Why blur out a Bass/Guitar's serial number in pictures?

Echase409

Echase409

Jul 25, 2017
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#1
I've been browsing the classifieds and have noticed many people blurring out the serial numbers on their instruments/equipment. Why is that? Genuinely curious. It's not like it's a license plate or driver's license number or anything. Is there something I am missing?
 
#3
Hmm. I don't doubt that it hasn't been tried before, but that sounds pretty crazy. I would love to see examples of that happening and see what the outcome was :roflmao: Thanks for the response!
 
#4
It would be pretty easy for someone to collect a serial number, report it as stolen and if it pops up again just go to the police and they will take it from the owner. I owned a bass for a year not knowing it was stolen in the past. The police showed up with a police report and took the bass. They didnt even care to follow up with whom i bought it from and despite calling them 3 times and going to the police station twice they basically just told me they dont care. So the "owner" got his bass back, the seller got my money and I am out $700. Fun stuff. I can totally understand blurring serial numbers. I dont do it but anytime I buy a used bass on ebay or craigslist I print out screen shots of the ads, the seller info ( especially phone numbers), screen shots of texts with there address etc. While not necessary to blur serial numbers it does have a reasoning. Personally beyond showing the first few digits that state the year I dont know why anyone needs to know the rest, or at least be publically shown it.
 
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#7
Yes, if someone wants to fake an instrument by using an authentic serial number, I'd rather not make it easy for them to find mine. (Of course that is if I even had an instrument worth faking.)
 
#9
I had a bass stolen last year. I found it at a local Music-Go-Round. Filed a report, had pictures and receipts. The police contacted me and agreed that it was indeed my bass and that I could go to Music-Go-Round and pick it up. I was then told that I would be expected to reimburse the store what they paid for the bass.
I was surprised and a little disappointed but not concerned because I knew that M-G-R doesn't pay squat.

When I picked it up they said I didn't need to reimburse them. Happy ending. OH and they got the thief.
 
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