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Paypal Orders Buyer of Violin To Destroy It For a Refund

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-had-to-destroy-the-village-in-order-to-save-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Erica was once the owner of an old violin that had survived through WWII, and decided to sell it on Ebay for $2500. The person who bought it decided it was a counterfeit and wanted his money back. Paypal decided to honor the request for a refund on the condition that the buyer destroy the violin and provided photographic evidence of the destruction. Couldn't he have just returned it?" Sounds like a hoax to me, but I guess it's possible.

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  1. Re:Sounds Like a Hoax Right Up Until You Read the by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny
    Teach a man to fish ...
    1. Buy $5 violin, smash it up.
    2. Sell pictures of smashed up violin in different arrangements for $25 each.
    3. Profit!
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  2. You know what this is? by RicardoGCE · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the world's smallest violin, playing just for... DAMMIT, PAYPAL!

  3. Re:Sounds Like a Hoax Right Up Until You Read the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Smashing idea! Simply smashing!

  4. this Stradivarius is fake! by mekkab · · Score: 5, Funny

    the bass bar shape has changed, the neck has been lengthened, the fingerboard has been lengthened, the neck has been mortised, the tailpiece, bridge, pegs, have had their shape changed. It doesn't even have original catgut strings! Antonio Stradivari wouldn't recognize this. Burn it, so that others may not have it, either.

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