like this every now and then too. If there's 100% feedback, they must be making them. They just never took a photo of the finished product.
     
  23. CowboyBill

    CowboyBill Forum Resident

    Location:
    Utah
    Haha ok, that's great right there!
     
  24. GodBlessTinyTim

    GodBlessTinyTim Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    They definitely know, they just don't care.
     
  25. Muzyck

    Muzyck Pardon my scruffy hospitality

    Location:
    Long Island
    There are quite a few out there. Many NSFW discs thrown in for good measure. Must be a local industry.
     
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