Ever get into a conversation and someplace in the middle of it you realize it’s a complete waste of your time?

 Les Paul Guitar Kit Review
Part 2 | Made in China.

So… This is the continuing saga of The eBay DIY unfinished Set Neck LP Guitar Kit Review that i just did a little while back (August 10, 2011) here…

When the supplier of this kit was notified that it had been reviewed and received a less than stellar report on the quality of their product, well, lets just say they went kind of Ape $H!T … I guess the best way to explain is simply to publish the email exchange between them and me. It was necessary for me to put these in order because the never responded to my emails or replies directly but sent a new message each time via my form mailer… So here it is:

Original Message that started the conversation about the guitar kit:

Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 17:41:19 -0700
RE: high quality Unfinished electric guitar body with neck
 的物品寄出?

Subject: Re: Item I received is not as described: dcphotograhy sent a message about high quality Unfinished electric guitar body with neck #260825014778
Hello I have reviewd your product on my website and I’m afraid what it comes down to is:

Extremely Poor Quality Material and Craftsmanship. You can read the review Here:

http://youknowfuckall.com/2011/08/10/chinese-diy-les-paul-kit-reviews/

I Will be leaving negative feed back: “Extremely Poor Quality Material and Craftsmanship”.

Subject: Re: Item I received is not as described: dcphotograhy sent a message about high quality Unfinished electric guitar body with neck #260825014778

Dear friend
We give you high quality guitar kit!!! at very good price! I dont understand
???????????????????

music.song,您好!

Subject: Re: Item I received is not as described: dcphotography sent a message about high quality Unfinished electric guitar body with neck #260825014778

No… This is not a “High Quality Unfinished electric guitar body with neck” this is very poor quality… Basically you sent me a pile of wood pieced together in the shape of a guitar.

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Via Direct E-Mail:

Dear friend
We send you almost free guitar you must take this off of this american website we demand you you slandered here
Song

Hello,
 This review is an accurate and impartial description and these are un-manipulated photographs  of the actual product you sent to me though eBay.
Best Regards,
The Village Idiot
 

Dear friend
We has sent the email to you! do you receive my last message?
please send the photos of the Extremely Poor Quality Material and Craftsmanship to me! We can send back your money to you!
We just want you to give me a good feedback!
Thank you again!
Song

Dear thevillageidiot,

Are you an honest man or You are a thief and liar wanting free product and sendig us bad feedback threats????

You send it back and we will refund it now

Hello Again,

Like I said the review with images is here: http://youknowfuckall.com/2011/08/10/chinese-diy-les-paul-kit-reviews/

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

 Dear friend

Thanks for your message.
My friend! If you are not satisfied with our products,please send back to me by Cheap transport.We give you a full refund! okay? And you remove this pictures? okay?
Thanks

music.song

Hello,

Is this the same Music.Song? This would be easier if you sent replies to my emails rather than a new message every time.

I am not interested in sending this kit back for a refund,, it isn’t worth my time.

The review posted here stands… That is the purpose of this review… An honest assessment of the quality a buyer can expect when purchasing your guitar kit off of eBay.

By the way the listing said this also included tuning pegs and strings and they were not sent.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear friend
I’m very sorry!!!
This really is our fault!!!We forget to put the pegs and stringt in the!!!
My friend! If you agree and we will send them to you?by EMS!!! okay?
Very sorry again!
Yours?
Song
?

Hello Again,

I don’t want the machine heads or strings but thank you.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear?my friend
we will send back 50USD to you!!! and send the pegs and string to you at today!!
We just want you to give us a good feedback!!! and remove the pictures okay?
Thank you!
Yours
Song
?

Hello Again, …Again

I don’t want the machine heads or strings but thank you.

Refunding $50 would be a nice thing for you to do but, I will not remove the review and can not in good conscience leave positive feed back on eBay.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear friend
Thanks?for your reply!!!
My friend! We sincerely hope that you? can give us a good feedback,ok? We will return?50USD to ?your paypal address!! and send the pegs and string.to you!!! We just hope that a positive feedback!!!
Because eBay on China ‘s account is very demanding! Because we have two intermediate evaluation, our account will be freeze for a month!! We sincerely hope that you can understand our!!
Thank you very much+My best regards!
From China’s friend!!!

Song huichao
?

Hello Again,

Okay here is the deal… If you send another unfinished guitar that is of the “High Quality” you described I will append (not change) my review and will leave feed back on eBay reflecting my opinion of  that kit.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear my friend!!!
We do not understand what you mean?? 🙂
Do You want us to send New high quality body and neck to you? Is that right?
Please forgive my bad English!!!Because the rest of my translator today!!!
Many thanks and best regards
Yours
Song

?

 Hello,

Yes if you would like to send a better example of your product I will append my review and leave feedback that reflects the quality of the unfinished guitar you send instead of the one you already sent.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

 

(not Dear Friend?)Hello again!
If you keep this guitar, we give you 50 dollars back,after you leave us good feedbak and remove the slander can you accept?
Thank you
? music.song

 Hello,

Are there two of you talking to me here? If so please forward my replies to your counterpart.

Like I said:

“If you would like to send a better example of your product I will append my review and leave feedback that reflects the quality of the unfinished guitar you send instead of the one you already sent.”

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear thevillageidiot,

Dear friend
I’m sorry! we can send?back your money to you!!!
? music.song???????????????????

Hello,

Fine… Go ahead and send the money back. The review stays but I will not leave any feedback on eBay.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot
 At this point the messages simply restated everything over and over for another 67 emails… Rather boring.
 Then it heated up a bit:

Dear thevillageidiot,

We offer you keep this guitar, we give you 50 dollars back,can you accept?
We offer you and send the pegs and string.to you and us to send New high quality body and neck to you? and you not happy you just don’t like chineese and rip us off nothing makes you happy
?       music.song

 

 Hello,

What do you mean? I love the Chinese! and I’m very happy

You sent me a pile of junk and I got to honestly review it… And that was the whole point of this in the first place… That’s what I do.

Not only that but you (and your friend?) have provided me with at least 2 hours of entertainment here via email.

Best Regards,
The Village Idiot

Dear friend
I’m very sorry!!!
This really is our fault!!!We forget to put the pegs and stringt in the!!!
My friend! If you agree and we will send them to you?by EMS!!! okay?
Very sorry again!
Yours?
Song
?

Dear friend
Yes,we has sent?another body and neck?to you! the EMS No is ee388186835cn.
Thanks
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Dear thevillageidiotdepot,

Hello
We has sent the new body and neck to you by EMS,the EMS No is ee388186835cn.If you have any question,please contact me again!
Thank you!
? 

Dear thevillageidiotdepot,

?Hello again my friend
Okay!
thanks

 And today this shows up on my door step:
guitar kit from china
Another Guitar Kit From China

Unfinished LP Style Guitar Kit from China

 

 I unpacked it and set it out to photograph next to the last one they sent.

Chinese guitar kit
They did send two sets of strings and some tuners (Tuners missing the screws and bushings though)

 

Nothing new to say… Here are some pictures of the second unfinished kit sent:

 

lp kit from China body binding
The binding looks like this all the way around.

 

Chinese Unfinished Guitar from eBay
And this Gap… Is pretty much the same (not sanded through anywhere though).
Set neck China Les Paul Kit Tenon
The Neck Pocket is Way Crooked… But that’s okay because the neck is twisted the other way.
Chinese unfinished guitar neck
Come on… Really?

Everything else is the same… Weird angled multi pieced together poor grade wood with lots of spots filled with putty, and the workmanship is very poor… Very, poor.  All things considered I have to say that all these kits are junk. I have to assume that this kit was carefully selected by the seller in order to represent the best they could do… If not I just don’t know what they are thinking… But then, they are Chinese… Not that I am being a bigot…

You must admit it is difficult at best to undestand why they do what they do.

Chinese Restaurant that does not serve Cat?
Does anyone know what they were thinking here?

 

See:  No… Really eBay Guitar Kits Part 3