This
used piano (popularly known as "Basket Case") is wanted
in connection with a number of cases of blatant consumer fraud.
A master of disguise, this "Basket Case" and others like
it lure unwitting piano buyers with their good looks only to reveal
that they are useless as pianos.
What makes a Basket Case more difficult to detect is ignorance on
the part of the seller. The innocent owners might ask, say, $1200
for it in a newspaper ad, and some bargain-hunters will bite, thinking
it's better than the $900 piano they just saw in a different home.
The sellers, not being piano technicians, can have no idea that
the piano is literally falling apart internally!
In
a more deplorable situation, the dealer or owner knows full well
of the piano's problems, but they also know that "looks sell!"
All they do is say "isn't it beautiful?" ...until they
deposit your check! Suddenly you're stuck with a very pretty piano
that might not be playable or able stay in tune for more than a
few days. That's hardly the kind of instrument that a child OR an
adult should learn to play on...
Countless
piano buyers everywhere have been duped by "Basket Case"
and its ring of nice-looking, and sometimes even good-sounding (while
they're for sale, anyway) pianos! Click on the thumbnails for pictures
and descriptions of what lurks beneath the mask of this used piano's
dangerously attractive exterior.
WARNING: due to the sinister nature of the deception, parental
discretion is advised!
Click
on the pictures below for close-up's and descriptions!
