FS : Uilleann Pipes, Full Set in D

Uilleann Pipes
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Hi,
I’m selling a lovely set of pipes made by Desi Seery, in D.

African Blackwood, German Silver with imitation ivory mounts.

I have a PDF with all the information regarding the set, as well as a video of the set being played / close ups of the different parts etc. Please e-mail me at calumfrancisstewart(replace with “at”)gmail (dot) com , to recieve more information and indeed to ask any further questions.

There is a video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMeFg4-J-WY
(I can send a zip-file with same video as higher res)

Based in Europe, but happy to send wordwide. I paid €5,600 for the set, and would like to take the same back if possible.

My reason for selling is that I can’t afford two great concert pitch sets! I’ve recently bought a 2nd concert pitch set, made by a friend of mine - so I prefer to keep this one. Otherwise, I would have kept the Seery set for all my music work - it’s a sturdy, warm and strident set of Pipes.

any more questions, please e-mail me at the above address.
Best wishes, Calum

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Sh1t Calum,

You’re playing like a b1tch on ice nowadays!!

Yeah!!!

Andy

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I havn’t been trying all that hard to sell this set of pipes as I’m still really enjoying playing them!! But alas, I must part with them.

I’ll be putting them on e-bay when I return home in about 2 weeks. If anyone is interested in a pre-ebay purchase, just drop me a line.
calumfrancisstewart(‘at’)gmail(dot)com
I’ve a PDF with answers to any questions you may have, and happy to discuss.
Thanks, Calum

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This looks like an absolutly beautiful set, alase its going to be nearly a year before i have enough saved for this kind of purchace.

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Ain’t THAT the truth - just now I was looking at the photies for the first time, and the wife called down the stair to see if I was a’right - apparently I went ‘Fworrrrrrrr’ out loud…I used to make that noise in the presence of women, but I’ve never had a set of pipes slap me up the head yet!

I wonder if he accepts PayPal - time to go into debt again I think…

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uppon getting back from work and watching the vidio, i can confess that it also sounds like an abosolutly beautiful set.

:waah:

to quote an old proverb:
… if it looks like a duck
and sounds like a duck
its probably a duck

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Yes, I do accept Paypal. Drop me an e-mail if you would like to discuss details.
Cheers, Calum

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Listed on e-bay here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120686646635

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on a compleetly unrelated note, would anyone care to give me £5000?

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I’ve had an enquirey outside of e-bay to buy the pipes, but it seems a little fishy to me. Has anyone had a similar experience? Technically, if no-one has been before the end of the auction, I could take the pipes off the auction to sell them outwith ebay, although I’m a little nervous to do that… due to the writing style of one enquirer :

Hello,
I am interested in buying the item that you are selling and i will like to know the present condition and the last price they are willing to sell…

So I wrote back…slightly suspiciously:
Hello,
Which item are you interested in?
All details can be seen on the webpage, but if you need any specific details, please get in touch.
Best wishes,
Calum

Then I explained all the basic details, which are already on the page, and clearly explained. Then he replies:

Thanks for the mail, i want you to know that i also want to go
through ebay but i have problem with my ebay account, and i also don’t
have time for the ebay stuff, so all you need to proceed with this
transaction is to get back to me with total amount of it and your
paypal email address or your bank detail, so that i can proceed with
the payment as soon as you get back to me with the details.

Thanks and i await you fast response

I then wrote a slightly annoyed e-mail, stating my dissatisfaction, with people trying to con ebay users, but also covering myself in case I’d made a mis-judgment, by saying that ‘one can’t be too careful these days…’

It turns out now, that all he wants is my paypal email (which was the one I was using). So it seems quite fine, I gave it to him. But I then stated that I will not send the pipes until the funds have cleared OUT of paypal, and into my bank. I said I won’t send the pipes until the money is cleared, and if the paypal funds are held until the pipes are delivered - I won’t send the pipes at all. (THis covers me incase he reverses the paypal pay order, and does a runner with the pipes).

Am I being a little too paranoid here, or am I cautious with reason? The potential buyer says he is from the USA, but his writing style, and the fact that he refers to the pipes as ‘an item’ is a bit fishy. No questions about the pipes, or reeds or anything. I asked him to verify the fact that we has genuinly interested by writing a little about some pipers, or recordings, or something to let me know he is genuine.

Opinions guys…
Yours, cautiously,
Calum

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My guess? You’re being phished.
Stand firm on your conditions for clearance.

Bob

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Hi Bob,
Ah… great!
But even if I give out bank IBAN or BIC and my name - there is nothing unsafe about that? Even paypal email address… it’s just an email address right? No harm there?
Calum

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Be careful. That sounds like a scam.

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I was caught on a similar scam on ebay.It cost me 1100 euro a very expensive lesson.Keep a mile away from it,at least that,s my advise to you.Steve.

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check out my thread titled questions concerning the sale of pipes. I got an email from your friend also.

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Definitely a phishing scam Calum. Beware. If a musician was thinking of spending so much money for a full set of pipes then he/she would want to know more details about the pipes, history and stuff. She/he would also tell you more about their own reasons for buying and probably something about what instrument they were playing just now. They certainly wouldn’t refer to the pipes as an “item”. Could even be an identity scam where they use your legit email address and bank account details to scam someone else into thinking that they are dealing with a genuine buyer. I hope it isn’t so, but better to sell your set through e-bay/PayPal as you intended.

“but i have problem with my ebay account, and i also don’t
have time for the ebay stuff, so all you need to proceed with this
transaction is to get back to me with total amount of it and your
paypal email address or your bank detail, so that i can proceed with
the payment as soon as you get back to me with the details.”
This is rubbish, it’s just for the buyer to mail ebay and reset their password, quick and no problem if you haven’t done anything dodgy. all the best

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Thanks everyone for your advice. The plot thickens…

So, I said:

Hi Luis,
What is your postal address? I also need your telephone number, for the courier.

My paypal address is the same email as this that I am sending.
If you would like to proceed, you need to pay £5,000.00 + £90 postage (£5,000.90), or $8,256.00 to my paypal account as the item is on e-bay, to continue, you must do this before the 1st bid on the pipes.

I won’t send the Pipes, until the payment has been cleared, into my bank account, from paypal, so you need to make sure that I recieve the money as a gift, or payment of goods. I won’t send the Pipes if the money is cleared only when the item is delivered. I repeat - I will only send the PIpes, when the payment is CLEARED.

So, please tell me your 1) Postal address to send the pipes to 2) Telephone number 3) when you have payed the funds to my paypal account.

then I recieve a phoney ‘paypal’ email looking like some 8 year old has draughted it on his home pc, saying I must send the item and give a shipping code, before payment can be cleared. It also gave me a link to follow, to ‘sign in’. So of course, I closed this window, went to the real paypal site, signed in, and there is no sign of any payment in progress.
So, then he wrote:

Hi,
I want to inform you that the payment has been made from my account into your account, so i don’t want any delay with the shipping. Get the item shipped today so that the transaction can be completed and get it shipped via USPS First Class International Priority Mail and get back to PayPal with the shipment tracking number so that they can verify the shipment and as soon as that has been made, your account will be credited immediately…

Nice doing business with you and this is the shipping address…

Davide Awe
155 IREMO ROAD,
ILE IFE,
OSUN STATE,
NIGERIA,
23469.
telephone number +447024078259

hmmm. Yeah. Ok. Then I wrote back:

Hi Luis or Davide,
I explained that I won’t send the pipes until the funds have cleared in my account. I won’t send the item, to wait for confirmation from you, for a shipping number. I explained that in my last e-mail.
If you would like to continue, please cancel this payment, and pay me directly as a gift or payment for goods.

Only when the funds have cleared will I send the pipes. Not before.

You told me you wanted the item sent to USA? Now it is Nigeria?

I can send the item to Nigeria, no problem. But I won’t send until you have payed me and the payment has cleared.
Also, the payment email you sent me is not official paypal email - because I have nothing in my paypal account.

If you want the item, please pay me soon before there is a bid on ebay - otherwise I am unable to sell them to you.

Scam? hmm… me thinks so. Slightly amusing? Perhaps!

In any case… only a couple of days left for ebay sale of this great set of pipes! I’m surprised they havn’t gone already!

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telephone number +447024078259

That is a mobile number in the UK - I know because I just rang it. I asked for Davide, but the woman who answered didn’t know him. I then asked if Luis was there, and she said yes, then shouted in foreign at someone there …

I put the phone down at that point.

USA, Nigeria, UK… Clearly someone who gets around.

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OK, here’s what you should do …

… Tell him you’re mailing the pipes to the address he requested. Then pack a shoe box with newspapers, stick a label on it and bring it to the post office. Here’s the fun bit: on the customs declaration form, mark the value of the set of pipes - 5,000 pounds. Then post it. When it arrives in Nigeria, he won’t be able to get his hands on the parcel until he has paid the customs duty. I don’t know how much the rate is in Nigeria, but even if it is just 5%, he’ll have to pay 250 pounds for a box of newspapers! :tomato:

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wow, thanks Mike & PJ! I almost phoned myself, but didn’t.
He certainly does get around! Great idea PJ!! I don’t know if I have the nerve to actually go through with that!! But…

Anyway… On e-bay, this time, the pipes have gone unsold. I’m away touring for about 3 weeks now, so I will list them again when I return.
Before then, If anyone is interested, I will entertain sensible offers.
Thanks everyone for advice re. vagabonds of the electronic highway!

Calum