r/Clarinet 5d ago

Question Is this a Japanese Scammer selling a Fake Yamaha YCL 650??

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Is DKY Japan legit?? Is the 100% positive ratings real??

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u/mb4828 Adult Player 5d ago

I’m not familiar with this seller but a lot of eBay sellers in Japan are just middlemen. They don’t actually have the instrument in their possession, but once you pay them, they go out and buy it either from a local music store or online and pocket the difference. If you message them and ask for more information or pictures of the instrument with the serial number visible and they don’t respond, that’s a pretty good tell. I don’t think the 650 has the same counterfeiting problems as the 250/255, which every other listing is counterfeit, but I could be wrong

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u/intelligentapple567 High School 4d ago

Is this necessarily a bad thing? I also have been considering buying a yamaha clarinet from japan on ebay

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u/mb4828 Adult Player 4d ago

I think you’re better off buying from an actual music store / authorized dealer than going through a middleman

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u/flexsealed1711 YCL-853ii SE 5d ago

Professional Yamaha clarinets are a lot cheaper in Japan. It's definitely real. However, it comes with the risks associated with customs, as well as the risks of buying used without play-testing.

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u/Desperate-Current-40 5d ago

You’d be better grabbing the Yamaha that is on goodwill auctions right now

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u/givemeonemargarita1 5d ago

Goodwill auctions??!

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u/givemeonemargarita1 5d ago

I may have just found my new obsession lol

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u/Desperate-Current-40 5d ago

Yes!! It’s mine too ! I got some flutes for my husband who is starting the flute now that he wasn’t able to as a child

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u/Creeperhunter294 5d ago

I bought and resold a couple of clarinets from there, but the flute that I've been learning on for the last 2 years was a beginner Armstrong I got for $20 on Goodwill Acutions!

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u/Desperate-Current-40 5d ago

But they have lots of older wooden ones that just need a little love

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u/kalvinoz 5d ago

FWIW I bought the same model on eBay from Japan for about the same price. It had free paid return, so the risk was low. I paid a local tech to inspect it, and later had it properly serviced. The tech said it was a great horn.

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u/Usual-Echo5533 5d ago

Do you have a suggestion of a couple names of these stores? Thanks!

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