Andrew Hooker, an antique violin dealer and former auctioneer at Sotheby's, said that "only an imbecile" would buy a precious instrument without playing it first. "The whole point of a violin is how it sounds to the player. At Sotheby's I knew of Stradivariuses that were pronounced to be almost unplayable by well-known virtuosi, only for a different one to come in and buy it. The things are absolutely individual to the buyers and anyone who doesn't understand that really is naive."
He added that difficulties in eBay sales often arise when either the buyer or seller is more knowledgeable than the other party. "I was involved in a case recently where the seller was selling a fake deliberately. The buyer did ultimately get their money back but it took the best part of two years.
"I sympathise with the wronged party but a fool and his money are easily parted."

itt az eredeti http://www.thestrad.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=2108

és egy hozzászólás is:

"It is hard to imagine how PayPal would be responsible in any way shape or form. They simply act act as a Bank in the transaction, do they not? Does that mean that the Banks are responsible if I use a check to pay for a counterfeit Item?"

szerintem a cikkben némi zavar van. Gondolom a portál (ez esetben az ebay) tiltja a hamis termékek eladását, mivel a Paypal "mindössze" egy bankkártyás alkalmazott fizetési mód. Jó lenne olvasni az eredetit...

Kérdésed indokolt, viszont ami engem illet, azt is meggondolnám, egy darab szart vegyek-e interneten keresztül.

Felmerül a kérdés, vajon értékes (?) hegedűt miért interneten keresztül vett? 

Ez mégse egy darab szar...