[kj] OT: 'Gibson' [coughs] es295 for $375.00!

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

My theory/rationalizaion when I ordered these name brand (G-Star, etc.) 
designer clothing pieces for dirt cheap from China/Hng Kong over eBay 
was, well, hell, this is probably where the sweatshops crank this shit 
out anyway. All the textile/seamstress/etc. labor is cheaply farmed out 
to China these days anyway.

So I thought maybe some luckless worker, some poor bastard who could 
barely feed his family, took some of the merchandise he had made, home, 
and knew he could make more money off Yanks and Europeanss if he sold 
them personally, individually, on the 'net. So, yeah, I have bought 
bootleg (?) clothing from China - and have actually rarely been 
disappointed by the quality. I am hoping my money went to some poor wage 
slave who took home some extra jackets, shirts, etc., that he was 
slaving away to make for some name brand sweatshop.

AGAIN - that is *wayyyyyy* different than musical indtsruments. If 
you're a serious musician, obviously bootleg shit ain't gonna cut the 
deal. It needs to work the way you want it to. Unless you just want a 
guitar to hang on your wall as a decorative piece to fool people, as 
someone else said. If you're a serious musician, you really do need the 
instrument you paid for or think you are getting, not some P.O.S.

-Oliver

Phillipps Marc wrote:

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> >It looked like a total bag of shite. Awful. Cheap finish, horrid 

> decal. Really vile.

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> I have seen those . . Really built to a price aren’t they!

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