Squires being sold as Fenders

[timboZ]

Why is it when anybody sells a Squire guitar on craigslist they list it as a Fender.

My Eppi Les Paul has a truss-rod cover on it that is engraved Gibson but I would not list it as a Gibson when I sell it?

 

[pdadda]

Doesn't Fender make the Squire line? It says so on the headstock and on their webpage. As long as they don't say Fender Strat...

 

[tc4b]

Why is it when anybody sells a Squire guitar on craigslist they list it as a Fender.

People do dishonest things for the sake of sales. For instance, when I met my wife I told her "Yeah, I really like David Bowie too!"

 

[Unsprung]

I'm seeing, and hearing (on the radio) this happen quite a bit, lately. What happened? Did somebody, somewhere along the line, repeal the laws against what's known as "bait and switch?" On the radio station I listen to at work, there's a music store that advertises "Fender Stratocasters from $99.00" and "Fender guitar packages as low as $149.99." I'd be willing to bet the price of a Fender Stratocaster XII ($699.99 at Musician's Friend) that if one goes to that store thinking they're gonna get a $99.00 Fender Stratocaster, they'll end up disappointed to find out that it's likely a Squier Bullet...even a Squier Bullet Special, which I know for sure is $99.00 'cause I own one. I don't give a rat's butt if it says "by Fender" below the Squier logo on the headstock...false advertising/bait and switch is WRONG. Not to mention piss poor business practice.

What's next? Epiphones being touted as Gibsons because Epiphone happens to be a subsidiary of Gibson that happens to make several of the same models the Gibson does? I can hear a commercial now..."Gibson Les Paul guitars as low as $99.99." My $99.99 Les Paul is an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 90, so I could pretty much be 100% certain that's what any advertiser would be talking about.

Matt

 

[32-20-Blues]

It's written SQUIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There, I finally said it. Man, thats been building up inside of me for years.

Continue.

And yes, it's bullshit that they are being sold as Fenders.

 

[Supercreep]

Every time I see an epi on Craigslist it's listed as a "Gibson Epiphone" or some such nonsense.

Even more egregious is the abuse of the term "vintage", as if it is always a plus that your obscure item also happens to be old and busted.

 

[Valley Arts Kid]

It's True

Squiers are Fender Strats, cheap overseas versions thereof. I had one the first year they came out & the headstock read "Squier Stratocaster." "Fender" was printed on the back.

 

[timboZ]

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An Applause guitar an Ovation
A Jasmine guitar a Takamine
A Mercury a Ford
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