Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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brtnats
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Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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This ad seem fishy to anyone else?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Shires-Alto-Tr ... mkOm-Zbu1g

I could totally be wrong, but this seems like a weird horn to end up at an eBay pawn shop.
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Kingfan
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Re: Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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eBay post looks to have been taken down. Maybe they got caught?
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JohnL
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Re: Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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Yeah, that post wasn't particularly on topic for this issue...
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Re: Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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Kingfan wrote: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:21 am eBay post looks to have been taken down. Maybe they got caught?
If it's that alto with a trigger, that's the second time I've seen put up and taken down.
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Re: Anyone lose a Shires alto?

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Yeah they put that sketchy “don’t bid on this - call this number instead” message in the images.
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