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I Am Rich
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 10, 10:21 pm, wrote: On Mar 10, 4:53 pm, Tim wrote: I'm wondering when John Hall (CEO of RIC Int'l) will come down on them like a hammer. He might not get the job done seeing their solde direct from China. I kinow that JC Penney tried to amrket them about 4 years ago, and Hall's legal team put the ka-bash (or, K-Bong!) to them in short order. Rickenbacker is very protective of their trademark[s] and people that try to infringe upon them. that's one reason that if you see a "Ricken-faker" on Ebay, the auctions usually get pulled down pretty quickly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender is marketing a "Jay Turner" model "Strat" in the US. I looked at them yesterday at the local music shop I frequent. Guitar and little Peavey practice amp is $199 dollars. The guitar is made in China. Paylessguitars.com lists a similar Fender for $170. My Gibson Les Paul has a MSRP of about $3793 on the Gibson website. $210 on paylessguitars.com. Eisboch It pays to shop around ;- |
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I Am Rich
On Mar 11, 5:06*am, "
wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 10, 10:21 pm, wrote: On Mar 10, 4:53 pm, Tim wrote: I'm wondering when John Hall (CEO of RIC Int'l) will come down on them like a hammer. He might not get the job done seeing their solde direct from China. I kinow that JC Penney tried to amrket them about 4 years ago, and Hall's legal team put the ka-bash (or, K-Bong!) to them in short order. Rickenbacker is very protective of their trademark[s] and people that try to infringe upon them. that's one reason that if you see a "Ricken-faker" on Ebay, the auctions usually get pulled down pretty quickly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fender is marketing a "Jay Turner" model "Strat" in the US. * I looked at them yesterday at the local music shop I frequent. Guitar and little Peavey practice amp is $199 dollars. *The guitar is made in China. * Paylessguitars.com lists a similar Fender for $170. My Gibson Les Paul has a MSRP of about $3793 on the Gibson website. * $210 on paylessguitars.com. Eisboch It pays to shop around ;-- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - LOL! |
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