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Joshuarowlands
08-30-2014, 07:49 PM
Got offered this in a trade. No signature or made in the USA stamp. Contacted bishop and waiting on a response but figured I would post it here. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/30/3e09c682bbc957595cb18f941260752d.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/30/319e9dd333716ec789dd14d08a1ae50b.jpg


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Joshuarowlands
08-30-2014, 07:49 PM
He added the RCA connection himself as well


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serial1313
08-30-2014, 08:10 PM
The way the vise area looks in the 2nd picture looks real fishy.
Joshuarowlands
08-30-2014, 08:15 PM
Been trying to trade my good old rotary works for something new to try out, and this the only offer I've got that I've had interest in, but something about it doesn't feel right


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serial1313
08-30-2014, 08:23 PM
It looks like chrome covered plastic or some cheap metal. It doesn't look right.
ben_coilworks
08-30-2014, 08:23 PM
vise looks wrong, also the bishop sticker looks wrong, knock off i would say
Artistlove818
08-30-2014, 08:35 PM
Looks very fake.......dont do it!
nouveau
08-30-2014, 09:45 PM
Definitely fake. They stamp the bottom, Franco's sig


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Brian Russell
08-30-2014, 09:51 PM
Fake 100%
Joshuarowlands
08-30-2014, 09:51 PM
Thanks everyone!


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cagelavey
08-31-2014, 12:07 AM
was the trade offered here?
Brian Russell
08-31-2014, 12:13 AM
was the trade offered here?

I was thinking the same
Joshuarowlands
08-31-2014, 03:37 AM
No it was not. Was through tattoogear4sale. The person claims they received the machine in a trade, and didn't know much about it.


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FRANCO VESCOVI
09-01-2014, 01:44 AM
Got offered this in a trade. No signature or made in the USA stamp. Contacted bishop and waiting on a response but figured I would post it here. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/30/3e09c682bbc957595cb18f941260752d.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/30/319e9dd333716ec789dd14d08a1ae50b.jpg


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Its a definate fake Bishop. I can spot those things rather easy nowadays and unfortunately theres been alot of "Professional" tattooers that knowingly try to sell them as REAL ones. Im not sure in your case who the guy is or what his intentions are, but figured Id let you know. Thanx for checking
Joshuarowlands
09-02-2014, 06:12 AM
Thank you Franco. I let him know. He received it in a trade and wanted to trade it, but was unsure himself. So it is him who got burned in the end.


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tattoomoney
09-03-2014, 12:49 PM
The REAL deal.
http://www.rotarytattoo.com/showthread.php/9988-Almost-brand-new-Bishop-Capo-4-2-for-sale
cagelavey
09-03-2014, 12:54 PM
if he was unsure, he shouldn't have tried trading it until he did the research that you had done. to me it sounds like he was trying to unload a shitty machine he possibly got in a trade. if you don't know you find out, and all of this is done before trying to post a trade to someone else. just bad form imho.
Cabal Tattoo
09-03-2014, 04:40 PM
Take it apart and take a pic of the motor and serial no. if there is one.
serial1313
09-03-2014, 09:39 PM
if he was unsure, he shouldn't have tried trading it until he did the research that you had done. to me it sounds like he was trying to unload a shitty machine he possibly got in a trade. if you don't know you find out, and all of this is done before trying to post a trade to someone else. just bad form imho. I totally agree. He knew what he was doing.
Badhabit
10-27-2014, 04:07 PM
Looks super fishy to me.. That vice looks like something someone rigged up in their garage.. Just all around looks cheap..
Cabal Tattoo
10-28-2014, 09:23 PM
Fake city....